My 8 year old daughter is in a dance recital where an older girl is singing a solo, kinda. But, the younger girls are kinda all singing a response to the soloist. Is there a name for this technique? It is not truly in a responsive nature, however. To help clarify, the soloist has a solo part, and the young girls sing to her before and after her part…as they dance around her.
Oddly, I have never heard it called anything but “Call and response.” We ought to get a nice Italian name for it.
Ditto for “call and response,” which is also a prominent feature in contemporary Afro-pop (as in West African juju).
In sacred music, this is called “antiphonal.” Two parts (or two choirs) alternate their singing to one another, almost like a dialogue.
Close, but I believe antiphonal involves two singing groups of equal strength, so that wouldn’t apply to a soloist alternating with a choir.
Loud Howard wishes to disagree. Bring earplugs.