At 12:10 PM -0400 4/24/06, Andrew Stiller wrote:
In fact, though, there are a great many timpani parts (including almost all the great classical scores) in which this kind of advance directive is not given, so I wouldn't worry about it, were I you.
Which is quite true, but just a bit misleading. The classical scores seldom call for more than two drums, and seldom call for re-tuning of the kind that modern composers often require. The list of pitches is a help to the player in choosing which drums and which sizes to use, but s/he still has to study the score because there's no way to know whether a C and a D require two separate drums or can be played on a single drum.
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