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I was a big fan of Jim Hall as well. I liked his comping style, his accompanying. And that he played, generally, four note chords, the top four strings of the guitar.
Gary Burton

Meaning of "comping" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COMPING

comping  [ˈkɒmpɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMPING

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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Comping is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COMPING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Comping

Comping is a term used in jazz music to describe the chords, rhythms, and countermelodies that keyboard players or guitar players use to support a jazz musician's improvised solo or melody lines. The term is also used for the action of accompanying, and for left hand part of a solo pianist.

Definition of comping in the English dictionary

The definition of comping in the dictionary is the chords, rhythms, and countermelodies, typically on a keyboard, that support a jazz musician's improvised solo or melody.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMPING


antidumping
ˌæntɪˈdʌmpɪŋ
Bible-thumping
ˈbaɪbəlˌθʌmpɪŋ
camping
ˈkæmpɪŋ
clamping
ˈklæmpɪŋ
damping
ˈdæmpɪŋ
dumping
ˈdʌmpɪŋ
gazumping
ɡəˈzʌmpɪŋ
glamping
ˈglæmpɪŋ
krumping
ˈkrʌmpɪŋ
limping
ˈlɪmpɪŋ
pimping
ˈpɪmpɪŋ
queue-jumping
ˈkjuːjdʒʌmpɪŋ
revamping
riːˈvæmpɪŋ
showjumping
ˈʃəʊˌdʒʌmpɪŋ
ski-jumping
ˈskiːdʒʌmpɪŋ
tamping
ˈtæmpɪŋ
temping
ˈtɛmpɪŋ
thumping
ˈθʌmpɪŋ
tramping
ˈtræmpɪŋ
whomping
ˈwɒmpɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMPING

competitiveness
competitor
compilation
compilation album
compilation film
compilator
compilatory
compile
compilement
compiler
compital
complacence
complacencies
complacency
complacent
complacently
complain
complainant
complainer
complainingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMPING

base jumping
blind stamping
bungee jumping
bungy jumping
chumping
critical damping
die stamping
helping
high jumping
keeping
long jumping
pole jumping
rap jumping
shipping
shopping
show jumping
sleeping
social dumping
tub-thumping
wheel clamping

Synonyms and antonyms of comping in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «comping» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMPING

Find out the translation of comping to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of comping from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «comping» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

作曲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

comping
570 millions of speakers

English

comping
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

comping
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

array(كمبينغ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Comping
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

maqueta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

comping
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Maquettes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Comping
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Layout
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コンピング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

콤포 지팅
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Comping
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

comping
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

comping
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कंपिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

comping
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bassa risoluzione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

comping
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Comping
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

comping
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συνοδείας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

comping
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Layout
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

komp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of comping

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPING»

The term «comping» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.851 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about comping

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QUOTES WITH «COMPING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word comping.
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Gary Burton
I was a big fan of Jim Hall as well. I liked his comping style, his accompanying. And that he played, generally, four note chords, the top four strings of the guitar.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPING»

Discover the use of comping in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to comping and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Comping the Blues
Frank shows us that less is definitely more. to get the full idea of Frank's exercises in this book, listen to the CDs from his Jamming the Blues series. Frank uses these exact ideas in those recordings.
Frank Vignola, 2010
2
Comping Styles for Bass: Funk
This book attempts to address that challenge by supplying chord progressions with different syncopated rhythmic patterns.
Bruce Arnold, 2010
3
Jazz Comping for Fingerstyle Guitar
The observant student will probably already have noticed how naturally bass chord comping styles lead to solo arranging. One of the biggest problems that most solo guitarists have is understanding the guitar's - relative strengths and ...
Kent Murdick, 2010
4
Comping Styles for Guitar: Funk
This volume teaches the student how to play guitar in a funk style.
Bruce Arnold, 2010
5
Creative Comping Concepts for Jazz Guitar:
His steady, four-quarter-note-to-the-bar comping was an essential component propelling the driving swing of the Basie rhythm section. Jazz guitarists still use Green's approach when playing swing era music. Since the 1960s, the electric ...
Mark Boling, 2013
6
Contemporary Blues Chords and Comping: Exploring rhythm ...
CONTEMPORARY. BLUES. CHORDS. AND. COMPING. By. Gianni. Chiarello. INDEX 03 Introduction 04 About the audio tracks Basic Blues. IF NOT INCLUDED WITH THE BOOK DOWNLOAD THE AUDIO TRACKS IN MP3 FORMAT HERE: ...
Gianni Chiarello, 2012
7
Basic Jazz Rhythm Guitar: Comping in the Freddie Green Style
Every jazz guitarist needs to be familiar with the accompaniment style of Freddie Green.
Corey Christiansen, Freddie Green, 2003
8
Killer Comping: A Basic Guide
" This book gives the guitarist a number of chord shapes and rhythms that can be used when comping in the style of Freddie Green, and in bebop and later styles.
Corey Christiansen, 2003
9
All Blues for Jazz Guitar: Comping Styles, Chords & Grooves
Blues-guitarskole.
Jim Ferguson, 1997
10
Comping Styles for Bass: Funk: Guitar Parts Included
This book attempts to address that challenge by supplying chord progressions with different syncopated rhythmic patterns.
Bruce Arnold, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMPING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term comping is used in the context of the following news items.
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Blue Sky Band to kick off Summer Concert Series
“I play electric and acoustic; fingerstyle; picking; swing and jazz-comping,” said Brault.“The Wingnuts used to play the July 4 fireworks,” he said. «Wilton Bulletin, Jul 15»
2
Isle of MTV performers all set and ready to go
Tori Kelly recounted how launched her career through youtube singing cover songs had been a way to draw people in before comping up with ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
3
The Man Who Turned Club 33 Upside Down
With the Cosgroves comping 3,600 admissions a year, it had to stop somewhere." Another member heard that the Cosgroves made so many ... «MousePlanet, Jul 15»
4
50 Cent turns 40 with a tour and a muscle mag cover; Lisa …
GOING COMPING IN AUSTRALIA. Apparently the glamorous “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” find it terribly gauche to buy one's own plane ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
5
The Boxmasters Times Two
Kitchen Mobile—is where he does most of his comping and initial mixing. Then he moved over to Henson. The two records, he says, have their ... «MIX, Jul 15»
6
6 meritorious schools to be opened in Punjab
Later, Badal visited the War Heroes Memorial and new jail complex comping up in Fatahpur. He took stock of the on the going construction ... «IBNLive, Jul 15»
7
“SpongeBob SquarePants Anthem”
... reversed bass drum bursts) sits at the forefront of the mix, juxtaposed against lingering walls of chordal comping. Lead phrases bubble out of ... «Tiny Mix Tapes, Jul 15»
8
3 'Favorite Ideas' In The Restaurant Space, Courtesy Of Stephens
Red Robin ($100 price target) looks, to Stephens' analysts, as one of the most attractively priced and “positively comping” stocks in the ... «Benzinga, Jun 15»
9
Porter carries us to a cooler place
Chip Crawford playing a full range of styles from lush lounge piano to waves of glissando, ostinato and comping (even channelling J S Bach on ... «Hastings and St. Leonards Observer, Jun 15»
10
AMC is bringing the drama of the service industry to the small screen
Rather, Broke will focus on a talented chef in trouble with the mob and his wine expert buddy who fulfill their lifelong dream of comping meals ... «A.V. Club, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Comping [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/comping>. Jun 2026 ».
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