organ point
OR-gan poynt
[English]
Term used for a drone (a low, sustained tone) that remains steady in the bass of a composition while other voices move about above it. An organ point is also called a pedal tone, pedal note, a pedal, or a drone.
See Also
[English] pedal[English] pedal point
[English] drone
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Last Updated: 2016-06-06 00:50:11