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2 months ago
A terrible timpanist
Alex Delgado, Timpani (lol)
(I don't usually do this.)
I am fascinated to find that my very own video contains a flame war happening in the comme...
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bjw's right. The root of the word "timpani" is the latin "Tympanum," but the word itself is italian, so it follows the standard italian plural rules. Dwight Thomas (Omaha Symphony) used to have a webpage discussing the etymology of the word, but I can't seem to find it.