partsong

Definitions of partsong
  1. noun
    a song with two or more voice parts
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    types:
    madrigal
    an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form
    round, troll
    a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
    type of:
    song, vocal
    a short musical composition with words
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