Good stuff, folks. Matt, the traditional definition of drone calls for musical tones, but in principle, an insistent rhythm would be very similar. These days, I'd call a repeated rhythm a "loop," even if it wasn't actually being looped. A constant phrase of changing notes, however, isn't a drone, but rather an ostinato. Check out the ostinato

Nite, yep I like high floating strings, organ, or synth stuff.

To all:

Related to a drone, try this, play an A minor chord. Then in the bass, play the same chord with an F note, then the same chord with an F# note. An old chum of mine, Mike Smith, wrote an excellent song that used this (only his was F#m I believe) called "Car on Fire." So for bonus points, what would you call these chords?

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