A drum made of a bowl-shaped shell over which parchment is stretched. This drum has a definite pitch that can be adjusted by adjusting the tension of the parchment. The modern orchestral timpani are kettledrums.
In addition, you can familiarize yourself with the terms:
- [Abbreviation] Timp.
- [Abbreviation] Pk.
- [English] timpani
- [French] timbale (f)
- [French] timbales (f)
- [German] Pauke (f)
- [German] Pauken (f)
- [German] Kesselpauke
- [German] Kesseltrommel
- [Italian] timpano (m)
- [Italian] timballo (m)
- [Italian] timballi (m)
- [Italian] tympani
- [Spanish] timbal (m)
- [Spanish] timbals (m)
- [Spanish] atabal (f)
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