MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts

Synonyms:

accompaniment; backup; musical accompaniment; support

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("musical accompaniment" is a kind of...):

part; voice (the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "musical accompaniment"):

descant; discant (a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody)

vamp (an improvised musical accompaniment)