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| what are the timpanists doing? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 15 2006, 03:48 PM (124 Views) | |
| Horace | Oct 15 2006, 03:48 PM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Every concert I go to, the timpanist puts his ear to the drum every few moments. What are they doing? |
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| George K | Oct 15 2006, 03:51 PM Post #2 |
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Tuning. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| DivaDeb | Oct 15 2006, 03:55 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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George beat me...they have to tune during the intervals between playing and while some timpanists use gauges, most of the good ones tune by ear. |
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| ivorythumper | Oct 15 2006, 03:56 PM Post #4 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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I don't know, but it reminds me of a joke. An old Indian and his grandson were walking through the desert one day when the old man suddenly stopped and put his ear to the ground. He then sat up and announced "Buffalo come." The grandson was amazed and asked, "Grandfather, how do you know?" The old man replied, "Ground wet." |
| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| DivaDeb | Oct 15 2006, 04:01 PM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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| Larry | Oct 15 2006, 04:09 PM Post #6 |
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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![]() A movie production company was all set up to begin shooting when an old Indian walking by said "It's gonna rain." They ignored him because the sun was shining, and about half an hour later it began to pour, ruining some of their equipment and stopping production. The next day, they decided to not shoot because it looked like it might rain again. The old Indian walked by and said to the director, "Sun gonna shine." Sure enough, the sun came out about an hour later and the day was perfect. So the director told them to hire the old Indian at whatever price he asked. So they hired the Indian, and payed him an enormous sum up front in return for his advice on the weather. After about a week's worth of excellent predictions, he showed up one day and just stood there. The director said "What's the weather going to be today?" The Indian said "Don't know. Radio broke......" |
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Of the Pokatwat Tribe | |
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| George K | Oct 15 2006, 04:15 PM Post #7 |
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All about tympani Even more about tympani |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| John D'Oh | Oct 15 2006, 04:16 PM Post #8 |
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MAMIL
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Q: What do you call someone who spends all their time hanging around with musicians? A: A drummer. |
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| DivaDeb | Oct 15 2006, 04:25 PM Post #9 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Percussion players are the only guys in the orchestra I enjoyed hanging around with. |
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| George K | Oct 15 2006, 04:27 PM Post #10 |
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What does a tympanist say when he gets to his gig? "Would you like fries with that, sir?" What did the tympanist get on his I.Q. test? Drool. What's the best way to tune tympani? With a penknife. What's the best thing to play on a drum? Solitaire. How many tympanists to change a lightbulb? None - they have machines to do that now. How many drummers to change a lightbulb? None - they have machines to do that now. What do drummers use as birth control? Their personalities. What do you call a drummer without a girlfriend? Homeless. Why did the drummer get fired from the M&M factory? He kept eating all the W's. What do you call a drummer who can't afford to play anymore? Married. How can you tell if there's a drummer outside your door? The knocking keeps speeding up. How many drummers does it take to eat a rabbit? Three: one to eat it, two to redirect the traffic. The difference between a drummer and a drum machine? You only have to punch in the rhythm once on the machine. What do you say to a drummer in a three piece suit? "Will the defendant please rise?" How can you tell if the stage is level? The drool comes out of BOTH sides of the drummer's mouth. Where do drummers play best? In traffic. How can you tell the difference between all the drum solos? By their titles. Why did the chicken cross the road? To show the drummer the way. Why did God give drummers more brains than horses? So they don't poop on the parade route. How does a drummer end up with a million dollars? Give him ten million and wait a month. What do a drummer and a human spermatozoan have in common? They both have a million-to-one chance of becoming a human being. Why are intermissions only 20 minutes? So the drummers don't have to be retrained. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Horace | Oct 15 2006, 04:28 PM Post #11 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I might have guessed, but I never see them do anything in response to whatever they hear! Must be a very slight turn of some small dial that I can't see. I'm going to go see Brahms first piano concerto now, I'll watch the guy closely. |
| As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good? | |
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| ivorythumper | Oct 15 2006, 04:42 PM Post #12 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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:lol: |
| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| DivaDeb | Oct 15 2006, 04:44 PM Post #13 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Horace, they may not always change something...when you bust those things pretty good, the pitch can shift a bit. So sometimes they're just checking to see if the drum is still in tune. If they are changing the pitch on the instrument, they'll be turning the tension screws on the side of the kettle. If they need to change pitch while playing, they use the pedal |
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