faux-bourdon
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fo.buʁ.dɔ̃/
Noun
faux-bourdon m (plural faux-bourdons)
- drone (bee)
- 2013 February 15, Stéphanie Forestier, "C’est le moment de louer une ruche", le Parisien.
- Les abeilles dites Frère Adam ont d’abord grandi dans une nurserie et sont issues d’une reine et d’un faux-bourdon.
- 2013 February 15, Stéphanie Forestier, "C’est le moment de louer une ruche", le Parisien.
- A musical style in which a countermelody sung above the melody and another sung below create the impression of a bass that isn't really there.
Further reading
- “faux-bourdon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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