One player, two Tympani, one Cymbals, one Tambourin.

I have only one musician to play the percussion for an old work of mine, which was, initially had been written for 2 Tympani, one Cymbals and one Tambourine.

Parts are :

For Tympani , alone:

from 24"(from the beginning) to 1'53" F#2 , the  C#3 , and the below C#2 , in various combinations

from 1'42" to 1'48" Db2 (en-harmonic to C#2)

from 1'59" to 3'09" F2 , D2 , C2 , G2 , A2 , C3 , D3 , E2 , in various combinations, for example :

or , few meters later :

from 3'18" to 3'20" Ab2

from 3'34" to 4'27"  C#2 , G#2 , D#2 , A#2 , in various combinations

from 5'14" to 6'03"  F#2 , E2 , C#3  , in various combinations

from 6'22" to the end C#2 , D#3 , F#2 , B2 , E2 , C#3 , G#2 , in various combinations , for example :

For Tympani and Cymbal , at the same time (an example) :

For Tympani and Tambourine, at the same time (an example) :

For Tympani , Cymbals and Tambourine at the same time (an example) :

Can , one player play all these ?

Edited October 4, 20241 yr by kraka

Hello @kraka,

Welcome to the forum!

I am not particular good at percussion nor percussion writing myself. But I have some questions to ask:

10 hours ago, kraka said:

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from 1'59" to 3'09" F2 , D2 , C2 , G2 , A2 , C3 , D3 , E2 , in various combinations, for example :

or , few meters later :

from 3'18" to 3'20" Ab2

from 3'34" to 4'27"  C#2 , G#2 , D#2 , A#2 , in various combinations

from 5'14" to 6'03"  F#2 , E2 , C#3  , in various combinations

from 6'22" to the end C#2 , D#3 , F#2 , B2 , E2 , C#3 , G#2 , in various combinations , for example :

 

You have two timpanis, but are you sure the tone of the timapnis can changes quick enough for those note change?

10 hours ago, kraka said:

For Tympani , Cymbals and Tambourine at the same time (an example) :

 

I don't think one player can play this. Unless he plays the tambourine with his feet? I don't know.

Henry

16 minutes ago, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

Hello @kraka,

Welcome to the forum!

I am not particular good at percussion nor percussion writing myself. But I have some questions to ask:

You have two timpanis, but are you sure the tone of the timapnis can changes quick enough for those note change?

I don't think one player can play this. Unless he plays the tambourine with his feet? I don't know.

Henry

 

What is for sure that i know , is that there is only one player for the Percussions. I do not know how many tympani he will use. I think he can use three or maybe four. I must ask, but lets assume that he will use four. I really do not know that the tone of the tympani can changes quick enough for those note changes, and that is exactly why i asked. For somebody who plays the timpani in a symphonic orchestra to tell me, before i rearrange it.

As for the , Tympani and Tambourine playing simultaneously, i also had the same thinking, to play the Tambourine with his feet, but i am not sure.

Does somebody know ?

9 hours ago, kraka said:

As for the , Tympani and Tambourine playing simultaneously, i also had the same thinking, to play the Tambourine with his feet, but i am not sure.

It's certainly possible to play a cymbal with the feet since the suspended cymbal in a drumset is often set up to crash two cymbals together with a foot pedal.  But with a tambourine roll like you have indicated in your score, it is usually necessary to slide your thumb against the drumhead producing a rolling sound.