accompaniment

[ uh-kuhm-puh-ni-muh nt, uh-kuhmp-ni- ]

/ əˈkʌm pə nɪ mənt, əˈkʌmp nɪ- /

something incidental or added for ornament, symmetry, etc.

Music. a part in a composition designed to serve as background and support for more important parts.

Origin of accompaniment

First recorded in 1725–35; accompany + -ment

non·ac·com·pa·ni·ment, noun

Like many battle raps, the Total Slaughter battle is organized into three rounds with no accompaniment.

America’s Poets: Battle Rap Gets Real |Rich Goldstein |July 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Landays may be read, but true to their roots in oral tradition, they are frequently sung, sometimes with a drum for accompaniment.

Beauty and Subversion in the Secret Poems of Afghan Women |Daniel Bosch |April 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A dense and stringy fruit, it needs the accompaniment of a lot of sugar and spices before it becomes particularly palatable.

Yes, Some of US Really Like Pumpkin |Megan McArdle |October 17, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
So the adaptation of new words and accompaniment to an old air is a musical composition entitled to protection.

A Treatise Upon the Law of Copyright in the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the Crown, |E. J. MacGillivray

Pleasure appears as the accompaniment of unimpaired and unimpeded function everywhere as far as our knowledge extends.

A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution |C. M. Williams
The Little Russian listened and nodded his head in accompaniment to her words.

Mother |Maksim Gorky
Presently, Frenchy strolled past talking volubly to another soldier, and waving his cigarette gracefully in accompaniment.

Tom Slade on a Transport |Percy Keese Fitzhugh
A Theme, with variations for violin, with accompaniment, is a curious example of the great master's compositions.

Nicolo Paganini: His Life and Work |Stephen Samuel Stratton

accompaniment

/ (əˈkʌmpənɪmənt, əˈkʌmpnɪ-) /

something that accompanies or is served or used with something else

something inessential or subsidiary that is added, as for ornament or symmetry

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