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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) 211.211 Instruments which have only one usable membrane 211.211.1 Instruments in which the end without a membrane is open Octoban
Timpani is an Italian plural, the singular of which is timpano. However, in English the term timpano is only widely in use by practitioners: several are more typically referred to collectively as kettledrums, timpani, temple drums, or timps. They are also often incorrectly termed timpanis. A musician who plays timpani is a timpanist.
Standard Kit: The only kit specified by General MIDI Level 1 9: Room Kit: Drums recorded with room ambience 17: Power Kit: More powerful kick and snare sounds 25: Electronic Kit: Sounds of various electronic drums 26: TR-808 Kit: Analog drum kit similar to Roland TR-808 33: Jazz Kit: Softer kick and snare sounds than the Standard Kit 41: Brush ...
Drums require tuning for a variety of reasons: to sound good together as a kit, to sound pleasing as an individual drum, to achieve the desired amount of ringing and resonance, and to produce the sound that fits the music. Some drums such as timpani and rototoms are tuned to a definite pitch. Drums are tuned by tightening or loosening the ...
Timpani: Pitched 211.11-922 Membranophone Also called kettle drums Tingsha: Tibet Unpitched 111.142 Idiophone Tom-tom drum: Pitched 211.211.1 Membranophone Tombak: Iran Unpitched 211.261.1 Membranophone Persian, also known as tombak, donbak and dombak, and as Tombakh Naar in Kashmir Triangle: Cajuns Unpitched 111 Idiophone Triccaballacca: Italy ...
Richard Strauss's compositions included timpani parts with very difficult rhythmic passages and challenging tuning changes that could only be played using a set of pedal timpani. For example, in the final waltz in Act 3 of his opera Der Rosenkavalier , Strauss wrote for the timpani the way he wrote for the bass , with a long, walking melodic line.
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The American Drum Manufacturing Company was a family-owned timpani manufacturer based in Denver, Colorado. Former Denver Symphony Orchestra timpanist Walter Light, who built a custom set of drums for himself, founded the company in 1950 when his colleagues began asking him to build timpani for them. [1] The company was voluntarily dissolved in ...