Timpani Musical Instrument

This instrument has a pedal mechanism that allows the player to change the voltage colfskin head, either to relax or tighten, to produce a high or low tone. These instruments include compulsory controlled by an orchestral percussionist.

Timpani has a diameter of 84 cm to 30 cm in greatest to the smallest. Its size can produce tones that are under the C clef on the stave locked F. Whereas piccolo timpani can produce tone locked up parandada G. At work Darrius Milhaud (1923), a ballet score La Création du monde timpani player must play a key tone Fis under G.

Sticks and mallets

Complete instrument Timpani