antiphonal
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˌæn.tɪˈfoʊ.nəl/
- Specialized
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antifonal
- She has drawn boxes around difficult words—epiphanies, antiphonal, tessellations, serrations—and placed a question mark above each box.
- antiphonal singing
Examples
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The students engaged in antiphonal chanting, with one group calling out questions and the other responding enthusiastically.
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Perhaps this will not be something there, "Alarmist!" and "Denier!" shouted in an antiphonal manner.
Blog text (21) -
The traditional African-American liturgy has an antiphonal nature.
Academic text (1994) -
What is antiphonal form?
Academic text (2003) -
However, antiphonal preaching requires that the challenge have an engaging quality in keeping with the style and cadence of black preaching.
Academic text (1994) -
Call-and-response or antiphonal singing in monophony, polyphony, and heterophony is commonly heard.
Academic text (2015) -
Students can also apply their findings to music of all eras and cultures, noting repetition in early antiphonal chant and Bach, as well as in ambient music and pop music.
Academic text (1998) -
Members of these groups frequently use polyphonic techniques such as canonic imitation, antiphonal singing, melodic ostinato, or drone to accompany many sociocultural events.
Academic text (2015) -
Polyphonic improvisation should thus be viewed as a fundamental element of early childhood music experiences, whether it be the antiphonal or canonic singing of chants or the heterophonic playing of instruments.
Academic text (2014) -
During the church service, the choir performed an uplifting antiphonal song, alternating verses with the congregation.
Synonyms
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4.4
Involves short replies spoken by a leader and a group
Having a part that answers an earlier part in a poem or chorus
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Antiphonal comes from Greek parts anti- 'opposite' and phon- 'voice', the same root as in phone for 'sound'. So antiphonal music or singing means voices answering each other, like an echo between two groups.