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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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Possible Crossword Clues
Musical counterpoint
Melody above the theme
Comment at length
Once his voice breaks, a boy's unable to do it
What the boy is unable to do when he's no longer 1 down (7)
What the boy is unable to do, now that his voice has broken
The boy is unable for this after his voice breaks
What Desmond is unable for when his voice breaks
The boy is unable to 15 across this after his voice breaks
Is Desmond unable to manage this when his voice breaks?

Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles
Aug 4 2018 Universal
Feb 7 2018 The Telegraph - Cryptic
Oct 31 2017 The Telegraph - Cryptic
Dec 31 2015 Newsday.com
Oct 22 2014 The Times - Cryptic
May 31 2014 The Times - Concise
Apr 18 2014 Universal
Feb 25 2014 The Guardian - Quick crossword
Jan 24 2013 New York Times
Dec 22 2012 The Telegraph - Cryptic

Possible Dictionary Clues
A discussion or discourse on a theme.
To comment at length discourse: "He used to descant critically on the dishes which had been at table ( James Boswell).
Music To sing or play a descant.
Music To sing melodiously.

Descant description
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

Descant description

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

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