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  2. Timpani - Wikipedia

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    Timpani is an Italian plural, the singular of which is timpano, though the singular may also be referred to as a timpanum. 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.

  3. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    A lively piece, free in form, often used to show musical skill Cavatina: small instrumental tone: A simple melody or song Coda: tail: The end of a piece Concerto: concert: A work for one or more solo instruments accompanied by an orchestra Concertino: little concert: A short concerto; the solo instrument in a concerto Concerto grosso: big concert

  4. Evolution of timpani in the 18th and 19th centuries - Wikipedia

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    The timpani was first introduced to the court orchestras and opera ensembles as well as in larger church works. [7] Due to this move indoors, a much more formalized way of playing and approaching the timpani was developed. The old practice of learning parts by rote gave way to written music and composers began writing more regularly for the ...

  5. Lists of tuned and untuned percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    This group of instruments includes all keyboard percussion and mallet percussion instruments and nearly all melodic percussion instruments.Those three groups are themselves overlapping, having many instruments in common.

  6. Orchestral percussion - Wikipedia

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    In an orchestral setting, the concert bass drum plays an integral role in the overall feel of a piece of music. In orchestral literature, the bass drum usually deals more with coloring and shading the sounds of the orchestra as opposed to providing a solid, rhythmic foundation like in marching band drumset.

  7. Elayne Jones - Wikipedia

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    In the musical school, all piano students were expected to also practice an orchestra instrument. According to Local 802 that hosted Jones as a member for over sixty years, she fell in love with violin in musical school but her teacher Isadore Russ told her she was too skinny, instead handing her a pair of drumsticks, based on the notion that ...

  8. Classification of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    Hornbostel–Sachs does not use the term percussion as a general grouping at all, but instead in a very different sense to the common usage. Instruments such as castanets and cymbals used in pairs are not percussion in the Hornbostel–Sachs sense, but are percussion instruments in every other sense.

  9. 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.