descant

noun

1. 高于主音的旋律
   a tune that is sung or played at the same time as, and usually higher than, the main tune

1. N-COUNT (乐曲的)上方音部，高音部
   A descant is a tune which is played or sung above the main tune in a piece of music.
   1. An elderly woman, arms crossed, sang the descant.
      一位双臂交叉的老妇人演唱了高音部。

1. An elderly woman, arms crossed, sang the descant.
   一位双臂交叉的老妇人演唱了高音部。
2. Andy on descant with Ed on bass, forth we went together, marching through'the rude wind's wild lament and the bitter weather '
   安迪唱高音部，埃德唱低音部，我俩一起边唱边走，迎着那“狂风的呼号与恶劣的天气”。
3. She is catching cold today, so she can't descant on the tune.
   她今天感冒了，不能唱高声卸。
4. Sing a descant on a main tune or melody.
   以主调或悦耳的音调唱着评论。
5. The girl students were asked to descant on the tune.
   女生们被要求唱高音部分。
6. He is going to descant on the beauties of the scene.
   他将详述风景的。
7. The boy singers were asked to descant on the tune.
   要求男孩子们唱高音部分。
8. Descant endlessly on the government's failings.
   无尽无休地谈论政府的过失。
9. To sing or play a descant.
   演唱（或演奏）高音部。
10. To be a bar boss for seven years, Big Tree look like a idealist more than a businessman when he talked about his descant on culture, rock, Reggae and musical ideal.
    做了六七年的酒吧老板，大树却一点儿也不像商人，一见面就跟记者大谈文化、摇滚、雷鬼以及自己的音乐抱负，仍然是个十足的理想主义者。

noun

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

   Synonym:    discant

verb

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

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

   Synonym:    yodelwarble

3. sing in descant