Talk:faburden

RFV discussion: November 2021
A monotonous refrain. perhaps monotonous just means repeated and not boringly repetitive... MooreDoor (talk) 12:41, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
 * The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia of 1911 has this third sense of the noun: “ A drone-bass or a refrain; a burden. A “ drone-bass ” is: “ In music, a bass consisting of the tonic, or of the tonic and dominant, sounded continuously throughout a piece. ” (That is indeed monotonous, rather like the drome of a bagpipe.) Furthermore, “ refrain ” means: “ The musical phrase or figure to which the burden of a song is set. ” And while “ burden ” can mean “ the drone of a bagpipe ”, here it is a synonym of “ refrain ”. Finally, The Century Dictionary also has a sense of faburden as an adjective: “ monotonous ”. All together, this forms a fuzzy cloud of (sometimes vaguely) related senses. --Lambiam 18:33, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Cited. This, that and the other (talk) 05:44, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 20:02, 29 November 2021 (UTC)