Bagpipe-drone

  • 91Burden — Bur den (b[^u]r d n), n. [OE. burdoun the bass in music, F. bourdon; cf. LL. burdo drone, a long organ pipe, a staff, a mule. Prob. of imitative origin. Cf. {Bourdon}.] 1. The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of… …

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  • 94bourdon — /boor dn, bawr , bohr /, n. Music. 1. a. the drone pipe of a bagpipe. b. the drone string of a stringed instrument. 2. a low pitched tone; bass. 3. a pipe organ stop of very low pitch. 4. the bell in a carillon having the lowest pitch. [1350… …

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  • 95Muchosa — Alphonse Gheux, Wallonian piper The muchosa is a type of bagpipe currently played mainly in Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, but which was previously known down into the north of France as far as Picardy. The muchosa has a chanter with a conical bore… …

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  • 96bourdon — [ bʊəd(ə)n] noun Music a low pitched stop in an organ or harmonium. Origin ME (in the sense drone of a bagpipe ): from OFr., drone , of imitative origin …

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  • 97bourdon — [boor′dən] n. [Fr < ML burdo, drone (bee), wind instrument: see BURDEN2] the drone of a bagpipe …

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  • 98bour|don — «BUR duhn, BR , BOHR », noun. 1. a) the bass pipe (drone) of a bagpipe. b) the unvarying sound made by it. 2. a) a bass stop in an organ. b) a similar stop in a harmonium. 3. a) the refrain of a song. b) ( …

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  • 99Bourdon — Bour don , n. [F. See {Burden} a refrain.] (Mus.) (a) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy gurdy. See {Burden} (of a song.) (b) A kind of organ stop. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 100Dronepipe — Drone pipe , n. One of the low toned tubes of a bagpipe. [1913 Webster] …

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