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Webster 1913 Edition

(făb′ŭr-den)

Noun.

[F.

faux bourdon

. See

, and

a verse.]

(Mus.)

(a)

A species of counterpoint with a drone bass.

(b)

A succession of chords of the sixth.

[Obs.]

A monotonous refrain.

[Obs.]

Holland.

faburden ‎(plural faburdens)

(music) A kind of counterpoint with a drone bass.
(music) A succession of chords of the sixth.
(obsolete) A monotonous refrain.
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