bourdon
see also: Bourdon
Pronunciation
Bourdon
Proper noun
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see also: Bourdon
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbʊədən/
bourdon (plural bourdons)
- (music, archaic) The burden or bass of a melody.
- 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:
- The earth tremors resumed and made a bourdon to the loud psalms that they sang, interspersed with the odd ode of Horace recited by Silas.
- 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:
- The drone pipe of a bagpipe.
- The lowest-pitched stop of an organ.
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage 2007, p. 5:
- The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage 2007, p. 5:
- The lowest-pitched bell of a carillon.
- A large, low-pitched bell not part of a diatonically tuned ring of bells.
- A bumblebee, genus Bombus.
- A pilgrim's staff.
Bourdon
Proper noun
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