Im the timpanist for my highschool and im in my freshman year, i strive to be as good as you one day. Any tips/things that helped you that you can share? Ive pretty much taught myself since middle school to play timpani and i want to increase my skillset
Hello! One thing that helped me a lot personally when starting out was spending a lot of time familiarizing myself with the ranges of the drums. Knowing which notes can go on which drums can help a lot with figuring out how to play parts that are given to you, especially when you aren't able to get access to a set of timpani. Other than that, I would also spend enough time doing around the drum exercises and working on your technique to make it second nature to you.
Incredible stuff, words simply can't do justice to the sheer technical dominance you have over the instrument, wish I could have seen it in person. So did they also give you show crocs, or nah?
Found this a year later, starting to inspire me to play timpani. I’m kinda the mallets guy in our percussion. I know the most about the keyboards (which is funny cause I’ve been in percussion the shortest out of everyone else.) I’ve improved enough to start playing four mallets after starting percussion last year February or January. I would love to know more about the percussion instruments, I started taking drum set lessons and I’m part of our high school drumline. Timpani is the one instrument that I’ve been the most curious about but I just haven’t been able to be around it enough to know if I would like it as well (I probably will.)
hell nah that drop at 5:34 is just crazy, what a tuning control. I'd like to know how they handle pedal pressure, that would be interesting. As always, peak performance
Honestly I don't remember, I make a lot of changes throughout the season and that just becomes my part lol. I would estimate somewhere betwee 30 and 60%
