descant , also: discant

It sang a descant of pain and retired from the chase.

And here they come, so what we've been talking about is singing descants on the third verse."

The major poetry award offered by Descant is named in her honor.

Robin joined in on the second verse, playing a lovely descant.

The frogs were singing, a descant to the distant drums.

Sarah's voice lilted like a descant above the deeper sound.

A moment later, Eric dived in with the descant, leading right into the first verse.

Tell me, can your fire lizards improvise descants to any tune?"

Sean started to laugh, a tuneful descant to the cacophony outside.

Indeed, much musical interest is provided by the descants by instruments and, sometimes, voices as well.

Softly, in her ear, she heard Beauty begin her usual soft descant.

He could hear the crackle of musketry like a descant to the big guns' thunder.

Ms. Weiss was pure muscle on the drums and a sweet descant when she sang.

For all the private jollity and political gossip in this collection, there is a soft descant of sorrow.

Then she took up the descant, her fragile voice rising sure and true above Piemur's.

"I have always believed in ideal love," I heard her descant like a solemn voice of legislation.

Eventually, by the Renaissance, descant referred generally to counterpoint.

Suddenly two new voices joined in, wordlessly crooning an eerie descant.

Kenton sighed, a deep sigh that seemed to go on as a descant to Martin's flute.

They were made in a range of sizes, a descant (rarely used), alto, tenor and bass.

The pom-poms added a new descant to the bass rhythms of the heavies.

Descant created a youth literacy outreach program called Now Hear This!

Eric hit a high D, a rasping trill, wailing descant down the scale.

He also composed several descants to various hymn tunes, several of them are still sung today.

No, not a note, a tune, a melody-a descant.