Accompaniment

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Accompaniment \Ac*com"pa*ni*ment\ (-ment), n. [F.
     accompagnement.]
     That which accompanies; something that attends as a
     circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness
     to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the
     sake of symmetry. Specifically: (Mus.) A part performed by


     instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by
     voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the
     voice or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a
     figured bass. --P. Cyc.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  accompaniment
       n 1: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in
            connection with another [syn: {concomitant}, {co-occurrence}]
       2: a subordinate musical part; provides background for more
          important parts [syn: {musical accompaniment}, {backup}, {support}]
       3: the act of accompanying someone or something in order to
          protect them [syn: {escort}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  111 Moby Thesaurus words for "accompaniment":
     accession, accessory, accordance, addenda, addendum, additament,
     addition, additive, additory, additum, adjunct, adjuvant,
     agreement, alliance, alto, annex, annexation, appanage, appendage,
     appendant, appurtenance, appurtenant, association, attachment,
     augment, augmentation, baritone, bass, basso continuo,
     basso ostinato, bassus, cahoots, canto, cantus, cantus figuratus,
     cantus planus, co-working, coaction, coda, coetaneity,
     coetaneousness, coevalneity, coevalness, coexistence, coincidence,
     collaboration, collectivity, collusion, combination,
     combined effort, complement, concert, concerted action,
     concomitance, concomitant, concordance, concourse, concurrence,
     confluence, conjunction, consilience, conspiracy, contemporaneity,
     contemporaneousness, continuation, continuo, contralto,
     cooperation, corollary, correspondence, descant, drone, extension,
     extrapolation, figured bass, fixture, ground bass, increase,
     increment, isochronism, junction, line, offshoot, parasitism, part,
     pendant, plain chant, plain song, prick song, reinforcement,
     saprophytism, side effect, side issue, simultaneity, soprano,
     supplement, symbiosis, synchronism, synchronization, synergy,
     tailpiece, tenor, thorough bass, treble, undergirding, undersong,
     union, unison, united action, voice, voice part