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accompaniment

Music a subordinate part for an instrument, voices, or an orchestra

accompaniment

A decoration added to a building with the intention of enhancing its appearance.
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When Sarah ate she set aside, with a sigh, the dish of dandelions with its crowning ovarious accompaniment.
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I wouldn't have your hair any color but just what it is for the world," said Gilbert, with one or two convincing accompaniments.
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Continuing his discourse Don Quixote said: "As we began in the student's case with poverty and its accompaniments, let us see now if the soldier is richer, and we shall find that in poverty itself there is no one poorer; for he is dependent on his miserable pay, which comes late or never, or else on what he can plunder, seriously imperilling his life and conscience; and sometimes his nakedness will be so great that a slashed doublet serves him for uniform and shirt, and in the depth of winter he has to defend himself against the inclemency of the weather in the open field with nothing better than the breath of his mouth, which I need not say, coming from an empty place, must come out cold, contrary to the laws of nature.
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The mother played her accompaniments and at the same time watched her daughter with greedy admiration and nervous apprehension.
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Starbuck was an honest, upright man; but out of Starbuck's heart, at that instant when he saw the muskets, there strangely evolved an evil thought; but so blent with its neutral or good accompaniments that for the instant he hardly knew it for itself.
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The girl who had played the accompaniments sat at the piano and placed a decided foot on the loud pedal.
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Tenders are invited for System of socio-professional accompaniment of the beneficiaries of the rsa in the territories of montereau and nemours
System Of Socio-professional Accompaniment Of The Beneficiaries Of The Rsa In The Territories Of Montereau And Nemours
The songs are simplistic; however, the more advanced student will enjoy playing with the accompaniment CD.
Colors & Moods: Atmospheric Pieces with Colorful Playalongs
Each book has the IPA, translation, plot notes, and Audio Access to the piano accompaniment and diction recordings under "My Library" on the HL home page.
Selected Opera Arias: 10 Essential Arias with Plot Notes, International Phonetic Alphabet, Recorded Diction Lessons and Recorded Accompaniments
This unique approach combines the solo horn part with choice parts of the accompaniment such that harmonies are preserved, or at least implied, and intervening melodies and transitions are somewhat preserved.
Solo Duet Training for Horns
A NEW CD of 50 well-known hymns played on the organ, along with a handbook listing hymns which can be sung to the accompaniment, was launched at the Eisteddfod yesterday.
Organ CD to keep churches on song; EISTEDDFOD NEWS IN BRIEF
Spiritual Accompaniment and Counselling: Journeying With Psyche and Soul
Spiritual Accompaniment and Counselling: Journeying With Psyche and Soul

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