(TIM-puh-nee) Italian for kettledrums; the term timpani is often preferred by composers and performers. From Wordnik.com. [timpani] Reference
I also got to play the timpani, which is these giant round drums. ". From Wordnik.com. [Sand Mountain Reporter: News] Reference
A huge thudding overhead, like the roll of a timpani. From Wordnik.com. [A Maiden's Grave]
Cue the timpani, it's a mutual symphony of destruction. From Wordnik.com. [Joshua David Stein: Encounter Point in Counterpoint] Reference
That seems to rule out pianos, harps, and maybe timpani. From Wordnik.com. [Page 2] Reference
Ken got his timpani mallets signed, which was very cool. From Wordnik.com. [Birthday, Part II] Reference
They also have traditional snares, kettles, timpani and so forth. From Wordnik.com. [So Percussion, Playing Pipes Bought for A Song] Reference
I can still hear the metallic timpani-rim sound of those doors closing. From Wordnik.com. [stopbath] Reference
Ringo said, “Gladly,” then he hurled a timpani mallet across the room. From Wordnik.com. [PAUL IS UNDEAD] Reference
My attic ceiling at home sounds like being inside a timpani when it rains. From Wordnik.com. [Last night while the rain came down...] Reference
And the pièce de la résistance: Todd tossing Ken two broken timpani mallets. From Wordnik.com. [Timpani mallets? Priceless.] Reference
I played the timpani, the triangle and the xylophone in our school's salsa band. From Wordnik.com. [All-USA boys hoops team: Garden State blooms] Reference
Her shoulders were as tight as an overtightened timpani, and her neck felt worse. From Wordnik.com. [The Soprano Sorceress]
I decided that when i get to heaven I will be an accomplished timpani drum player. From Wordnik.com. [timpani] Reference
Air buffeted against her feathers, making a soft drumming sound, the gentlest timpani. From Wordnik.com. [When the Wind Blows]
Just then, the bows hit the strings, the brass got blown, and the timpani shook the house. From Wordnik.com. [Sean Penn: Mountain of Snakes] Reference
Do you have any idea about how to modified it? timpani January 26, 2006 8:14 AM # | Delete. From Wordnik.com. [K2 for Blogger] Reference
He pounds the roof of the Pontiac with the side of his fist and it rumbles like a timpani. From Wordnik.com. [Sissyneck] Reference
He resisted the urge to skip ahead to the allegro by covering his uncertainty with timpani. From Wordnik.com. [A Call to Arms]
When the brass and timpani cut loose, the strings might just as well put their instruments down. From Wordnik.com. [Eschenbach, Tetzlaff, Bruckner: The fresh and less familiar faces of the NSO] Reference
We can use another famous example by the way if you want to hear a timpani playing different notes. From Wordnik.com. [For Thanksgiving, the Other Kind of Drumsticks] Reference
Drummers wearing bandanas, with triple bass drums, 50 tomtoms, timpani and a gong obviously hate 'em. From Wordnik.com. ["Available in Silver Sparkle and Pink Sparkle"] Reference
Kettledrums are usually used in classical music in sets of two or more and are known by their Italian name, timpani. From Wordnik.com. [kettledrum] Reference
I do continue to contradict her claim that "the brasses, the woodwinds, the timpani are nineteenth-century products.". From Wordnik.com. [Liszt Learning] Reference
Players however, must overcome the odd adversity including--timpani drums and rousing horn section cued--shareholders. From Wordnik.com. [Van Den Bergh's VNU Board Agrees To $8.9B Buyout] Reference
Her foot reached the ground just as the timpani came in and oh, how we wished our grandmothers had been alive to witness this. From Wordnik.com. [No Escape: Getting Out Of The Gulag] Reference
For part of the set, they took turns in separate roles: Mr. Marsalis on timpani, Mr. Powell on drumset and Mr. Riley on congas. From Wordnik.com. [Jazzfest: Drum Battles and a Tribute to Max Roach - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
He's composed more than twenty operas, eight symphonies, and concertos for violin, piano, timpani, saxophone quartet, and orchestra. From Wordnik.com. [Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Twenty-Six] Reference
(My favorite moment of throbbing inertia comes when someone says he's going to lunch and the announcement is met by a timpani roll.). From Wordnik.com. [World War II defeats 'Defiance'] Reference
Again: "How can anyone who has heard Don Giovanni say that the brasses, the woodwinds, the timpani are nineteenth-century products?". From Wordnik.com. [Liszt Learning] Reference
(I also think that helped his symphonic music in the timpani part to say the Sinfonia Sacra or the later brilliant Concerto Festivo!). From Wordnik.com. ["Let your guests wait—they will be rewarded"] Reference
Its new radio commercials get right to the heart of the matter, complete with a spooky soundtrack of sawing violins and rising timpani. From Wordnik.com. [CIA gets spooky with new radio commercials] Reference
As the timpani drums roll, the spotlights move in unison from the farthest boundaries of creation to focus on the one small, clear box. From Wordnik.com. [The God of Yes] Reference
The brass had its finest moments of the evening in the big martial blares toward the end, each rounded out with a crisp roll of timpani. From Wordnik.com. [Hans Graf conducts Jean-Yves Thibaudet, National Symphony in Ravel, Debussy] Reference
Any one of these homes would make for a striking neighborhood landmark, but together they just make noise, like an orchestra of timpani. From Wordnik.com. [Houses of the Future] Reference
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