Call and response (music)
Succession of two distinct phrases usually played by different musicians (in music) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about call and response as a musical pattern. For specific types of music, see antiphony. For other uses, see Call and response (disambiguation).
"Answer (music)" redirects here. For fugal answer, see Fugue § The exposition.
In music, call and response is a compositional technique, often a succession of two distinct phrases that works like a conversation in music. One musician offers a phrase, and a second player answers with a direct commentary or response. The phrases can be vocal, instrumental, or both.[1] Additionally, they can take form as commentary to a statement, an answer to a question or repetition of a phrase following or slightly overlapping the initial speaker(s).[2] It corresponds to the call and response pattern in human communication and is found as a basic element of musical form, such as the verse-chorus form, in many traditions.