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by jameshart 1263 days ago
That is not what ‘drone’ means in a musical instrument context.

Unless the function of these drones is to emit a constant underlying tone to add to the musicality, allowing you to mimic bagpipes, a banjo or a tambura. Which has clearly always been the ambition of any serious pianist.

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> That is not what ‘drone’ means in a musical instrument context.

Which other word should they have used?