Table of Contents
Preface
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Dedication
Contact the Author
Chapter 1: Strings and Air Columns-“The Competition“
Harmonic Motion
Harmonic Series
How “They” Vibrate
Harmonic Partials
Strings and Harmonics
Frequency, Pitch and Colour
Review 1
Chapter 2: Circular Vibrating Membranes
Inharmonic Motion
Ratios: 2f vs 1.59f …
Modes and Nodes
Membrane Modes
Lab 1
Review 2
Chapter 3: Studies on the Acoustic Properties of Timpani
Significant Studies
Timpani Sound Spectra
Preferred Modes
Air Loading
Benade:Duff
Rossing Et al.
Fleisher & Fastl
The Timpano Bowl
The Bearing Edge
Shape vs. Volume
Bowl Volume
The Vent-Hole
Resonantor or Radiator
Why Copper
Historical Influence
The Evolution of Timpani Pitch
Science & The Schalltrichter
Half-Tan vs Vellum
Cultural Catalysts for Change
Scientific Catalysts for Change
The 19th Century
20th Century and Beyond
Review 3
Chapter 4: The Duplicity of Pitch Perception
Seebeck vs. Ohm
Place vs. Temporal
The Missing Fundamental
Virtual Pitch & Timpani
Chapter 5: Tempering a Mounted Timpani Head
Tempering
Step No. 1: Centering the Head
Step No. 2: Defining the Range
Step No. 3: Scratch Tuning
Step No. 4: Leveling the Head
Step No. 5: Using a DrumDial™
StepNo. 6: Fine Tuning with an Electronic Tuner
Check Your Work
General Tips
Rulon Tape
Bowl-Rounder
In A Nut Shell
Electronic Tuners
Chapter 7: Articles, Observations and Other Considerations
Alfred Friese Timpani Studies
Emulating Period Performance
Environmental Effects
Octave Harmonic Effect
Stick Placement and Articulation
Physics of the 4th
Pleading the Fifth
Timpani “Harmonicity”
Timpani Inharmonicity
The Duff Clearing Process
Timpani Audition Intonation
Chapter 1: References
Chapter 2: References
Chapter 3: References
Chapter 4 References