Octopus, for 15 timpani (Except)

[EpicDStone]

I'm used to four timpani. Ha.

[makakamakaki]

I will buy this and play this at metal band,haha

[luvusa45]

at school doing a project:p

[StephenMPerkins]

I watched this several times, and the audio isn't synch'd with visual.... maddening.



[StephenMPerkins]

This deserves a shot from above, too.

[xavipercu]

:S

[Scribbler29]

The sound and video aren't synched.

[IamThorrrr]

I want to play on those!! :D

[Buttersnackattack]

I need to get the higher ones on a set of marching tenor timpani...

[moldyoreo]

he looks silly.

[FrankP1969]

sounds a bit like Bozzio

[drex48239]

looks like terry bozzio set up for timpani's also

[hybridassassin1991]

OMG that's a monster!

like nicko mc brain haha

[pilotoatomico]

@hybridassassin1991 Nicko McBrain is the best drummer in he world PERIOD.

[wwemetalking]

pretty good! I like it

[bigdude627]

Like being in a giant steel pan...

[drummer1235]

Man u can't really make abunch of timpani sound that cool

[oztimpanist]

Thank you, it is part of the grow of the instrument, I hope I did something helpful, hope you enjoy my related tenor timpani project too.

[tubamatt642]

its kinda funny that a song called octopus calls for 15 instead of 8

hahha....ok i'll stop.

[oztimpanist]

thank you for the comment, great try. actually the composer suggested the timpanist hands try to swing like an octopus.

[timetexture]

Great playing! Who made the drums?

Leon.

[oztimpanist]

Thank you. Walter Light from American Drums made the drums.

[gkdrummerboy]

I worked with this dude at my school last year, he can play some good mallet stuff too.

[oztimpanist]

Thanks for the comment, what is your real identity? i hope everyone back in San Francisco is doing right.

And yes, I could make some good timpani mallets!! thanks for the adv. email me someday man.

[gkdrummerboy]

My name's Gene, I studied with Louis in my sophomore year during sectionals at SOTA.

[makenna13spears]

i bet those were fun to tune!!

lol

[oztimpanist]

Tuning tenor timpani requires more details attention. Same as conventional timpani, there are tuning rods on the drum (much shorter) There are 3 sizes of the drum, but there are nine different pitches, so each adjustment is a fine tuning. Thank you!

[happyfetusday]

something about this really reminds me of west side story

[CAPTAINOCTAVE]

when ever i play yarn mallets on a tom from a drum set i feel the same.

[oztimpanist]

really which part?

[happyfetusday]

in part its the highly charged sound in the music, and also its the parts where the music gets a little faster, like around 21 seconds

[cfcdanielmccfc]

@oztimpanist the start :O

[MyMusic0201]

@oztimpanist I think he means the underscore music right after the fighting where Tony kills Bernardo. They all fly from the police and you hear some sirens in the background

[deathmonki666]

@happyfetusday Me too. I think the part where the rival gangs are meeting over the fence. I haven't seen the movie in a while so I might be totally wrong.

[MyMusic0201]

@happyfetusday I think you mean the underscore music right after the fighting where Tony kills Bernardo. They all fly from the police and you hear some sirens in the background

[dustylee]

feel claustrophobic? theres like no entry or exit to that set up.

[CleverDjembe]

Yes, there is if you're Superman.

[Sothe1424]

XD

thats good

there actually is tho

u can kinda see it behind him

[kibadanghi]

beautiful, the piece and the pieces :P

[islteam]

umm question are the top timps crank timps or how do u change the top timps pitches

[oztimpanist]

the top drums have fixed picthes, thanks

[Battlefuzzy]

Im playing Timpanis too. I want to have such a construction of timpanis too XD

[oztimpanist]

if you are interested, i encourage you to contact American Drums Company. thanks

[quedesmars]

hi !

thanks for the vidéo !

i wonder when you learned this piece, where was posted your music stand for the musical score ??? ^^ that's sound great :)

cheers

[oztimpanist]

thank you

last year's march

it was memorized

[CaptainYutube]

I think he's asking more as to where you put the stand during practice...

[dancindrumsticks08]

that is freaking crazy

[wildflower12]

I hate that electronic media really messes with the sound of the instruments. Watching it online kills the tone of the timpani all together.  I wish I could see more of this performance - live!

[Mutnefert]

Wow. That takes major chops. The only down side (from my point of view), is lack of dynamic contrast. But, I only saw 44 seconds worth of it. =]

[marce1112]

dude

[EstefanDedalus]

Wow, I'll tell my director to buy thos timpanis :P

[piemannc]

thats kinda whats they have pedals for

[screename818]

that's one crazy setup - where did you find those 'extended range' timpani?

[oztimpanist]

They are David Herbert, Timpanist of SF Symphony's Drums.

Thank you