Comping (jazz)
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This article is about musical accompaniment. For production technique, see Comping (post-production). For other uses, see Comp.
In jazz, comping (an abbreviation of accompaniment;[2] or possibly from the verb, to "complement") is the chords, rhythms, and countermelodies that keyboard players (piano or organ), guitar players, or drummers use to support a musician's improvised solo or melody lines. It is also the action of accompanying, and the left-hand part of a solo pianist.[3]
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