Is there a timpanist in the building?

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Posted at June 29, 2015, 5:21 pm:

I have a very general knowledge of timpanis. I play them in school band quite often and the music is often quite simple. But I'm auditioning on them for a competition this year (along with snare) and some of the things in the music I can't entirely figure out. I have two questions:

1) How do you play trill on a timpani (written as 'tr' with a long squiggly [may not be called a trill on timps but it is for woodwind instruments])

2) Am I supposed to actually mute all the drums when I have rests? One section of one of my etudes is written at 98 bpm with a quarter note patter, but instead it's written as four 8th notes alternating with four 8th note rests. There is also a section where I am to play 8th note triplets and then immediately rest. They can't possibly expect anybody to play that fast and mute that fast at the same time, and it is truly impossible with the sticking they suggest. So do I actually have to mute all drums during rests?

Any help appreciated. I know this is a drumset forum or whatever but I figure someone must know something about timps.

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Ahh I haven'tplayed in awhile but I'll take a shot! With the trill, ...

Given notes? I have a whole note in the final measure of this song an...

I played the timpanis for a couple songs in band class.

Yeah but hitting in the center of the drum gets no note value and some...

well, i wouldnt try to mute after each triplet in that section, if you...

Some new info on the trill: I Wikipedia'd trill and they say that o...

seems like for a trill you would use the foot thing.

are you not given two notes for the trill?

No, only a G.

A tremolo is not a roll A trill is not a roll And a trill is not a tr...

I'm not saying Wikipedia should be your number one source for music kn...

It's usually half step up, unless marked differently.

Oh is it up? Okay, I thought it was down.

With woodwing or brass, trills they are usually to be played like this...

use two timpani

It's not IMPOSSIBLE, if you worked at training your ear, you could pul...

Ok, I play alot of timpani and take lessons from on of the timpanists ...

W0o0ot.

I could try but the only timpani I would be able to use (because of ho...

Im buying 2 Timps from my school that need to be fixed up for 300 buck...

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Alright, thank you VERY much.

Your welcome.

Your welcome, and good luck on it.

Guys, it's better to remain silent and be thought fools than to open y...

He's right.

Not only are you wrong about how to trill on a timpani (and the advice...

Read the first sticky.

Dude do you even know how bad his advice is?

John is the best person for advice on this topic, so listen to what he...

Pretty bad I do say.

hahahahah, Lime got pwned! I'm just joking man, at least you tried ...

Bad advice is worse than no advice at all.

I know that now, thank you.

I hate to say it, but you're all off base.

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