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dronology

dronology noun: the use of repeated lengthy droning sounds in music.

Noun

dronology (uncountable)

  1. The use of repeated lengthy droning sounds in music.
    • The Velvets melded folkadelic songcraft with a wall-of-noise aesthetic that was half Phil Spector, half La Monte Young — and thereby invented dronology, a term that loosely describes 50 per cent of today's post-rock activity.2004, Christoph Cox, Daniel Warner, Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music, page 359
    • […] label founder Jon Mueller, whose approach to percussion sits comfortably alongside Catlin's guitar dronology.2007, The Wire, volumes 281-286, page 49

Origin of dronology

From drone + -ology.

Questions about dronology

What does dronology mean?
Dronology means the use of repeated lengthy droning sounds in music.
What part of speech is dronology?
Dronology is a noun.

Words near dronology in the dictionary

  1. dronkgrass
  2. dronkie
  3. dronkies
  4. dronkverdriet
  5. Dronley
  6. dronology
  7. dronte
  8. Dronten
  9. drontes
  10. drony
  11. Dronyk

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