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Tunable drums
Answer for the clue "Tunable drums ", 7 letters:
timpani
Alternative clues for the word timpani
- Hunters' representation in "Peter and the Wolf"
- A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
- Those beaten and flipping unfit Hoskins is punching
- Set of kettledrums
- Symphonic set
- Paint I'm mixing for instruments
- Percussion instruments curtailed tempo with a lot of agitation
- Percussion instrument
Word definitions for timpani in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1876, plural of timpano (1740), from Italian timpani "drums," from Latin tympanum "drum" (see tympanum ). Related: Timpanist .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
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 ]
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.