the practice of supplying background music comprised of chords while a soloist is improvising
Comping
Related Dictionary Terms
Chord Inversion
Shared keywords
Theory
Inversions rearrange chord tones while keeping chord identity. For triads: root position: root in bass first inversion: third…
Extended tertian sonorities
Shared keywords
tall chords; 9th, 11th and 13th chords
Parallel chords
Shared keywords
a sequence of chords where the intervals remain unchanged as the notes of the chord changes
Quintal chords
Shared keywords
chords built of the interval of a fourth or fifth
Secundal chords
Shared keywords
chords built of seconds
Codetta
Shared keyword
Italian
a passage within a composition in sonata form which, while resembling a coda, occurs at the end of the exposition rather than…
Common note
Shared keyword
a note that remains the same between two different chords
Common tone
Shared keyword
a note that remains the same between two different chords