Look up: BOURDON


  1. Bourdon
    [bell] The bourdon is the heaviest of the bells that belong to a musical instrument, especially a chime or a carillon, and produces its lowest tone. As an example, the largest bell of a carillon of 64 bells, the sixth largest bell hanging in the world, in the Southern Illinois town of Centra...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourdon_(bell)

  2. Bourdon
    In music a bourdon is a drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. A bordon is also a kind of organ stop having a droning quality of tone.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/VB.HTM

  3. Bourdon
    [organ pipe] Bourdon, bordun, or bordone normally denotes a stopped flute/flue type of pipe in an organ characterized by a very dark, heavy tone, strong in fundamental, with a quint transient but relatively little overtone development. Its half-length construction make it especially well sui...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourdon_(organ_pipe)

  4. Bourdon
    A term often used for a heavy bell (e.g. several tons in weight).
    Found op http://www.hibberts.co.uk/glossary.htm

  5. Bourdon
    Bour'don noun [ French, from Latin burdo mule, esp. one used for carrying litters. Confer Spanish muleta a young she mule; also, crutch, prop.] A pilgrim's staff.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/85

  6. Bourdon
    Bour'don` noun [ French See Burden a refrain.] (Mus.) (a) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.) (b) A kind of organ stop.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/86

  7. Bourdon
    Eugene, French engineer and inventor, 1808-1884. ... See: Bourdon tube. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?Bourdon

  8. Bourdon
    • (n.) A kind of organ stop. • (n.) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.) • (n.) A pilgrim`s staff.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/bourdon/

  9. bourdon
    1) Drone 2) Drone pipe 3) Pipe 4) Tabor pipe
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/bourdon/1

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