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This refers to the features of the accompanying instruments.
Features include:
- Descant
- a harmony line above the melody
- Dissonance
- clashing notes, an unnatural sound
- Consanance
- natural sounding harmony, pleasant
- Cadences
- these occur at the end of phrases and are like musical punctuation marks
- Pedal notes
- sustained notes in the bass
- Drone
- one note is sustained throughout the whole song and does not neccessarily harmonise with melody
- Chordal Accompaniment
- This is acommpaniment based on notes of triads and chords
