วีดีโอ

It looks hard but once you get the music it’s a lot easier. And you just feel it instead of trying to count. I’m currently playing this for a scholarship. Don’t get me wrong I’m not saying it’s easy. But it just looks a harder than it is. At least in my opinion

I´ve never tried it, but maybe I should! A lot of the tuning is on muscle memory, so maybe it is possible.

@@DaanDrum well you absolutely crushed this! when I was in college (35 years ago) I’d go to the music building late at night and set up 5 timpani in the large orchestra rehearsal room, turn only the spotlights covering just myself and the drums and practice my solo works but then later I’d just jam out and have fun. Nothing to this level, but still, being alone in huge room just enjoying myself making sonic thunder was great fun. Too bad we didn’t have cell phone cameras back then. 😂 Have you ever hear of the concerto for timpani & orchestra by Werner Tharichen? I got the piece from my teacher to play on my final Recital. Really neat piece and I wish I still had the orchestral recording. I do still have the piano reduction.

@@Ihitthings3 i finally found some time to listen to this concerto. Great piece, thank you for mentioning it! I got a smile from reading your story 🙌 I think at some point, every young timpanist want to have such experiences and just keep on jamming those timps!

They are Didier Lacroix mallets from France, Model: Phillipe Limoge -Dur

@@DaanDrum great video👏👏, where can I find the scores?

@@Rocky_7567 send me your e-mail

I think it is possible, however you will need around 32‘‘ for the lowest timp (to a low Es) and around 20‘‘ for the highest (a high c)

@@DaanDrum oh thank you

@@sunnyi2711 I can verify its playable on 4 timp. 5 is just easier, you'll defiantly need to change some of the written drum numbers though in the sections its written in on the sheet music.

😂😂

Thank you for your comment Larry! I totally agree with you, PD is already one of the absolut ‚classics‘ in percussion-repertoire and will continue to be so. I‘m grateful as a young percussionist that so many composers write great new pieces and we had this amazing generation of percussionists like yourself who opened the path for us 🙏

@Daan Wilms Thank you for your very kind words, Daan! Your playing and that of your contemporaries assures us oldies that the future of timpani playing is very bright!

After I had to learn this for a scholarship it very much opened my mind about what I can do with a timpani. Now timpani is even more my favorite instrument😂

I was at the NZSO in Wellington last night and the performance of Adam Schoenberg's 'Losing Earth' took me right back to Planet Damnation. I remember being at the premier when you played @larryreese8923, it blew my mind then, as it remains blown now; Daan, you certainly did it justice - so cool.

@@johniscariot5582 Many thanks for your kind words, John! Adam wrote a lovely work for percussion, don't you think?

store.prometheaneditions.com/products/planet-damnation

the sound is super clear

I have put a mic above every single timpani, around 1,5m pointing towards the drum (like overheads). So this gave me the possibility to work with panning in the mix. Which give every timp some space and makes it more transparent in my opinion.

@@DaanDrum thanks a lot!

They all look like singles but I can't speak for him

😂, thank you!

i think it means a tape as in an audio recording

Thank you Glenn, I just saw your version and I think it´s really good as well!

@@DaanDrum Thank you! I regret not making a studio-quality recording all those years ago, so now all i have is a live performance with so many mistakes :(

@@trebledawson maybe there will be an opportunity for you in the future to play it again, you will be surprised how much of the motoric-part (especially the tuning) will still be there!

@@DaanDrum Perhaps! I hope so. I'm very curious about your recording setup. As I'm sure you know, it is very difficult to record timpani, since the overtones and resonance interfere with the microphone. Your recording has done an excellent job of capturing primarily the fundamental, and dampening the overtones. What microphone setup did you use, and did you do any sound editing after the recording?

I put above (ca. 1-1,5m) every timp separately a mic (just basic Rode-NT5). So I could pan every timp just a little bit from Left to Right. Which I find makes it more transparent. I did‘t put a room-mic though (beginner mistake 😅) so I‘m thinking to record it again with room-mic‘s added and maybe just better microphones in general.

Yes, there is one with orchestra and also an arrangement for symphonic wind band.

@@DaanDrum super, thanks !