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The 23 pages that link to Drone (music), each with the reason it gives.

• MelodyCompared with: A drone provides a stable backdrop against which a melody moves.

• OstinatoCompared with: A drone persists as a tone, while an ostinato repeats a changing pattern.

• Chord progressionCompared with: A drone can support music with little or no chord change.

• Ambient musicRelated: Its extended tones offer one of ambient music’s clearest ways to create a stable atmosphere.

• Modal musicRelated: A drone can establish a modal center without functional chord progressions.

• Musical textureRelated: A steady pitch forms a continuous layer beneath other parts.

• Tonal musicCompared with: A drone can establish a center without the chord progressions characteristic of tonal harmony.

• Tape loopRelated: Long loops can sustain textures that function as drones.

• Tonic (music)Compared with: A drone can anchor music without the tonic-directed chord progressions common in tonal harmony.

• MonophonyRelated: A drone can accompany a monophonic melody without becoming an independent melodic line.

• The Velvet UndergroundRelated: Cale’s viola drones helped connect the band’s rock songs to experimental music.

• KrautrockRelated: Extended tones and gradual change offered an alternative to conventional rock song structures.

• La Monte YoungRelated: Long-held pitches are a defining material in Young’s compositions.

• Gothic rockRelated: Sustained notes and repetition contribute to gothic rock’s hypnotic, ominous passages.

• Musical noteCompared with: A drone contrasts with notes that change pitch or function over a passage.

• Noise musicCompared with: Both can minimize melody, but drone music usually foregrounds continuity rather than disruptive noise.

• DidgeridooNarrower topic: The instrument’s sustained fundamental connects it to a broad musical texture.

• VeenaRelated: Veena performance often uses drone strings to anchor melodic phrases.

• Lou ReedRelated: The Velvet Underground’s drones gave Reed a foundation for songs that resisted conventional harmony.

• The Velvet Underground & NicoRelated: Long held tones and repetition give tracks such as “Heroin” an unsettled pull.

• Henryk GóreckiRelated: Drones help create the harmonic stillness heard in several mature works.

• MerzbowCompared with: Drone can share Merzbow’s duration and density while favoring continuity over abrasive flux.

• Peter SculthorpeRelated: Sculthorpe used drones to create spaciousness and connect his music with Asian traditions.