duet
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- noun
- /djuˈɛt/
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dúo
- Rachel and I often play Baroque duets written for flutes, but we have adapted them for guitars.
- a duet for two
- part in the duet
Would you ever do a flute duet with this person?
- Would you ever do a flute duet with this person?
- And the night before they were supposed to record the duet, she, she died.
- I think there is a possibility of a lot of the keyboard duets being played.
- We're premiering Schrodinger's Cat, which is a duet for her and one of her partners in the company, Henry.
- And he knows all the lyrics to Les Miserables and we would sing Javert and Valjean duets together all the time.
- I'm loving it and then the duet are beautiful, you really feel really good.
Examples
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And Jane Sibery famously did a beautiful duet with KD Lang called Calling All Angels that was part of the Until the End of the World soundtrack way back when.
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You must play us a duet.
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Come on, folks, get ready for the duet number.
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I need a duet for the fall concert.
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You know, this was written as a duet.
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Would you like me to teach you how to play a duet?
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Would you ever do a flute duet with this person?
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Several participants said that it was great to play duets at home with their grandchildren.
Academic text (1992) -
A soprano duet sang high, clear, simple melodies from France, Germany, England, and the Americas.
Fiction book (1999) -
The singer and pianist collaborated on a beautiful duet for the concert.
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Etymology
Duet comes from the Italian duetto, a little form of duo, and from Latin duo meaning 'two'. That's why a duet can mean a piece of music written for two performers, made to be sung or played together by two people.