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Significados de discant en inglés

portugués
discantus
catalán
contrapunt
español
discanto

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

        discanto
        catalán
        discant
        español
        discante

        Medieval music style.

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                Sinónimos
                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
                Uso de discant en inglés
                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
                portugués
                discantus