dronology

English

Etymology

From drone +‎ -ology.

Noun

dronology (uncountable)

1. The use of repeated lengthy droning sounds in music.
   • 2004, Christoph Cox, Daniel Warner, Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music, page 359:

     The Velvets melded folkadelic songcraft with a wall-of-noise aesthetic that was half Phil Spector, half La Monte Young — and thereby invented dronology, a term that loosely describes 50 per cent of today's post-rock activity.

   • 2007, The Wire, volumes 281-286, page 49:

     […] label founder Jon Mueller, whose approach to percussion sits comfortably alongside Catlin's guitar dronology.