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Definitions of descant in various dictionaries:
noun - a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
verb - sing in descant
verb - sing by changing register
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| a part of a piece of music that is higher than the main tune: |
| An independent treble melody sung or played above a basic melody. |
| A discourse on a theme. |
| Talk tediously or at length. |
| a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody |
| talk at great length about something of one's interest |
| sing in descant |
| sing by changing register sing by yodeling |
| Music An ornamental melody or counterpoint sung or played above a theme. |
| Music The highest part sung in part music. |
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Descant, discant, or discantus can refer to several different things in music, depending on the period in question; etymologically, the word means a voice (cantus) above or removed from others. * A descant is a form of medieval music in which one singer sang a fixed melody, and others accompanied with improvisations. The word in this sense comes from the term discantus supra librum (descant "above the book"), and is a form of Gregorian chant in which only the melody is notated but an improvised polyphony is understood. The discantus supra librum had specific rules governing the improvisation of the additional voices. * Later on, the term came to mean the treble or soprano singer in any group of voices, or the higher pitched line in a song. Eventually, by the Renaissance, descant referred generally to counterpoint. Nowadays the counterpoint meaning is the most common. * Descant can also refer to the highest pitched of a group of instruments, particularly the descant viol or recorder. Simila |