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Timpani or as it's sometimes called a kettledrum, and it was playing two different pitches, actually sort of playing this pitch and this pitch, the octave and then the fifth.
定音鼓,或者有时称作半球形铜鼓,它正演奏两个不同的音高,实际上在演奏这个音高和另外一个音高,八度音阶和这个五度
As both hands move apart, to embrace the piano fff in D minor, an accent on every note, the orchestra announces its return, string quartet and timpani swelling furiously from pto ff.
当双手反向移动，在D小调弹奏出超强音时，交响乐团以全带重音的音符宣布它的归来，弦乐四重奏和定音鼓由弱音到最强音逐渐增强。
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So the timpani comes in and it goes crazy and comes back to the tonic at which point the trumpet takes over again.
然后定音鼓出现疯狂的转变,回到主音之后,小号再次出现
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Timpani or as it's sometimes called a kettledrum, and it was playing two different pitches, actually sort of playing this pitch and this pitch, the octave and then the fifth.
定音鼓,或者有时称作半球形铜鼓,它正演奏两个不同的音高,实际上在演奏这个音高和另外一个音高,八度音阶和这个五度
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The timpani played that tonic,dominant,tonic,dominant,tonic,dominant.
主音是由定音鼓演奏出来的，属音，主音，属音，主音，属音。
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Players however, must overcome the odd adversity including--timpani drums and rousing horn section cued--shareholders.
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a set of kettledrums (= large metal drums with round bottoms) played in an orchestra