Editing Duet (section)

{{Short description|Musical composition or arrangement for two performers}}
{{Redirect|Duo (music)|a band or musical act featuring two members|musical duo}}
{{other uses|Duet (disambiguation)|Duo (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Hendrik ter Brugghen - Het duet.jpg|thumb|''The Duet'' (1628), by [[Hendrick ter Brugghen]]]]
A '''duet''' ([[italian language|Italian]]: ''duo'') is a [[musical composition]] for two [[Performing arts|performer]]s in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists. It differs from a [[harmony]], as the performers take turns performing a solo section rather than performing simultaneously. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is a "[[piano duet]]" or "[[piano four hands]]".<ref>Christensen, T. (1999). "Four-Hand Piano". ''Journal of the American Musicological Society'', 52(2) 255–298</ref> A piece for two pianists performing together on separate pianos is a "[[List of compositions for piano duo|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.

A [[musical ensemble]] with more than two solo instruments or voices is called a [[Trio (music)|trio]], [[quartet]], [[quintet]], [[sextet]], [[septet]], [[octet (music)|octet]], etc.