Crossword clues for timpani
timpani
- Things beaten in defeat, I'm panicking!
- They're hit in a mine on the way up, Mike admitted
- Percussion instrument
- Percussion instruments
- Some drums
- Set of large percussion instruments
- Percussion set
- Tunable drums
- They're tuned with pedals
- They represent the hunters in "Peter and the Wolf"
- The hunters in "Peter and the Wolf"
- Symphonic set
- Percussionist's set
- Orchestral kettledrums
- Certain drum set
- Back-of-orchestra instruments
- Kettledrums
- Set of kettledrums
- Drum set
- 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
- Monkey stopping to beat one set of drums
- We're beaten - in fact I'm panicking
- Kettledrums (I, not Y)
- Rubbish inside most of chicken drumsticks to go on these?
- Percussion instruments curtailed tempo with a lot of agitation
- Paint I'm mixing for instruments
- Big drums
- Drums, monkey stopping to beat one
- Tiny fellow, almost 11, making contribution to orchestra
- Those beaten and flipping unfit Hoskins is punching
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Timpano \Tim"pa*no\, n.; pl. Timpani. [It.] (Mus.) See Tympano.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1876, plural of timpano (1740), from Italian timpani "drums," from Latin tympanum "drum" (see tympanum). Related: Timpanist.
Wiktionary
n. (context plurale tantum musical instruments English) The set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra.
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]
Wikipedia
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 the head with a specialized drum stick called a timpani stick or timpani mallet. Timpani evolved from military drums to become a staple of the classical orchestra by the last third of the 18th century. Today, they are used in many types of musical ensembles, including concert bands, marching bands, orchestras, and even in some rock.
Timpani is an Italian plural, the singular of which is timpano. However, in informal English speech a single instrument is rarely called a timpano: several are more typically referred to collectively as kettledrums, timpani, temple drums, timpano, timp-toms, or simply timps. They are also often incorrectly termed timpanis. A musician who plays the timpani is a timpanist.
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.