In the first volume of the Concerto Project, Philip Glass's Cello Concerto is paired with his "Concerto-Fantasy" for two of these instruments.
This instrument and the double basses maintain the continuous sixteenth-note rhythm at the beginning of the "Infernal Dance" from Stravinsky's The Firebird. A solo for this instrument opens the last variation before the fugue in The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. In the first volume of the Concerto Project, Philip Glass's Cello Concerto is paired with his "Concerto-Fantasy" for two of these instruments. Solos for this instrument open Beethoven's Violin Concerto and Grieg's Piano Concerto. A sliding foot pedal is used to tune this instrument. It is the only percussion used in Beethoven's first eight symphonies, including in the "Pastoral" symphony, where it represents thunder. For 10 points, named this set of deep, pitched drums that often play "rolls."
This instrument and the double basses maintain the continuous sixteenth-note rhythm at the beginning of the "Infernal Dance" from Stravinsky's The Firebird.
timpani [or kettledrums] &lt;Music&gt;