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Dictionary: du·et   (dū-ĕt', dyū-) pronunciation
n.
  1. Music.
    1. A composition for two voices or two instruments.
    2. A group of two singers or two instrumentalists.
  2. A pair.

[Italian duetto, diminutive of duo, from Latin, two.]


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noun

    Two items of the same kind together: brace, couple, couplet, doublet, duo, match, pair, two, twosome, yoke. See group, same/different/compare.

A vocal or instrumental piece (or section of one) for two performers, with or without accompaniment. The operatic love duet and the piano duet are widely disseminated types.



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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A musical composition designed for two singers or instruments.

pronunciation Susan and Mary were chosen to sing a duet in the school musical.

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The Duet (1628), by Hendrick ter Brugghen

A duet is a musical composition or piece for two performers. In classical music, the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word duo is also often used. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is referred to as piano duet or piano four hands. A piece for two pianists performing together on separate pianos is referred to as a piano duo.

"Duet" is also used as a verb for the act of performing a musical duet, or colloquially as a noun to refer to the performers of a duet. The word is also occasionally used in reference to non-musical activities performed together by two people.

In Renaissance music, a duet specifically intended as a teaching tool, to be performed by teacher and student, was called a bicinium (see Étude).


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - duet, dialog
v. intr. - udføre en duet

Nederlands (Dutch)
duet, paar

Français (French)
n. - duo
v. intr. - chanter/jouer en duo

Deutsch (German)
n. - Duett, Duo, Dialog
v. - im Duett singen, ein Duo spielen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ντουέτο, διωδία

Italiano (Italian)
duetto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - dueto (m)

Русский (Russian)
дуэт

Español (Spanish)
n. - dúo
v. intr. - hacer algo a dúo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - duett

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
二重唱, 二重奏, 唱二重唱, 奏二重奏

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 二重唱, 二重奏
v. intr. - 唱二重唱, 奏二重奏

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 2중창, 대화
v. intr. - 이중창을 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 二重唱, デュエット, デュエット舞曲

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أغنيه يغنيها مغنيان أو يعزفها عازفان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הופעה בשני קולות, דואט, דוזמר, דואית, צמדה, יצירה לשני קולות או כלי-נגינה, דו-שיח‬
v. intr. - ‮דואט, דוזמר, דואית, צמדה, ביצעו דואט‬


 
 
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