dronology

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noun

The use of repeated lengthy droning sounds in music.

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Meanings

noundronology (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe 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
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    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

Origin

From drone + -ology.

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APA

dronology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dronology

MLA

“dronology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dronology. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dronology,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dronology.

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