bigmaner123 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 So this is a short but important question, when writing for timpani's is it possible for the timpanist to play chromatic notes in a fairly rapid succession or does he need time to adjust the pressure of the timpani? for example could he play 3 crochest of E, D Sharp, and C sharp at a fairly moderate speed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monarcheon Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Do you want them to be accurate/do you want them to not sound like they're glissando-ing the entire time? Then not really, especially with a cluth-release drum. Pedal drum, I'm guessing it's possible, but they'd need to mute the drum after every hit, since the resonance will carry. Just write a gliss. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmaner123 Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 8 minutes ago, Monarcheon said: Do you want them to be accurate/do you want them to not sound like they're glissando-ing the entire time? Then not really, especially with a cluth-release drum. Pedal drum, I'm guessing it's possible, but they'd need to mute the drum after every hit, since the resonance will carry. Just write a gliss. Okay, thank you i dont want them to glis, i just want them to hit a single note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Red Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 (edited) ... Edited June 18, 2020 by Mister Red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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