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Questions tagged [accompaniment]

For questions regarding the accompaniment in music, the musical part supporting or providing background for other musical part, usually the main melody or theme of the composition.

Accompaniment is the the musical part supporting or providing background for other musical part, usually the main melody or theme of the composition.

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If a piano song contains a melody line, should this be removed if we add the singer?

A piano player and a singer would like to perform a song together. A piano player knows the song they like ("Memory" from "Cats - the Musical", to be precise). However it is a complete piano piece intended to sound alone, not just accompaniment…
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Are accompanying instruments typically playing notes from the current "main chord"?

Forgive me if I'm using incorrect terminology. I'm currently learning some music theory from HookTheory.com. They're talking about how songs can typically be broken down into a melody as well as a series of accompanying chords. (I'm aware that…
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Disoriented when others join in

Every now and then when I play the piano, someone in the vicinity will recognize the tune and hum, whistle, or sing along. I don't mind that; I think it's nice that they like the song and want to join in. However, even if they're doing so in key and…
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How to decide what voicing/register to use when writing an accompaniment?

Today I wrote this piano accompaniment to a melody. I first filled in the bass notes and tweaked it a bit to find the best possible bassline. Thereafter, I just chose a random register that sounded good on the piano and filled in the right hand…
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