accompaniment

  1. Noun.  That which gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation.
  2. Noun.  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.
  3. Noun.  (music) 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.

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