As a thick person, does this have anything to do with Bordon as in organ stop 
etc?

Dru Brooke-Taylor


On 23 Apr 2007, at 08:58, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


<My understanding, confirmed with a native German-speaking friend last  
night, is that Bordun is a musical process not connected to a  
specific instrument (like continuo basso) and when used with the  
pipes (Dudelsack) it refers to "Brummpfeife/n", i.e. the drones.

This may be historically true, but in practice in modern usage it means both.
C

"Die Bordune können mit den mitgelieferten Stöpseln abgestellt werden."
 the drones (nominative) can be switched off with the stoppers supplied.

"Hümmelchen ... mit zwei Bordunen" 
. With two drones (dative after "mit").

>From http://www.bagpipe.de/query.php?cp_tpl=main&cp_sid=182565295b45
chirs





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