Examples of 'descant' in a sentence

Meaning of "descant"

Descant refers to a melody sung or played above the main melody in music. It is often used in musical terminology
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  • A lengthy discourse on a subject.
  • A counterpoint melody sung or played above the theme.
  • To discuss at length.
  • To sing or play a descant.

How to use "descant" in a sentence

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I may even sing the descant if the mood takes me.
The breeze carries a descant.
Descant of gorges.
Somebody even tried a descant.
Descant to As with gladness men of old.
And there should have been a little descant in the psalm.
The descant is by Stephen Cleobury.
We write a descant.
Descant arts and letters foundation location,.
Unless to spy my shadow in the sun and descant on mine own deformity.
I got scared at the idea not to hold as well the rope for the descant.
To spy my shadow in the sun and to not descant on mine own deformity.
The hills animate With the euphonious symphonies Of descant.
Andante by Handel už descant recorder ir gitara.
With the euphonious symphonies Of descant.

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Au Toun Coenh for descant recorder and guitar.
He was an editor of Descant.
Words, music and descant in the public domain.
If faith is the melody, doubt is the descant.
Descant = A descant is an optional voice part with words of its own.
It has a single manual and eight voices, with separate control of bass and descant parts.
With the euphonious symphonies Of descant TOULOUSE, The hills animate.
My friends say that I have beautiful baritonal … descant.
Also common are descant doubles, which typically provide B ♭ and alto F branches.
Unless to spy my shadow in the sun And descant on my own deformity,.
By day, descant from borders.
The Ancients recognised these qualities, and loved to descant upon them.
The Yamaha YRS24B Descant Recorder is designed to provide a perfect start to anyone 's musical education.
He uttered it once, then again and again, in a thin faltering descant.
Descant literary journal folds after 44 years - The Star.
Well, what about the solo part? We write a descant.
See, that 's where I want the descant to come in.
Mr. humphries and mr. lucas, here is your descant.
Cotillion ( Cotillon ) after Jean Hottetere - descant recorder and guitar.
There's the first voice, the second, then the descant.
Where's the descant.
The hills animate With the euphonious symphonies Of descant Oh, stop!
Reflections on a flower-garden ; and, A descant on creation.

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