Thanks, Joseph. " Blur in the mallets, sharp everywhere else" is exactly what I was going for. I was also trying to see what I could do in the very limited light available in that theater.
Believe it or not, I actually graduated from college and I have listened to quite a few of Professor Greenberg's music courses from the Teaching Company. I was concentrating on the motion, rather than on the musician, which is why I chose "Percussion" rather than "Percussionist." I know what tympani are ; I used the synonym "kettle drums" because this is a concert band, rather than an orchestra, so the less formal name seemed appropriate. Thanks again for looking, and for your kind comments on my image. Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com> wrote: > on Sep 25, 2011, at 09:16 , Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=141 >> >> Comments and criticisms are invited. > > Nice shot, Dan. Blur in the mallets, sharp everywhere else. > > The title is OK if you're going for abstract, but in the trade, they are > known as percussionists, which actually refers to any musician who is > practiced in the art of whacking things with hand or sticks. Those > instruments in your photograph are called Timpani, a plural noun, though > kettledrums have always been in use in many languages. Even the dictionary > uses kettledrums in it's definition. And one who specializes in playing the > Timpani is a Timpanist. Sort of like calling a Marine a Jarhead though, ya > know. > > When I was a percussionist in various bands and orchestras, I was often the > timpanist in the orchestra. But I was tone deaf, so any change of pitch that > I had to do during a performance saw me with a pitch pipe in one hand, my ear > inches from the head, lightly tapping with my mallet, or finger, until they > seemed to match. Usually I played a peddle timpani, though not all of the > drums in front of me were peddle tuned. Those that had to be pre-tuned with 8 > or 12 tuning pegs were used at the ends of the series in front of the player. > Depending on the demands of the score, even those had to be bumped up or down > during a lull in the work. > > Again, more than most wanted to know, for the few that do. [Mark!] > > > Joseph McAllister > pentax...@mac.com > -- > “If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug a camera.” > –Lewis Hine > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
