drone

1. A monotonous sound of dull, 2. Part of a poem or song, con heavy character and very low pitch; stituting such a division as a canto, or especially, the constant sound proas a stanza. duced by the largest of the three tubes duct us (duk'-tus) Lat. n. of the bagpipe. A series of notes progre ing by 2. The chorus of a song (rare), consecutive degrees, that is following drone-ba one another in their natural order in A ba continuing on the same a scale. notes throughout an entire movement, ductuskum-kfir'-rens) cir cum cur rens Lat. (duk'-tus sir or piece, pitched on the tonic, or first note of the scale, or on the tonic, and A series of notes following each dominant, or fifth note of the key of other in their natural order in the the composition, scale both ascending and descending. drone-pipe duct us rectus (duk'-tus rek'-tus) Lat. The tube constituting that portion A direct, or ascending progre ion of the bagpipe which is devoid of of notes on consecutive decrees. 196 177 duct us revers us duldana duo