Timpani
Drum Set
Hand Drums
Marching Percussion
Accessories
100
The name for a single drum in a set of timpani
What is Timpano?
100
These two instruments in a drum set are played with ones feet.
What are the hi-hat and kick drum?
100
We learned four basic tones using this afro-cuban instrument family as an example.
What are the congas?
100
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What is 8?
100
On a triangle, playing on this corner creates the best shimmery tone.
What is the inside corner?
200
The ambitus (usable range) of a traditional set of 4 timpani spans this interval.
What is an octave and a half? (D to A)
200
These three cymbals are the most standard cymbals on your run-of-the-mill drum set.
What are the hi-hats, ride cymbal, and crash cymbal?
200
These two Indian drums, the bayan (large) and dayan (small), are known by what name when combined?
What are tabla?
200
_______ and a Roll
What is Chicken?
200
Suspended cymbals, while they are cymbals, should always sound warm - and a good suspended cymbal tone is created with these kind of mallets.
What are yarn mallets?
300
Each timpano has a usable range of about this size interval
What is a fifth?
300
Normal instruments are written with normal noteheads, but cymbals are written with this lettered notehead.
What is an X notehead?
300
This bejingled frame drum from Egypt is smaller than a traditional tambourine, and much higher pitched.
What is a riq?
300
In a traditional count-off, this count is when your sticks would come out.
What is 7?
300
Piatti, otherwise known as crash cymbals, should aways be choked into this part of your body.
What is your abs?
400
Tuning a timpano is often the most difficult part for younger players - it might help them if they remember to always tune by moving the pedal in this direction.
What is up?
400
Name the drums that are used in a typical four-piece drum set:
What are the Kick, Snare, Rack Tom, and Floor Tom?
400
These four tones make up the basic conguero's (one who plays congas) technique.
What is open, bass, slap, and heel-toe?
400
The common name for this instrument:
What are tenors? (Quints are also acceptable)
400
The bass drum is often muted with a towel, but muting it by using this bendy body part helps create note length and articulation.
What is your knee?
500
Rarer than the more traditional Balanced Action pedal system, this system is named for a city in Germany.
What is Dresden (or Ratchet and Clutch)?
500
This type of feel (or groove) is based on a quarter note, then two shorter notes, which are not equally spaced.
What is swing?
500
The conga family is made up of many differently sized drums, but these are the three primary sizes.
What is Tumba, Conga, and Quinto?
500
No Jeopardy style question here. Instead, each team must name one difference between marching and concert/orchestral technique.
- Grip, traditional vs. matched
- Players, one snare drummer vs. a section of drummers
- Environment, most orchestras aren't outside
- Uniform, tuxedo vs regimental colors
- Style of writing
- there are so many answers for this
500
Black Swamp, Pearl, Latin Percussion, Zildjian - this company makes the finest tambourines for the orchestral percussionist.
What is Black Swamp?