What's the difference between kettledrums and timpani?

Kettledrums


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Like being inside a kettledrum with a whole symphony going on out there and with thunder in wraparound quadraphonic!"

Timpani


Definition:

  • (pl. ) of Timpano

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Chaac, the Mayan water god, inspires the second slow movement of the work, full of liquid percussion, including slides upwards on timpani, low marimba sounds and the miraculous noise of the rain-stick.

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