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Descant Common

Descant has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody

2

A lengthy discourse on a subject.

Verb
1

sing in descant

2

sing by changing register; sing by yodeling

"The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"

3

talk at great length about something of one's interest

4

To discuss at length.

See Also
played cornettino expatiate cant ground discourse obbligato descanter
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
accompaniment sing discourse
Rhyming Words
ant fant gant pant cant zant hant want tant lant vant sant rant kant quant shant idant beant grant brant
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