#timpani music

[automaticfrenchhorn]

Today's piece is a fun and rhythmic study on writing for timpani. Specifically, it is an exercise on writing around the timpani's limitations, as well as accentuating its strengths.

This study is written for one timpanist one four drums. The middle section reduces the rhythmic complexity, and adds some space for the timpanist to retune the drums in order to create a melody. While it certainly isn't impossible to do this kind of retuning while playing complicated rhythms, I wanted to keep this piece from becoming needlessly diffult or impractical, while still being soloistic.

The opening material uses an additive form, where each note of the main motif is added one at a time, restarting between each repitition of the motif. This is mirrored towards the end, where a subtractive process shortens the pattern to build tension into the final roll. These processes were inspired by Rzewski, who uses a similar pattern in "Les Moutons de Panurge", a favourite of mine.

As always, these pieces are welcome for anyone and everyone to play! All I ask is that you share it with me, because I'd love to hear it done by live players!

[masonyin]

Classicat Music Sport Meet

[gasparodasalo]

Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758) - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D-Major, FWV L:D4a, III. Allegro. Performed by Julia Schröder, violin & direction, and Kammerorchester Basel on period instruments.

[rattlebear25]

Some picture for something idk...

P.S: Blumiere is hoooot 😳😳😳😳💖💖💖💖💖

UPDATE: I think i am gonna update Blumiere's haircut, it is too similar to my HC Dimentio's one

[lucyav13]

The memories

(A/N): All the memories with its corresponding music. Enjoy! :) 

Memory one:

I remember that day well...The room was warm. The hole place was at peace.

"Ugh... Uuugh..."

"You're awake at least?"

"Where... am I? Is this... a human's home? Bleccch!"

"Don't wiggle like that. I found you at the cliff base. You took quite a fall."

"You're a human, correct? I don't... repulse you? I am of the Tribe of Darkness..."

"Why would that matter? Anyone with a heart would not ignore an injured soul!"

That was the day our paths crossed...

That day... That was the day our tragedy was set in motion.   

Memory two:

"You're late. Did something happen?"

"Yes, my father caught me. Sneaking out of the castle wasn't easy after that."

"I was worried you wouldn't come..."

"You are a strange girl... You know what I am and yet you do not seem afraid."

"I don't care what you are. I just wanted to see you. Is that... Is that so wrong?"

"No. No, of course not. I wanted to see you too..."

"Blumiere... Do you mind if I sit next to you?"

"Please do, Timpani. Let's return to our conversation. I must know more of you..."

Memory three:

"Timpani, why? Why do you avoid me?"

"Ow... OW! Unhand me!"

"Huh? You're crying! Why? Timpani, you must tell me what was happened!"

"It's nothing.. Don't worry about it... Just forget it..."

"Oh no... Timpani, is my father behind this?"

"I'm... I'm just an ordinary girl. No matter how much I love you, we must part."

"Timpani... I..."

"This is good-bye, Blumiere. There's no other choice. This is our fate..."

Memory 4:

"What... What are you thinking? There's no possible way... No one would allow it"

"If we can't be happy here, we must leave for a place that will accept our love."

"But, Blumiere, is there such a place? Think... I can't bear to see you hurt again."

"If our love has no home... let us spend our lives searching together!"

"So I beg of you again... Timpani, marry me! I promise I will make you happy."

"You... just won't give up, will you? Of all the crazy... stubborn... foolish men..."

"Timpani, answer me, please."

"Blumiere, I love you. Take me away. Take me to a world where we can be happy."

Memory five:

"Look, Timpani. The stars are beautiful, aren't they?"

"There's a tradition in my village. We believe that wishes on stars come true."

"Oh, is that so? In that case we'd better get wishing, don't you think?"

"I don't need to wish anymore."

"Mmm?"

"I already got my wish. Now... I have everything I need right here."

"Timpani... Aren't you cold?"

"Not at all. I'm very warm... Can we stay like this? Just a little longer?"

Memory six:

"Timpani! What did you do with her? I must see her!"

"Still your tongue Blumiere... Can't you see you've been duped by a dirty human?"

"You have brought shame to my name... and to the entire Tribe of darkness!"

"And so what if I did? That doesn't matter to me! She's my entire world."

"Well, then it will interest you to know... that she no longer resides in this world."

"What... what do you mean by that!?"

"This is the price those who resist their own fate must pay, my son."

"She... No... It can't be so!"

"Someday you will see, son. Our kind and humans must never mix."

Memory seven:

"Blumiere, my son, don't! Even your ancestors could not handle that dark book..."

"If you open it... there's no telling what might happen!"

"I do not care, Father! A world without her is empty. A LIFE without her is empty."

"Speak, Dark Prognosticus! Teach your dark history! I await your command!"

"BLEH HEH HEH! BLECK!"

"Blumiere... What have you done?"

"Silence! The first prophecy beckons. I will erase every inch... of this blasted world!"

"Blu-Blumiere! Don't do this! Blumiere!"

"Blumiere is no more! I am Count Bleck! And no one shall stand in my way!"

"BLEH HEH HEH! BLECK!"

(A/N): By the way, if you want to see the memories in better quality or download the file or IDK, I will leave you the link to Google Docs:)

[july-19th-club]

i love the pattern of plotting for baru cormorant books. i mean i hate it, it's frusturating as hell, it's such a drag sometimes, but then you get the payoff and you forget you were bored at any point. oooh tweedledeedee putter around putter putter for five hundred pages BLAMMO!!!! EVERYTHING HAPPENS NOW

[tarantula-hawk-wasp]

the thing is when i listen to those "classical music for metalheads" playlists i do in fact thing all of the music goes hard and many of them were my favorite classical pieces when i was really into classical music in high school before I even was into metal so those playlists are correct

[greetings-inferiors]

YOOOOOOO I’M PLAYING PHANTOM OF THE OPERA IN ORCHESTRA

I GET THE TIMP PART

My ear drums are going to cry

[doublemegative]

kettledrum player with a huge crush call that a simpanist

[recapitulation]

I love listening to a brand new recording of mahler 2 its like falling in love all over again and playing hide and seek with the little details . but if I can't find the first horn soli over the strings I will kill u

[casquecest]

It's been 22 years since Lifted. . . came out and I still think it's a blinding record.

[gasparodasalo]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) - Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in E-flat Major [version with clarinets, trumpets & timpani] (1779, rev. 1782), KV 365/316a, I. Allegro. Performed by Alexei Lubimov & Ronald Brautigam, pianos, and Manfred Hess/Haydn Sinfonietta Wien on period instruments.

[rattlebear25]

SUPER PAPER MARIO ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL POST!

[ringhoarder]

ARE YOU THERE GOD, ITS ME FIONA

ITS ME FIONAAAAAAA

[timetestedtimeapproved]

Academy of St. Martin In the Fields with Joshua Bell, Musical Director and Violinist

If you have never seen someone simultaneously conduct and solo, it is crazy. I was so desperately trying to capture his arm as he conducted but he left before I could finish. Imagine my joy when he returned to the stage. He certainly didn't. I'm sorry, Joshua Bell, for being way too enthusiastic about you coming back to the stage and scaring you with my face.

Pictured is Joshua Bell, Louise Goodwin (timpani), and Lynda Houghton (double bass).

[autumnluzarts]

the reason my EP is coming out this spring and not last fall is because I SPENT MONTHS AND MONTHS HUNTING FOR LIVE TIMPANI. And I finally found some, and they were WORTH IT.

Bone Marrow drops next week!

I love my video editor and my videographer/film photographer too. (links on my ig).