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Descant


 

Descant or discant can refer to different things in music;

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  • A form of medieval music where one person sang a fixed melody, and others accompanied with improvisations.
  • The treble or soprano singer in a group of voices, or the higher pitched line in a song.
  • An unusually highly pitched instrument or the highest pitched into a family of instruments.