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Answer for the clue "Big drums ", 7 letters:
timpani
Alternative clues for the word timpani
- Back-of-orchestra instruments
- Symphonic set
- They represent the hunters in "Peter and the Wolf"
- Those beaten and flipping unfit Hoskins is punching
- Percussionist's set
- Set of large percussion instruments
- They're tuned with pedals
- Percussion set
- A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
- Tiny fellow, almost 11, making contribution to orchestra
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.