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Percussion instruments curtailed tempo with a lot of agitation
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timpani
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n. a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it [syn: kettle , kettledrum , tympanum , tympani ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Bowed long notes make good additions to organ pedal parts or timpani rolls. ▪ Some drummers have one or two pedal timpani , others have all three of the mechanical variety. ▪ Special effects can be obtained by strokes or rolls ...
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Timpani (; ), or kettledrums (also informally called timps ), are musical instruments in the percussion family. A type of drum , they consist of a skin called a head stretched over a large bowl traditionally made of copper . They are played by striking ...
Usage examples of timpani.
Far more people had fussed over Christine than around the prima donna, despite the fact that Dame Timpani had come around and fainted again quite pointedly several times and had eventually been forced to go for hysterics.
His heart was pounding like a timpani, but he managed to keep his voice steady.
With it came the delicate percussion of rainfall, the timpani of distant lightning.
He listened so hard that it seemed his blood roared and his heart beat like a timpani, but even over those distractions he could still make out the sound of footsteps.
Muffled timpani measured the intruder’s cat tread across the hall as Dane stepped down to meet him.