Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "In music, a drone is a harmonic or monophonic effect or accompaniment where a note or chord is continuously sounded throughout most or all of a piece. The word drone is also used to refer to any part of a musical instrument that is just used to produce such an effect, as is the archaic term burden (bourdon or burdon) such as, \"the drone [pipe] of a bagpipe,\" the pedal point in an organ, or the lowest course of a lute. Burden also refers to a part of a song that is repeated at the end of each stanza, such as the chorus or refrain.The term comes from the French bourdon, a staff; or a pipe made in the form of a staff. \"The drone does not take its name from the bee. It is a far older word,\" sharing an Indo-European root (\"dhran, to drone, to hum\") with the Sanskrit \"dhran\", the Greek \"thren-os\", and the English \"thrum\", \"drum\", and \"dream\"."@en }
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- Drone_(music) abstract "In music, a drone is a harmonic or monophonic effect or accompaniment where a note or chord is continuously sounded throughout most or all of a piece. The word drone is also used to refer to any part of a musical instrument that is just used to produce such an effect, as is the archaic term burden (bourdon or burdon) such as, \"the drone [pipe] of a bagpipe,\" the pedal point in an organ, or the lowest course of a lute. Burden also refers to a part of a song that is repeated at the end of each stanza, such as the chorus or refrain.The term comes from the French bourdon, a staff; or a pipe made in the form of a staff. \"The drone does not take its name from the bee. It is a far older word,\" sharing an Indo-European root (\"dhran, to drone, to hum\") with the Sanskrit \"dhran\", the Greek \"thren-os\", and the English \"thrum\", \"drum\", and \"dream\".".