Sentence examples for kettledrum from inspiring English sources

Klee's "Landscape in the Kettledrum" (1920) similarly resembles musical notation.

The baya (bahina or bayan, meaning "left"), played with the left hand, is a deep kettledrum measuring about 25 cm (10 inches) in height, and the drum face is about 20 cm (8 inches) in diameter.

In Turkey classical monophonic singing is accompanied solely by a small kettledrum, played either in the centre of the head or close to the rim, depending upon whether clear or muffled beats are desired.

The orchestral kettledrum has a practical compass of five full tones.

Among the Yoruba a talking drum set consists of four hourglass drums and a kettledrum; the leather lacings of the former are gripped by its player, enabling him to change the pitch as he exerts more or less pressure on them; the chief drum of the set is capable of an octave range and, in addition to tones, produces also the glides typical of the Yoruba language by manipulation of the lacings.

Naker, small kettledrum that reached Europe from the Middle East in the 13th century, during the Crusades.

The atrium will be intersected by a multilevel lecture hall -- a kettledrum-shaped segment on legs, enclosed by stainless steel panels -- that appears to burst out of the northern edge of the building, Mr. Erdenberger said.

In East Africa, offerings such as cattle are made to the royal kettledrums, which not only symbolize the king's power and status but also offer him supernatural protection.

Kettledrums are royal, ritual, or ceremonial, and unlike their North African counterparts they are of wood, often with sculpted shells.

Handel complied with the king's request, scoring the music for 9 trumpets, 9 horns, 24 oboes, 12 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon, 1 serpent, 6 kettledrums, and 2 side drums, but he later added strings for the first indoor performance.

In the mid-15th century the large paired kettledrums of the Ottoman Turks were taken to Europe, principally by way of Hungary and Germany.