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  2. Goblet drum - Wikipedia

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    There are three main sounds produced by the goblet drum. The first is called a "doom". It is the deeper bass sound produced by striking the head near the center with the length of the fingers and palm and taking off the hand for an open sound. The second is called the "tak" and is the higher-pitched sound produced by hitting near the edge of ...

  3. Timpani - Wikipedia

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    Walter Light pedal and chain timpani set up in three different combinations. Timpani come in a variety of sizes from about 33 inches (84 cm) in diameter down to piccoli timpani of 12 inches (30 cm) or less. [6] A 33-inch drum can produce C 2 (the C below the bass clef), and specialty piccoli timpani can play up into the treble clef.

  4. Suspended cymbal - Wikipedia

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    This technique will give a very shrill, eerie sound, particularly useful in film music. Another lesser-known technique is to place a suspended cymbal upside down on a timpani head. The timpanist is instructed to roll ad lib on the suspended cymbal while moving the timpani pedal up and down as a glissando .

  5. Percussion instrument - Wikipedia

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    Orchestral percussion section with timpani, unpitched auxiliary percussion and pitched tubular bells Djembé and balafon played by Susu people of Guinea Concussion idiophones (), and struck drums Modern Japanese taiko percussion ensemble Very large drum kit played by Terry Bozzio Mridangam, an Indian percussion instrument, played by T. S. Nandakumar Evelyn Glennie is a percussion soloist

  6. Timpani concerto - Wikipedia

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    Concerto for Six Timpani and Orchestra (1790s) [1] Christoph Graupner. Symphony for 2 horns, timpani and strings; Werner Thärichen. Timpani Concerto Op. 34 (1954) William Kraft. Concerto No. 1 for Timpani and Orchestra (1984) [2] Concerto No. 2 for Timpani and Orchestra ("The Grand Encounter") (2005) Gordon Jacob. Concerto for Timpani & Band ...

  7. Missing fundamental - Wikipedia

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    A timpani might be tuned to produce sound most strongly at 200, 302, 398, and 488 Hz, for instance, implying a missing fundamental at 100 Hz (though the actual dampened fundamental is 170 Hz). [ 19 ] A violin 's lowest air and body resonances generally fall between 250 Hz and 300 Hz.

  8. Tremolo - Wikipedia

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    Video of a tremolo effect pedal, producing a cycling variation of volume, played with an electric guitar. A separate type of tremolo is a variation in amplitude: As produced on organs by tremulants; Using electronic effects in guitar amplifiers and effects pedals which rapidly turn the volume of a signal up and down, creating a "shuddering" effect

  9. List of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    Some apitos produce up to three different tones, but none of these is normally used as a pitched note. [3] [failed verification] Ashiko: Yoruba Unpitched 211.251.1 Membranophone Atabaque: Brazil Unpitched 211.221.1 Membranophone 1 Atumpan: Ghana Unpitched 211 . 221 . 1 Membranophone Axatse: Ghana Unpitched 454.456 Idiophone Babendil ...