bourdon
Deep sustained tone
Bourdon names a low-pitched drone or sustained bass tone.
In pipe organs, a bourdon is a stopped pipe producing a deep, muted sound.
In music more broadly, it refers to the drone string on instruments like hurdy-gurdies or the bass pipe of a bagpipe—the continuous note against which melody plays.
A bourdon can also be a pilgrim's staff, though this sense is rare outside historical contexts.
Large fuzzy stinging insect
- apiaryHive-keeping grounds
- pollinationFlower reproductive transfer
- nectarFloral sugar water
- hiveBee dwelling structure
queen · worker · colony · stinger · buzz · forager · pollen · wax
Reed instrument with bellows
- chanterRitual vocalist
- organ pipeWind instrument's sounding tube
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- continuous toneUninterrupted audio frequency
accompaniment · tonic · ground bass · hurdy-gurdy · musette · skirl · lament · dirge
Organization's workers collectively
- walking stickHandheld support for ambulation
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- travelerOne who journeys
- wayfarerTraveler, especially walking
journey · medieval · sacred · reliquary · scallop shell · devotion · Canterbury · Santiago
bumblebee
Large fuzzy stinging insect
- apiaryHive-keeping grounds
- pollinationFlower reproductive transfer
- nectarFloral sugar water
hive · queen · worker · colony · stinger · buzz · forager · pollen · wax · swarm
bagpipe
Reed instrument with bellows
- chanterRitual vocalist
- organ pipeWind instrument's sounding tube
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
continuous tone · accompaniment · tonic · ground bass · hurdy-gurdy · musette · skirl · lament · dirge · airs
staff
Organization's workers collectively
- walking stickHandheld support for ambulation
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- travelerOne who journeys
wayfarer · journey · medieval · sacred · reliquary · scallop shell · devotion · Canterbury · Santiago · processional
carillon
Tuned bronze bell instrument
- belfryTower containing bells
- church bellBronze ringer in steeple
- tollFee for passage
peal · Notre-Dame · bronze · clapper · resonance · cathedral · chime · vibration
bourdonpiccolo
Small, high-pitched woodwind
treble · soprano · high pitch · flageolet · fifteenth
bourdonmelodic line
Sequence of pitches forming tune
cantus · descant · solo voice · obbligato · coloratura