descant
des
ˈdɛs
des
cant
kÃĻnt
kānt
/dˈɛskant/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "descant"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āϰ āϝāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āϏ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻšā§āϚāϤāϰ āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰ⧇

a melody sung or played above the main melody, typically in a higher register
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the folk song arrangement, the fiddle played a lively descant over the melody, adding a touch of whimsy to the music.
āϞ⧋āĻ•āĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ⧇, āĻŦ⧇āĻšāĻžāϞāĻž āϏ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĄāĻŋāϏāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāύ āĻ—āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āχāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻĄā§‡āϞāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāύ āĻ—āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

sing by changing register; sing by yodeling
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āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻ¤ā§āϏāĻžāĻš āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž

talk at great length about something of one's interest
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āĻĄāĻŋāϏāϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻ—āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

sing in descant
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ