A “drone” is an effect or accompaniment that sounds continuously throughout a piece of music, grounding the composition, providing a sonic, and occasionally a spiritual foundation. Drones appear in many forms of vocal music in many parts of the world, but they’re almost ubiquitous South and Central Asia where Tibetan monks chant MANTRAS and in India where several key classical instruments such as the SITAR have strings that resonate in a constant tone.
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