Usually means: Melodic line above main melody.
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  1. descant: Merriam-Webster
  2. descant: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. descant: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. descant: Collins English Dictionary
  5. descant: Vocabulary.com
  6. Descant, descant: Wordnik
  7. descant: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. descant: Wiktionary
  9. descant: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. descant: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. descant: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Descant, descant: Dictionary.com
  13. descant: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Descant (magazine), Descant: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Descant: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. descant: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. descant: Rhymezone
  18. Descant: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. descant: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. descant: FreeDictionary.org
  21. descant: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. descant: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. descant: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. descant: Legal dictionary

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  1. descant: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. descant: The Folk File
  2. Descant: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (descant)

▸ noun:  A lengthy discourse on a subject.
▸ noun:  (music) A counterpoint melody sung or played above the theme.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To discuss at length.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, music) To sing or play a descant.

Similar:
discant, yodel, warble, disquisition, disceptation, round, discursion, duan, discourse, descending, more...

Opposite:
bass

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alto, tenor, soprano, bass, countertenor, contralto, more...

Phrases:
descant on, descant recorder, descant viol, more...

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amorous, grave, vain, noble, harsh, high, holy, sweet, long, mellow, short

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Similar:
discant, yodel, warble, disquisition, disceptation, round, discursion, duan, discourse, descending, more...

Opposite:
bass

Types:
alto, tenor, soprano, bass, countertenor, contralto, more...

Phrases:
descant on, descant recorder, descant viol, more...

Adjectives:
amorous, grave, vain, noble, harsh, high, holy, sweet, long, mellow, short

Colors:
    gold,     silver,     ivory,     azure,     crimson, more...



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