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Noun Concept
Categories: Musical terminology, Melody types, All articles needing additional references
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descant  discant  discantus  English discant
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A decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody WordNet 3.0
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A decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A descant, discant, or discantus is any of several different things in music, depending on the period in question; etymologically, the word means a voice above or removed from others. Wikipedia
Musical term with several meanings Wikidata
IS A
accompaniment
music genre
voice
musical form
medieval music
DERIVATION
descant
yodel
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
SAID TO BE THE SAME AS
soprano
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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descant, discant
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descant
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descant
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discant, discantus, English discant
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discant, discantus

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