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.
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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 ...
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Piano accompaniment with left or right hand
On this website, it says,
In elementary piano, the left hand (lower notes) typically plays chords, while the right hand plays the melody. If you're playing pop or rock and singing, you might want ...
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Ways to use quartal chords
By stacking 4ths in C major, the following quadads result:
C, F, B, E
D, G, C, F
E, A, D, G
F, B, E, A
G, C, F, B
A, D, G, C
B, E, A, D
(I used C major for simplicity, but this can obviously be ...
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How to remotely listen to acoustic piano accompanist, so they can record a track with no voice, but at my tempo?
I'm a singer in NJ, my accompanist is in western PA. He needs to record himself playing a piano accompaniment at my tempo and interpretation--my voice is not to be part of the recording. So we need to ...
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Tricks and techniques for memorising songs
I've been googling and, unfortunately, coming up short in search of techniques, methods, systems or just simple tricks for how to memorise songs. I'm currently on a writing spree (I play the guitar ...
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How do I make my fingerpicking patterns interesting?
I'm pretty used to picking through patterns in 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 8/8 and 12/8 over arbitrary chords, but the novelty of this skill has worn off. How do I create patterns that doesn't get repetetive ...
