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Video Tip of the Week: Timpani Tuning

Video Tip of the Week: Timpani Tuning

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Timpani – Marking Tuning

Timpani – Marking Tuning

When composing for timpani, mark the required tuning at the start of your piece, and indicate changes in the score. Some composers will even make a little chart of the actual pitches in headless mini-notes – but I’ve found that it’s easiest just to write them out as technique text above the staff, in ascending…
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