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• For quotations using this term, see Citations:accompaniments.From the entry accompaniments
• Ambient accompaniment, water maintained pedalpoint armature, fluviality, surge and subsidence, light oratorical wax and recess.2017, Nathaniel Mackey, Late Arcade, New York, NY: New Directions Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22. From the entry fluviality
• Such a talk is given usually as an accompaniment to a period of meditation.2014 February 19, Charles R. Strain, The Prophet and the Boddhisattva: Daniel Berrigan, Thich Nhat Hanh, and the Ethics of Peace and…. From the entry dharma talk
• The krieks and framboises are fine accompaniments to salads or main dishes made with fruits.1996, Food & Wine: The Guide to Good Taste, page 42. From the entry framboise
• This features a cunning blend of pop vocal harmonic construction and flailsome, fringe-rock accompaniment.1990, Spin, volume 5, number 12. From the entry flailsome
• The armrests were forced out into a tired vee, to the accompaniment of an uneasy creaking sound.1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf. From the entry vee
• Consider other types of accompaniment: blinking lights, fans and streamers, a parade of candles.1988, Lynne Anne Blom, L. Tarin Chaplin, The Moment of Movement: Dance Improvisation, page 217. From the entry nonsound
• Design your nonsound accompaniment and your relation to it (instigator, victim, partner, background).1988, Lynne Anne Blom, L. Tarin Chaplin, The Moment of Movement: Dance Improvisation, page 217. From the entry nonsound
• Brutal compulsion was the necessary accompaniment of the large-scale organization and the extensive order introduced by kingship.1967, Lewis Mumford, The Myth of the Machine, Harcourt, Brace & World, →ISBN, page 184. From the entry rabid
• Vast cosmic changes required an accompaniment of slaughter on a colossal scale.1949 September 4, H. R. Trevor-Roper, “Hitler Reappraised, Ten Years After”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on…. From the entry Hitler
• Marian Gage, has been acting as his first lieutenantess with piano accompaniments.1949 February 18, “Lions Minstrel Is All Set for Monday Night: ‘Sellout’ Assured With only Few of Tickets Unclaimed”, in Washington C. H.…. From the entry lieutenantess
• A melody and the counter melody to it should sound well as a duet without accompaniment.1948, Roy M. Miller, Practical Instrumentation for the Wind Band, page 29. From the entry counter melody
• The wagon creaked, swayed, moved on to strange accompaniment— clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop.1925, Zane Grey, The Thundering Herd. From the entry clip-clop
• A dozen soup-plates circulated, and a hymn was sung to the accompaniment of much chinking of coin.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)…. From the entry chinking
• Both Caleb and I were regular "soundtrackers"; we did soundtracks for documentaries, along with other kinds of accompaniment work.2024, Scott MacDonald, Comprehending Cinema, page 509. From the entry soundtracker
• Then they sang, to the accompaniment of their balalaykas.2020, Ferdinand Huszti Horvath, Captured!, Burtyrki Books, →ISBN. From the entry balalayka
• For the most part, however, ride the driving pulsations of the accompaniment with an equally grooving vocal approach.2019, Joseph Church, Rock in the Musical Theatre, page 173. From the entry in the pocket
• They are a wonderful accompaniment to our wines.2013, “Wine and Food Tasting”, in Oregon Wine Press, retrieved 08 Dec 2023. From the entry salumi
• The auletris, or flute-player, provided musical accompaniment at the Greek symposium, a drinking party enjoyed by aristocratic males.2006, Melissa Hope Ditmore (Ed.), Encyclopaedia of Prostitution and Sex Work, volume 1, page 51. From the entry auletris
• I then suggested that he should play a tune on the khène while I improvised an accompaniment on the ukelele.2001, Mervyn Brown, War in Shangri-La, Radcliffe, published 2001, page 155. From the entry khene
• Despite a misconceived orchestral accompaniment, Don's reworking of John D.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 224. From the entry misconceived
• The garnishes for this presentation are perfect accompaniments for game: cranberry-orange barquettes and tartelettes filled with foie gras and chestnuts.1990, Denis Ruffel with Roland Bilheux and Alain Escoffier, translated by Anne Sterling, Meat and Games - Sauces and Bases: Execution…. From the entry tartelette
• Perhaps the most ordinary accompaniment for beef Stroganoff is rice.1977 November 9, Pierre Franey, “60‐Minute Gourmet”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC. From the entry beef stroganoff
• An assortment of sidemen (and sidegirls) provide a varied accompaniment on mouth-harp, dulcimer, fiddle, and, of course, guitar.1964, LSR - Issues 28-30, page 27. From the entry sidegirl
• The skinny fellow, with gesticulatory accompaniment, shouted out a long-winded piece about the Chinese people versus American Imperialism.1961, Chin Yang Lee, chapter 12, in Cripple Mah and the New Order, page 63. From the entry gesticulatory
• At college he was a gay blade who played the guitar or one of the instruments for the accompaniment of song.1941, Jonathan Daniels, Tar Heels: A Portrait of North Carolina. From the entry gay blade
• This section has compositional elements including melody, counter-melody, sustained harmony, rhythmic harmonic accompaniment, bass line and rhythmic accompaniment, but they are all marked mf.2004, Jerry Nowak, Henry Nowak, The Art of Expressive Playing, page 76. From the entry counter-melody
• This dance, performed to the accompaniment of the Daolang sanam or the Daolang mukam, depicts the hunting activities of the Markit people in ancient times.1989, 郑平 [Zheng Ping], 洛安吉 [Luo Anji], transl., 新疆风物志 [Xinjiang : the Land and the People], Beijing: New World Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 129. From the entry Markit
• The more our young recordists can be encouraged to play among themselves in groups with and without piano accompaniment, in their own homes, the better.1961, Watkins Shaw, Music in the Secondary School, page 71. From the entry recordist
• It is mostly rendered by a solo voice with accompaniment of the Ud, a kind of lyre or mandolin, or Kanun, resembling a guitar.1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 25. From the entry oud
• My first thought was that it would make a fine accompaniment to my evening meal, for your puffin is a fatsome bird and fries nicely in its own juices.2016, Will Mabbitt, The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones. From the entry fatsome
• These were long ballads, often sung to the melancholy accompaniment of the one-stringed gusla, in which singers and listeners relived the great archetypal moments of Serbian history.2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 22. From the entry gusla
• To the accompaniment of a plain, sparsely unforgiving string arrangement, a lonely old lady dies her lonely death, her only funeralgoer the equally lonely priest who buries her.2008, Graeme Thomson, I Shot a Man in Reno: A History of Death by Murder, Suicide, Fire, Flood, Drugs, Disease, and General Misadventure…. From the entry funeralgoer
• Tea is drunk with various different accompaniments such as rolls, barankas (a dry, ring-shaped roll) or pryaniks (spice cakes), which are specially produced to be taken with tea.2007, Anna Pavlovskaya, “The Russian Feast”, in CultureShock! A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette: Russia, Tarrytown, N.Y.: Marshall…. From the entry baranka
• It usually serves as an accompaniment and encouragement for flamenco's other components, but I have also heard cuadros perform the jaleo very effectively as a solo number.2005, D. E. Pohren, The Art of Flamenco, Bold Strummer Limited, →ISBN, page 126. From the entry jaleo
• I remember once being involved in the production of a film that was made to the accompaniment of howls that would have put the most callous laugh-track to shame.2002, P. Adams Sitney, Visionary Film: The American Avant-Garde, 1943-2000, →ISBN, page 72. From the entry laugh-track

Meaning of accompaniment

1. noun A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
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.

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How do you use accompaniment in a sentence?

Accompaniment is used as a noun. For example: “Brooks performed a saxophone solo on stage, with Robert as accompaniment on the bass.”

What is a short sentence with accompaniment?

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:accompaniments.”

What does accompaniment mean?

Accompaniment means a part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.