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  2. Timpani - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Percussion notation - Wikipedia

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    Cymbals are usually notated with 'x' note heads, drums with normal elliptical note heads and auxiliary percussion with alternative note heads. [1] Non-pitched percussion notation on a conventional staff once commonly employed the bass clef , but the neutral clef (or "percussion clef"), consisting of two parallel vertical lines, is usually ...

  4. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...

  5. 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.

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

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    By the 17th century, the timpani moved indoors for good and composers began to demand more from timpanists than ever before. 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.

  7. Shorthand for orchestra instrumentation - Wikipedia

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    Percussion: timpani, snare drum, bass drum, chimes, etc. Keyboard instruments: celesta, organ, piano; String instruments: harp, violins, violas, cellos, basses, frequently abbreviated to 'str', 'strs' or similar. If any soloists or a choir are called for, their parts are usually printed between the percussion/keyboards and the strings in the score.

  8. Drum charts - Wikipedia

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    Drum charts include their own musical vocabulary. The music written for drummers is not the same as, say, a pianist. Drummers use their own symbols and language in their charts. For example, a "middle C" note written on a staff for pianists is equivalent to the "snare drum" for drummers. Or, the note "F" on the piano staff is equal to the "bass ...

  9. List of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    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 ...