timbales

Definition of the French term timbales in music:

timpani
timbales (Cuban drums played in pairs)

Language

French

Singular

timbale

Plural

timbales

Abbreviation

Timb.

Synonyms

(2) timbales cubaines(2) timbales créoles(2) timbales latines

French musical terms that include timbales:

timbales créoles – timbales (Cuban drums played in pairs)
timbales cubaines – timbales (Cuban drums played in pairs)
timbales en Fa – timpani in F
timbales en La – timpani in A
timbales en Ré – timpani in D
timbales en Sol – timpani in G
timbales en Ut – timpani in C
timbales latines – timbales (Cuban drums played in pairs)
timbales mécaniques – machine timpani

Music scores that include timbales:

Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre (1874) Page 1
Claude Debussy: La mer (1903‑1905) Page 1
Darius Milhaud: La création du monde (1922‑1923) Page 1
Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco (1841) Page 2
Hector Berlioz: Vox populi (1849) Page 1
Léo Delibes: Lakmé (1883) Page 1
Maurice Ravel: Boléro (1928) Page 1

French musical terms related to timbales:

bedon – (obsolete meaning) type of drum
bodhrán – bodhrán (frame drum used in Irish traditional musi...
bongo – bongo, bongo drum
caisse claire – snare drum
caisse roulante – tenor drum
caisse sourde – tenor drum
caixa – caixa (Brazilian snare drum)
caixa de guerra – caixa (Brazilian snare drum)
conga – conga
darbouka – type of goblet drum with origins in Ancient Egypt ...
grosse caisse – orchestral bass drum (large bass drum played with ...
grosse caisse à pied – kick drum (bass drum that is played with a pedal a...
nacaire – small kettledrums (from the medieval period)
petit tambour – small drum...
petit tambour sans timbre – piccolo snare drum without snares
petite caisse claire – piccolo snare drum
rototom – rototom (type of drum)
surdo – surdo (bass drum used in different kinds of Brazil...
tabla – tabla (pair of drums)
tabourin – small and shallow drum (like a tabor)
tam-tam – tamtam (unpitched kind of gong used in the symphon...
tama – talking drum
tamborim – tamborim (Brazilian frame drum)
tambour – drum
tambour à corde – lion's roar (drum in the style of the Brazilian cu...
tambour à fente – slit drum
tambour à friction – friction drum
tambour de frein – brake drum (percussion instrument)
tambour de marche – marching drum
tambour de provence – tambourin (two-headed drum of Provence)
tambour militaire – military drum
tambour sur cadre – frame drum
tambourin de Provence – tambourin (two-headed drum of Provence)
tambourin provençal – tambourin (two-headed drum of Provence)
tarol – tarol (snare drum with a short barrel used in Braz...
tarolle – small side drum
timbal – timbal (portable Catalan snare drum)...
tom – tom drum, tom-tom
tombak – tombak (Iranian goblet drum)
tonnant – orchestral bass drum (large bass drum played with ...
tumba – conga drum
tumbadora conga – conga drum

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