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Significats de discant en anglès

portuguès
discantus
català
contrapunt
espanyol
discanto

A decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody.

contrapunt
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discant
espanyol
discante

Medieval music style.

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Examples for "descant"
Examples for "descant"
1
He risked glancing up and saw that the descant spell was working.
The Magicians of Caprona
2
It was very pleasant to hear Mr. Thorne descant on this matter.
Barchester Towers
3
Presently was mingled with the bird's descant low singing of another kind.
Chivalry
4
He then proceeded to descant upon the general wrongs of horses.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 18...
5
Presently he led out an animal and began to descant upon its merits.
A Roman Singer
Ús de discant en anglès
1
In which the gentleman discants on bravery and heroic virtue, till an unlucky accident puts an end to the discourse.
Joseph Andrews, Vol. 1
2
For many ages men, and particularly those engaged in the literary field of thought, have discanted on the baseness of the passion of jealousy.
The Twin Hells / A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and...
Translations for discant
portuguès
discantus