How to pronounce “call and response”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• An interaction between speaker and listener, in which statements of the speaker are rapidly followed by responses from the listener.
• (singing) A musical technique in which one or more performers calls and others, often the audience, respond with alternating musical phrases.
• (religion) A prayer or preaching verbal technique similar to this.

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