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.
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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