musical accompaniment
Instrumental support track
Musical accompaniment is the instrumental or vocal support provided to a main performer or melody.
A singer performs with piano accompaniment; a silent film screens with live musical accompaniment.
The term emphasizes the secondary, supportive role—the accompaniment follows and enhances rather than leads: She sang the aria with full orchestral accompaniment.
- pianoKeyed percussion instrument
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- rhythm sectionTimekeeping instrumentalists in ensemble
- bass lineLow-register melodic phrase
- string quartetFour-piece chamber group
obbligato · comping · drum · harmony · vamp · countermelody · improvisation · play by ear · beat · backing · backing track · strings · ostinato · choral arrangements · accompanist · riff · rhythm · chord
- choral musicchoral works, choral arrangements, choral arrangement, choir arrangements, choral songs
- Greek musicbouzouki, lyra, mangas, Greek artists, Greek wedding
- Odeschoral ode, Ode to Joy, encomium, paean, strophe
musical accompanimenta cappella
Singing without instruments
unaccompanied · solo · solo voice · solo performance · solo act
musical accompanimentsilence
Total lack of sound
spoken word · unscored · musicless · dead air · recitation