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Categories: Drums, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Musical instruments played with soft mallets, Directly struck membranophones, All articles needing additional references
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kettle  kettledrum  tympanum  tympani  timpani
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A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it WordNet 3.0
Definitions
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A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Timpani or kettledrums are musical instruments in the percussion family. Wikipedia
Kettledrums, spelled "timbale" in some languages Wikipedia Disambiguation
Large percussion musical instrument which produces a definite pitch Wikidata
A brass percussion instrument with a defined pitch. OmegaWiki
A large hemispherical brass percussion instrument (one of the timpani) with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting its tension. Wiktionary
Percussion instrument. Wiktionary (translation)
The set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra. Wiktionary
Kettledrums. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
percussion instrument
pitched percussion instrument
HAS KIND
Moon of Pejeng
kus
DERIVATION
tympanist
tympanic
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Sytin Military Encyclopedia
HAS QUALITY
missing fundamental
HISTORY OF TOPIC
Evolution of timpani in the 18th and 19th centuries
PRACTICED BY
timpanist
USED BY
timpani concerto
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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kettle, kettledrum, tympanum, tympani, timpani
Wikipedia
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timpani
Wikidata
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timpani
Wiktionary
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kettledrum, timpani
OmegaWiki
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kettledrums, timpani, timpano
Wikipedia Redirections
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kettle-drum, kettle drum, kettle drums, kettledrum, kettledrums, Pauken, pedal timpani, Semispherical drum, Temple drum, Timpan, Timpani pedal, Timpanies, Timpany, Timpe, Timpini, timps, tympani, Tímpano
Wikidata Alias
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kettle drum, kettledrum, kettledrums, timpano, timpanum, timpany, timps, tympani, tympany

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