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Bourdon
Bourdon derives from the French for bumblebee, and may refer to: * Bourdon (bell), the lowest bell in a set * Bourdon, a Pilgrim's staff * 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
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Bourdon derives from the French for bumblebee, and may refer to: * Bourdon (bell), the lowest bell in a set * Bourdon, a Pilgrim's staff * 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
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