1) Accompaniment 2) Added upper melody 3) Backup 4) Canadian literary magazine 5) Comment at length 6) Contrapuntal composition 7) Discant 8) English-language magazine 9) French word used in English 10) Melodic variation 11) Melody 12) Melody above the theme 13) Musical accompaniment 14) Musical counterpoint
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1) Discant 2) Sing
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Descant 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 discant (occasionally, particularly later, written descant) is a form of medieval music in which one singer sang a fixed melody, and others accompanied with improv...
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• (v. i.) To sing a variation or accomplishment. • (v. i.) A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or comments. • (v. i.) The upper voice in part music. • (v. i.) Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ...
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(from Latin discantus, `song apart`), countermelody either composed or improvised above a familiar melody. Descant can also refer to an instrument of ... [1 related articles]
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Des·cant' (dĕs*kănt')
intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Descanted ;
present participle & verbal noun Descanting .] [ From
descant ;
noun ; or directly from Old French
descanter ,
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Des'cant (dĕs'kănt) noun [ Old French descant , deschant , French déchant , discant , Late Latin discantus , from Latin dis + cantus singing, melody, from canere to sing. See Chant , and confer Descant ,
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Originally, a descant was a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song. The term is also applied to the upper voice in a part of music and also to the canto, cantus, or soprano voice. The term has also been used synonymously with coun...
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[
n] - a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody 2. [v] - sing in descant 3. [v] - talk at great length about something of one`s interest
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a melodic part pitched higher than and concurrent with the melody.
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discant noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
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· a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it. · (in part music) the soprano. · a song or melody.
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