A roll is sometimes played by holding a short stick, furnished with a knob at each end, in the middle and striking in quick succession with each knob alternately; two kettledrum sticks answer the purpose still better.
There is a curious kettledrum solo in the third bar before the end.
The middle part, or trio, is even more solemn; there is a very impressive kettledrum effect, and a fateful subject is played on trombone and cornet in octaves against a strong string passage.
Perhaps in the Russian version the text is altered and the kettledrum missed out.
And, as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down, The kettledrumand trumpet thus bray out The triumph of his pledge.
When the last official had arrived, the Rajput guards moved across the doorway and the kettledrum was sounded.
A large kettledrum was set up at the head of the camp and continually beaten from dusk to dawn.
The savage who beats his gong or kettledrum until his face is of a delicate blue, and his eyes assert themselves like those of an unterrified snail, believes that musical skill is a mere question of brawn-a matter of muscle.
You can hear the double bass quite plain at Cheadley's, next door but one; but Waggly's have given the kettledrum notice.
He saw what Kettledrum had taken in the purest faith.
Here Mr. Bailey Kettledrum hit himself hard on the bosom, and broke the glass of his watch.
Bailey Kettledrum saw at once—for he had plenty of observant power, and the fumes of wine were dispersing—that this house must have shown a magnificent sight, a month or two ago.
Moreover, the Kettledrum pattern was known to him long ago; and he had never found them half such good fellows as they pretend to think other people.
Bailey Kettledrum, sir, is my name, of Kettledrum Hall, in Dorset.
Whether the kettledrum penetrated into western Europe before the fall of the Roman Empire and continued to be included during the middle ages among the tympana has not been definitely ascertained.
The kettledrummer had by order "to mount the kettledrum carriage every night half an hour before the sun sett and beat till gun fireing.
The tone of a good kettledrumis sonorous, rich, and of great power.
Each kettledrum gives but one note at a time, and as it takes some little time to alter all the screws, two or three kettledrums, sometimes more, each tuned to a different note, are used in an orchestra or band.
The kettledrumis struck at about a quarter of the diameter from the ring.
The names given during the middle ages to the kettledrum are derived from the East.
The kettledrum consists of a hemispherical pan of copper, brass or silver, over which a piece of vellum is stretched tightly by means of screws working on an iron ring, which fits closely round the head of the drum.
Potter's kettledrum with instantaneous system of tuning, the best known at the present day in England, and used in some military bands with entire success, is a complete contrast to the above.
As in the case of the trumpet, the use of the kettledrum was placed under great restrictions in Germany and France and to some extent in England, but it was used in churches with the trumpet.
The comparatively heavy tympanum of bronze mentioned by Catullus was probably the small kettledrum which appears in pairs on monuments of the middle ages.
The origin of the kettledrum is remote and must be sought in the East.
He knew not, neither cared to know, that Simon Chope and Bailey Kettledrum were in a first–class carriage near the centre of the train.
In the yard stood the Kettledrum “rattletrap,” and the owner was right glad to see it.
If Mr. Kettledrum smokes, I shall have to throw it away.
Mr. Kettledrum smacked his lips, for the sake of euphony, after the second glass of sherry; but his wife would not give him any more, for fear of spoiling his supper.
But the man was out of hearing, while the Kettledrum horses, scared, and jumping as from an equine thunderbolt, tried the strength of leather and the courage of ladies.
Mr. Kettledrum might have been overlooked, for little men of a fussy nature are common enough in London, or for that matter everywhere else.
For Kettledrum Hall and Coo Nest loved nothing better than to dine at two; which, perhaps, is two hours too late, according to nature versus fashion.
So be it, then; kettledrum and Starlight Bess, at any hazard of maternal wrath.
I believe I have seen him three times: once at Lady Southminster's ball; once when he came to call upon mamma; once at kettledrum at Ellangowan, where he was in attendance upon Lady Mabel.
That is why, in spite of me, mykettledrum sounded so sad.
Said the slave-girl: "The large kettledrum sounds so sad to-day; some misfortune must surely have happened to the kettledrummer!
The trumpet blared, the kettledrum crashed again, and as a sudden hush fell over the throng without Nick heard the voices of the players going on.
And his biographer, Georg August Griesinger, tells that Haydn studied "the kettledrum as well as other instruments.
Meanwhile, a mighty senate was held at Kettledrum Hall, Mrs. Corklemore herself taking the curule chair.
At last Mr. Bailey Kettledrum had hit the weak point of Rufus, and, what was more, he perceived it.
Mrs. Kettledrum rose at the same instant, and introduced her sister.
Mr. Kettledrum looked quite thunderstruck; he caught hold of a tree to help him, and a great cake of rotten bark, bearded with moss, came away like the mask of a mummer.
Kettledrum Hall stood forth on a rise, and made the very most of itself.
We must not forget that the word dundubhis which properly means kettledrum or drum, is also the name of a monster, and that Dundubhi is the proper name of the wife of a gandharvas, or of a gandharvi.
The drum or kettledrum thunder is a familiar image in Hindoo poetry, and the Gandharvas, the musician-warriors of the Hindoo Olympus, have no other instrument than the thunder.
Let us have kettledrum together for the last time, till you come back to us.
Lord Mallow attended the Duchess's kettledrum again that afternoon, and this time he was in no wise at sea.
It was about a finekettledrum all tasselled in royal fashion, with gold and silver, that Ibrahim's father had given him.
Kumran hearing of this was very angry, for the beating of a kettledrum is a sign of Empire.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kettledrum" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: drum; drumstick; kettledrum; snare; tambourine; timbrel; tympanum
