Bourdon

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Bourdon derives from the French for bumblebee, and may refer to:

  • Bourdon (bell), the lowest bell in a set
  • Bourdon (organ pipe), a stopped organ pipe of a construction favored for low pitches
  • Bourdon (surname)
  • Drone (music): The lowest course of a lute, or the lowest drone pipe of a bagpipe, sometimes called a bourdon
  • Faux bourdon, fauxbourdon, faburden or falsobordone, terms applied (without perfect consistency) to a variety of music compositional techniques
  • Bourdon, Somme, a small town in France
  • Bourdon (grape), another name for the French wine grape Douce noir

See also

  • Bourdon gauge or Bourdon tube, named after Eugène Bourdon
  • Boudon
    • Boudon noir, an alternative name for the Italian wine grape Dolcetto
  • Boudin (disambiguation)
  • Burden (disambiguation)
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