timpani

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Timpani or as it's sometimes called a kettledrum, and it was playing two different pitches, actually sort of playing this pitch and this pitch, the octave and then the fifth.
定音鼓,或者有時稱作半球形銅鼓,它正演奏兩個不同的音高,實際上在演奏這個音高和另外一個音高,八度音階和這個五度
As both hands move apart, to embrace the piano fff in D minor, an accent on every note, the orchestra announces its return, string quartet and timpani swelling furiously from pto ff.
當(dāng)雙手反向移動，在D小調(diào)彈奏出超強音時，交響樂團以全帶重音的音符宣布它的歸來，弦樂四重奏和定音鼓由弱音到最強音逐漸增強。
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So the timpani comes in and it goes crazy and comes back to the tonic at which point the trumpet takes over again.
然后定音鼓出現(xiàn)瘋狂的轉(zhuǎn)變,回到主音之后,小號再次出現(xiàn)
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Timpani or as it's sometimes called a kettledrum, and it was playing two different pitches, actually sort of playing this pitch and this pitch, the octave and then the fifth.
定音鼓,或者有時稱作半球形銅鼓,它正演奏兩個不同的音高,實際上在演奏這個音高和另外一個音高,八度音階和這個五度
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The timpani played that tonic,dominant,tonic,dominant,tonic,dominant.
主音是由定音鼓演奏出來的，屬音，主音，屬音，主音，屬音。
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Players however, must overcome the odd adversity including--timpani drums and rousing horn section cued--shareholders.
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a set of kettledrums (= large metal drums with round bottoms) played in an orchestra