Definition of tam-tam in English:

tam-tam

noun ˈtamtamˈtæm ˌtæm

A large metal gong.
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.

Origin

Mid 19th century: perhaps from Hindi ṭam-ṭam (see tom-tom).

Definition of tam-tam in US English:

tam-tam

nounˈtam 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.

Origin

Mid 19th century: perhaps from Hindi ṭam-ṭam (see tom-tom).

单词	tam-tam
释义	Definition of tam-tam in English: tam-tam noun ˈtamtamˈtæm ˌtæm A large metal gong. 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. Origin Mid 19th century: perhaps from Hindi ṭam-ṭam (see tom-tom). Definition of tam-tam in US English: tam-tam nounˈtam 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. Origin Mid 19th century: perhaps from Hindi ṭam-ṭam (see tom-tom).
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