Discant definitions

Discant

1) Accompaniment 2) Backup 3) Descant 4) Medieval music 5) Musical accompaniment 6) Support
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Discant

1) Descant
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Discant

• (n.) See Descant, n.
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Discant

Dis'cant noun See Descant , noun
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/76

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discant

(1) the top voice in a polyphonic texture; the label implies that the voice is composed against another important line, usually the tenor.
Found on https://www.arlima.net/the-orb/encyclop/culture/music/orbgloss.htm

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discant

(2) a style of Notre Dame organum in which the all voices are measured (following the rhythmic modes). Related terms: organum purum , copula .
Found on https://www.arlima.net/the-orb/encyclop/culture/music/orbgloss.htm

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