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See also: Solo (music) and Solo Piano For other uses, see Piano solo (disambiguation).

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The piano is often used to provide harmonic accompaniment to a voice or other instrument. However, solo parts for the piano are common in many musical styles. These can take the form of a section in which the piano is heard more prominently than other instruments, or in which the piano may be played entirely unaccompanied.

The term piano solo is also often used to mean a musical composition written solely for piano.

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v t e Musical ensembles by number
Solo: 1	Drum solo Guitar solo One-man band Piano solo
Duet: 2	Piano duet Piano four hands Musical duo Bicinium
Trio: 3	Clarinet trio Clarinet–cello–piano Clarinet–viola–piano Clarinet–violin–piano Flute, viola and harp Jazz trio Organ trio Piano Piano six hands Power trio (in rock music and heavy metal music) String Reed
Quartet: 4	Jazz quartet Piano Rock or pop quartet Saxophone Flute String Wind Woodwind
Quintet: 5	Brass Piano Pierrot ensemble Rock or pop quintet String Wind
Sextet: 6	Piano String
Other	Septet: 7 Octet: 8 String Nonet: 9 Decet: 10 Undecet: 11 Duodecet: 12
Large groups	Big band Brass band Choir Concert band Orchestra Singakademie String orchestra

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