Dronology

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The use of repeated lengthy droning sounds in music. uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From drone + -ology.

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