timpani
pronunciation
How to pronounce timpani in British English:
UK [ˈtɪmpəni]
How to pronounce timpani in American English:
US [ˈtɪmpəni]
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- Noun:
- a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
Word Origin
- timpani
- timpani: [16] Timpani was borrowed from Italian, where it is the plural of timpano ‘kettledrum’. This in turn went back via Latin tympanum ‘drum’ (source of English tympanum ‘ear-drum’ [17]) to Greek túmpanon ‘drum’, a close relative of the verb túptein ‘hit’. Part of the same word-family is timbre ‘sound-quality’ [19], whose French antecedent meant ‘bell hit with a hammer’.=> timbre, tympanum
- timpani (n.)
- 1876, plural of timpano (1740), from Italian timpani "drums," from Latin tympanum "drum" (see tympanum). Related: Timpanist.
Example
- 1. Timpani , chimes , drum set , marimba , xylophone and vibraphone .
- 2. The video is very nice , but this is hurting the music timpani .
- 3. Therefore , instrument makers began to create smaller timpani to let the timpani look and sound more original .
- 4. Percussionists are required to perform with snare drum , keyboard percussion and timpani .