descant (n.)

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

    [ Syn: discant ]

    descant (v.)

  1. sing in descant

  2. sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains

    [ Syn: yodel , warble ]

  3. talk at great length about something of one's interest

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