Backing and Opening

Backing

Backing noun - An act or instance of helping.

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Opening and backing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Opening" instead a noun "Backing".

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

Opening noun - A favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place.

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Backing and opening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backing" instead a noun "Opening".

Nearby Words: open, openness, opened, opener

live	live backing	live opening
good	good backing	good opening
usual	usual backing	usual opening
current	current backing	current opening
Other adjectives: initial, true, actual, entire, massive, little, dramatic, official, different, instrumental, orchestral.

Also, the opening theme song is modified slightly, with additional guitar bits and one more backing vocal mixed in.

Source: Evolving Credits
Eenie, Meenie, Miny Moai: A moai head occasionally appears as a backing singer, for instance in the opening number of the Sylvester Stallone episode.

Source: Series / The Muppet Show
Pachelbel's Ganon, an Overclocked Remix track by djpretzel that rearranges Zelda's Lullaby and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's opening theme in an R&B style, with this as its backing track.

Source: Music / Pachelbel's Canon

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