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Originally Posted by RezZ
Noob question here but what exactly is the difference in Drone and Ambient? Just more repetition in drone?
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Drone: "a continuous low tone produced by the bass pipes or bass strings of musical instruments."
A 'drone' is a piece that has a note/chord/etc that carries throughout the entire piece. It may become warped (Terry Riley's "Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band" is a good example of that, even though it's more of a minimalist piece of music) but it generally resolves to the same note as before. It sort of acts as a platform for other things to happen on top of.
Ambiance is generally meant to be music of the surroundings. It is very minimal and develops slowly like drone, but it doesn't necessarily have any 'drones' in it. Most drone music is in some way ambient, but not all ambient has to be drone:
Ambient:
Ambient drone:
I'd say they're both repetitious to an equal degree, but they repeat very different things, if you will.