meaning of descant

1. Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song.
2.
The upper voice in part music.
3.
The canto, cantus, or soprano voice; the treble.
4.
A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or comments.
5.
To sing a variation or accomplishment.
6.
To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large.
7.
a decorative musical accompaniment often improvised added above a basic melody


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