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2. Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano, and Timpani

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   Bohuslav Martinů's Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano, and Timpani (H. 271) was written in Switzerland in 1938 during deteriorating diplomatic relationships throughout Europe. Commissioned by Paul Sacher for the Basel Chamber Orchestra, it reflects intense impressions, from both the composer's personal life and the political ...

3. Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra - Wikipedia

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   Playing throughout the majority of the movement, the timpani guide the orchestra into a quick descent, and, having quieted the ensemble, provide gentle pulse. Brass play some short chords, and then settle onto a lingering resolution. The movement, approximately six minutes in length, draws to a tranquil close.

4. Timpani concerto - Wikipedia

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   A timpani concerto is piece of music written for timpani with orchestral or band accompaniment. It is usually in three parts or movements . The first timpani concertos were written in the Baroque and Classical periods of music.

5. Miracle Piano Teaching System - Wikipedia

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   Students can learn to play classic piano, rock piano, or show tunes. [3] The Miracle system assesses the player's ability to create custom lessons. [4] Fun exercises were meant to make learning the piano seem less like a chore and more like playing a video game.

6. Raise the Roof (composition) - Wikipedia

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   Raise the Roof has a duration of approximately twelve minutes and is composed in a single movement. The piece has influences of rock and roll and latin rhythms, and utilizes significant portions of extended technique in the solo part, including the use of foot pedals for melodic tuning, playing with an upside-down cymbal on the drumhead, and striking the drums with maraca sticks, wire brushes ...

7. Organ Concerto (Poulenc) - Wikipedia

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   As the full title of the piece denotes, the piece is scored for a solo organ, timpani and a string orchestra.The piece uses such comparatively small forces, relative to Poulenc's other concertos (the Concert champêtre used a full orchestra as accompaniment), [5] so that the piece could be played in a quite small space with an organ, such as Princess Edmond's salon, that were quite popular in ...

8. Classification of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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   The means of playing the instrument and skills required to play it, for example the grouping together of mallet percussion instruments, or of hand percussion instruments. This underlies the division of the orchestral percussion section into auxiliary percussion , tuned percussion and timpani , and is the reason percussive keyboard instruments ...

9. Symphony No. 3 (Rachmaninoff) - Wikipedia

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   The symphony is scored for full orchestra with 3 flutes (the 3rd doubling piccolo), 3 oboes (the 3rd doubling cor anglais), 2 clarinets in A and B ♭, bass clarinet in A and B ♭, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets in A and B ♭, 1 contralto trumpet in F, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, cymbals, bass drum, snare drum, triangle ...