Dronology
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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