duetnoun [ C ]
uk/dʒuˈet/us/duːˈet/a song or other piece of music sung or played by two people
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Musical pieces
- arrangement
- bolero
- bossa nova
- Britannia
- cantata
- fantasia
- nocturne
- octet
- opus
- passage
- playlist
- polka
- reel
- signature tune
- solo
- song form
- string quartet
- symphony
- trio
- tune
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Examples from literature
- A feeling for rhythm and a quick-sighted accurate knowledge of time, may be much improved by playing with others, either duets on the piano, or accompaniments to voice or instrument.
- But it was the duet that followed that compelled his admiration.
- For three hours an uninterrupted stream of music flows forth, not only solos, but occasionally duets, harmoniously chanted in parts, and rendered with the utmost pathos.
- I heard you singing duets after dinner once.
- It will be sung once in the first act by the heroine, then in the second act as a duet for heroine and hero.