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drone

drone

[English]

1. Any note performed throughout a composition as a sustaining bass note. Drones are common in folk music and in Medieval music.
 
2. The largest of the three pipes in a bagpipe which sounds one deep note acting as a perpetual base to every tune.
 

Example


Ritesh Das and Levon Ichkhanian: "Bablo-Lo"




Ritesh Das and Ian de Souza: "Chatterbox"


See Also

[English] organ point
[English] pedal point
[English] pedal

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Last Updated: 2016-05-24 00:11:41