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Definition of tam-tam in English: tam-tamnoun ˈtamtamˈtæm ˌtæm A large metal gong. 平锣 Example sentencesExamples - He often requires performers to play in unconventional ways or use unusual objects as instruments - in the band, players produce sounds from tuned wine glasses, tam-tams and maracas and use metal thimbles on their strings.
- The percussion was especially impressive - five timpani, and lots of sound effect type instruments, tam-tam, whip, wind machine, and various tuned percussion, along with the usual.
- He caps this ‘movement’ with a resonant tam-tam that may not be in the score but it definitely adds to the effect!
- From the first strike of the tam-tam and the insinuating Viennese oboe, he knows that he is taking the listener on a journey through pain and despair towards a heartbreaking resignation and acceptance.
- The viola player seems to act as a commentator, exploring the musical implications of the songs, while a percussionist underpins her, and marks the transitions on tam-tam and marimba.
- He takes a look at the gong and tam-tam and demonstrates how they're played.
- The large bass drum and tam-tam will sound considerably different when struck with the mallets appropriate for the rest of the setup than with their normal beaters, so it is advisable to allow a short opportunity to grab the larger beater before important notes; this will only take a short moment as those beaters will be positioned very close to their instrument.
- The back of the hall begins to vibrate: four tam-tams (two below, two in the balcony) balloon the space into white noise.
- Among the principal musical instruments are tam-tams, pottery drums, goat-horn whistles and flutes, and gourd-calabash horns.
- The quartet instrumentation runs to the unusual: flute, cello, harp, and tam-tam (a large gong).
- The piece, scored for four percussionists, is played by the percussion group using a big array of gongs, tam-tams, tom-toms, suspended brake drums and so on, but is neither bombastic nor boring.
- The first example, Mikrophonie I, involves the real-time transformation and manipulation of the sound produced by a large tam-tam.
- The one-movement, 26-minute symphony is written for a chamber orchestra of twelve instruments: string quintet, two flutes, piccolo, harp, piano, vibraphone, and tam-tam.
- At this point, he attaches his often-heard mechanical beater to his tam-tam, and for the next three minutes he allows it largely to dictate the rhythm of his playing.
- Interestingly, in this movement, rather than using orchestral bells, he attempts to suggest their sound by resourceful combinations of harps and tam-tam.
- This arrangement demands an extremely colourful orchestra that includes piccolo, four horns, harp, orchestral bells, and tam-tam.
- I haven't followed his recent, quieter work, but Vibra #1 is a twenty-minute drone on a gong-like tam-tam, with much richer variation than I expected.
- In the orchestra, I am thinking of using a certain number of brass and also metallic percussion: tubular bells, gongs, tam-tam, etc.
- Within a few decades the tam-tam became an important member of the percussion section of a modern symphony orchestra.
OriginMid 19th century: perhaps from Hindi ṭam-ṭam (see tom-tom). Definition of tam-tam in US English: tam-tamnounˈtam ˌtamˈtæm ˌtæm A large metal gong with indefinite pitch. Example sentencesExamples - The percussion was especially impressive - five timpani, and lots of sound effect type instruments, tam-tam, whip, wind machine, and various tuned percussion, along with the usual.
- He takes a look at the gong and tam-tam and demonstrates how they're played.
- He often requires performers to play in unconventional ways or use unusual objects as instruments - in the band, players produce sounds from tuned wine glasses, tam-tams and maracas and use metal thimbles on their strings.
- At this point, he attaches his often-heard mechanical beater to his tam-tam, and for the next three minutes he allows it largely to dictate the rhythm of his playing.
- The viola player seems to act as a commentator, exploring the musical implications of the songs, while a percussionist underpins her, and marks the transitions on tam-tam and marimba.
- Within a few decades the tam-tam became an important member of the percussion section of a modern symphony orchestra.
- The piece, scored for four percussionists, is played by the percussion group using a big array of gongs, tam-tams, tom-toms, suspended brake drums and so on, but is neither bombastic nor boring.
- Among the principal musical instruments are tam-tams, pottery drums, goat-horn whistles and flutes, and gourd-calabash horns.
- The large bass drum and tam-tam will sound considerably different when struck with the mallets appropriate for the rest of the setup than with their normal beaters, so it is advisable to allow a short opportunity to grab the larger beater before important notes; this will only take a short moment as those beaters will be positioned very close to their instrument.
- This arrangement demands an extremely colourful orchestra that includes piccolo, four horns, harp, orchestral bells, and tam-tam.
- He caps this ‘movement’ with a resonant tam-tam that may not be in the score but it definitely adds to the effect!
- Interestingly, in this movement, rather than using orchestral bells, he attempts to suggest their sound by resourceful combinations of harps and tam-tam.
- The quartet instrumentation runs to the unusual: flute, cello, harp, and tam-tam (a large gong).
- The one-movement, 26-minute symphony is written for a chamber orchestra of twelve instruments: string quintet, two flutes, piccolo, harp, piano, vibraphone, and tam-tam.
- I haven't followed his recent, quieter work, but Vibra #1 is a twenty-minute drone on a gong-like tam-tam, with much richer variation than I expected.
- The back of the hall begins to vibrate: four tam-tams (two below, two in the balcony) balloon the space into white noise.
- In the orchestra, I am thinking of using a certain number of brass and also metallic percussion: tubular bells, gongs, tam-tam, etc.
- From the first strike of the tam-tam and the insinuating Viennese oboe, he knows that he is taking the listener on a journey through pain and despair towards a heartbreaking resignation and acceptance.
- The first example, Mikrophonie I, involves the real-time transformation and manipulation of the sound produced by a large tam-tam.
OriginMid 19th century: perhaps from Hindi ṭam-ṭam (see tom-tom). |