What does faburden mean?
Faburden means (music) A kind of counterpoint with a drone bass..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(music) A kind of counterpoint with a drone bass..
[B]ecause he obseru'd Ergo was the deadly clap of the piece, […] hee accustomed to make it the Faburden to anie thing hee spake; As if anie of his companions complained hee was hungrie, hee would straight conclude Ergo you must goe to dinner; or if the clocke had stroke or bell towld, Ergo you must goe to such a Lecture; […]
They haue all of them one and the same manner of tune in their singing; and commonly they make three rests in their song, besides the fa-burden in the end, which is a kind of grone.
But yet; like, finding his like: it expelleth that like: say you still: and this is the faburden of your song.
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Faburden means (music) A kind of counterpoint with a drone bass..
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[B]ecause he obseru'd Ergo was the deadly clap of the piece, […] hee accustomed to make it the Faburden to anie thing hee spake; As if anie of his companions complained hee was hungrie, hee would straight conclude Ergo you must goe to dinner; or if the clocke had stroke or bell towld, Ergo you must goe to such a Lecture; […]
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