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descant

In music, a high-pitched line for one or more sopranos, added above the normal soprano line (melody) of a hymn tune; a high-pitched instrument of a family, such as the descant recorder (known in the USA as soprano recorder); or an improvised melody sung against a written voice part, also known as faburden, fauxbourdon, or discant.

Older English writers used the term descant to mean counterpoint.



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And although Church's very traditional soprano is a little too polished for the spiritual-style lyrics of Jester Hairston's ``Mary's Boy Child'' and Mel Torme's classic ``Christmas Song,'' most of the selections take advantage of her range and power, especially the soaring descants of ``O Come All Ye Faithful,'' ``Hark the Herald Angels Sing'' and Charles Gounod's ``Ave Maria.
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