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Bordun (m)

(with) definite article: der
(the) drone
Stimmer

Term also used for the sound it produces; NB: ➺ Bourdon, &c.

Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile].

Gojković, Andrijana: Narodni muzički instrumenti [Folk musical instruments]. Beograd, 1979 [without source],.

Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975.