descant in English

noun
1
an independent treble melody usually sung or played above a basic melody.
Jacques told me that everyone was in such awe when I sang it, no one would sing the descant while I was at college.
verb
1
talk tediously or at length.
I have descanted on this subject before
verb

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1. Sheet Music Byrd One Brere: Descant, Tenor Recorder composed by Traditional

2. The setting is noble simplicity itself, with the first two stanzas in unison and the final stanza reinforced with descant Alleluiahs.

3. There are many synonyms of Chorused which include Cantillate, Carol, Chorus, Croon, Descant, Drone, Intone, Recite, Shout, Tune, Vocalize, Warble, etc.

4. He Braggeth of his birth, that born was full base; His music without measure, too sharp is his Mi ; He trimmeth in his tenor to counter pardee; His descant is busy, it is without a mean; Too fat is his fancy, his wit is too lean

5. Download Free Alleluja From The Motet Exsultate Jubilate W A Mozart The motet began in the early 13th century as an application of a new text (i.e., “word”) to older music.Specifically, the text was added to the wordless upper-voice parts of descant clausulae.

6. ‘The Cornetto, for example, which is an instrument that pretty much died out after this period was considered the instrument closest to the human voice, and it makes a very vocal sound.’ ‘Jo Wherry, on violin and treble viol, played an excellent descant solo, and Jonathan Burr, who is able to produce music on the difficult mediaeval