accompaniment
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With Gershwin’s jazzy accompaniment, the ballet has been described as “tap dance on pointe,” and staying warm is a requirement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Rather, it was accompaniment: feeding, sheltering, driving, watching, and warning so no one had to move in isolation.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Ms. Salvant’s 2023 release, “Mélusine,” included songs that dated back to the 12th century, sung in four languages, and made prominent use of the theorbo, the plucked lute used for Baroque basso continuo accompaniment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Although nowadays, it comes without the accompaniment of multi-million pound artworks.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
It might be made up of rhythm only, or of a melody line with chordal accompaniment, or many interweaving melodies.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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Elegantly played laments and dances were woven between the text sections, and sometimes skillfully repurposed as their background accompaniments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
That dish taught me something fundamental: raw produce, when treated with care—properly washed, dried and cut — and paired with the right accompaniments can be spectacular.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2025
The music, in this case, arises not from a conventional score, but rather from the diegetic accompaniments of soup bubbling in a pot, butter sizzling in a pan and utensils scraping against crockery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
Dr. Caillon, in addition to developing R.A.V.E., has contributed to the Google-led projects SingSong, which generates accompaniments for recorded vocal melodies, and MusicLM, another text-to-music generator.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2023
Soft piano or violin concertos with orchestral accompaniments work well.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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