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Timpani (/ ˈ t ɪ m p ə n i /; [2] Italian pronunciation:) or kettledrums (also informally called timps) [2] are musical instruments in the percussion family.A type of drum categorised as a hemispherical drum, they consist of a membrane called a head stretched over a large bowl traditionally made of copper.
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These instruments are sound synthesizers that use mechanical, optical, or other forms of non-electric computation, sampling, processing, or the like. It has been proposed that music synthesizers that perform computation, and/or that work by recording and playback of sound samples, or the like, be referred to as quintephones.
211.1 Instruments in which the body of the drum is dish- or bowl-shaped (kettle drums) 211.11 Single instruments Tamak' Timpani; 211.12 Sets of instruments Tabla; 211.2 Instruments in which the body is tubular (tubular drums) 211.21 Instruments in which the body has the same diameter at the middle and end (cylindrical drums)
New England Triptych is an orchestral composition by American composer William Schuman, based on works of William Billings. [1] The work lasts about 16 minutes, and is written for an orchestra comprising three flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), two oboes, English horn, E-flat clarinet, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... These companies no longer produce timpani, but their instruments are still widely used.
Timbal, tímpano and timpani all derive from the Latin tympănum, from the Greek týmpanon, meaning drum. (The Spanish word for drum, tambor , although similar, actually derives from Arabic tabl ). In Cuba and Latin America, timbales (timpani) were adapted into pailas , which is the name given to various Spanish metallic bowls and pans used as ...
211.1 Instruments in which the body of the drum is dish- or bowl-shaped, such as the kettle drum. 211.11 Single instruments; 211.12 Sets of instruments, such as orchestral timpani; 211.2 Tubular Drums – Instruments in which the body is tubular 211.21 Cylindrical Drums – Instruments in which the body has the same diameter at the middle and end