call and response

See also: call-and-response

English

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Noun

call and response

  1. (singing) A musical technique in which one or more performers calls and others (often the audience) respond with alternating musical phrases.

References
  • 2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.) Pg. 593.
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