On 4/25/06, John Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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.
John
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