dronology

noun

Etymology

From drone + -ology.

  1. inherited from *dʰreh₁n- — “bee, drone, hornet
  2. inherited from *drēniz
  3. inherited from *drānu
  4. inherited from drān
  5. inherited from drane
  6. suffixed as dronology — “drone + ology

Definitions

  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.
    • […] label founder Jon Mueller, whose approach to percussion sits comfortably alongside Catlin's guitar dronology.

The neighborhood

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