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dronology en · NOUN

Etymology

From drone + -ology.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The use of repeated lengthy droning sounds in music.
    • […] label founder Jon Mueller, whose approach to percussion sits comfortably alongside Catlin's guitar dronology. 2007, The Wire, volumes 281-286, page 49:
    • 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: