Backing and Harmony

Backing

Backing noun - An act or instance of helping.

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Harmony and backing are semantically related. in accompaniment topic. In some cases you can use "Harmony" instead a noun "Backing".

Nearby Words: back, background, backer, backup, backed

Harmony noun - A balanced, pleasing, or suitable arrangement of parts.

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Backing and harmony are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backing" instead a noun "Harmony".

musical	musical backing	musical harmony
full	full backing	full harmony
true	true backing	true harmony
divine	divine backing	divine harmony
Other adjectives: open, entire, vocal, absolute, mental, further.

They Might Be Giants: Linnell and Flansburgh get about the same number of leads, as well as plenty of harmony and backing parts with themselves and each other.

Source: Vocal Tag Team
Step Up to the Microphone/Vocal Tag Team: To date this is the Arcade Fire album where Regine Chassagne takes the most lead vocals, as distinguished from backing and harmony vocals.

Source: Music / The Suburbs
Occasionally, when recording a song, there's no backing vocalist available to bring out the melody and harmony.

Source: Self-Backing Vocalist

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