Table of Contents Front Matter About This Project Behind the Cover Preface How to Use This WEBook Prologue Chapter 1 Pitch Without Harmonics Defining A Standard Explaining Some Jargon Modes Nodes and Nodal Points Degeneracy Double Degeneracy Degree of Degeneracy Lifted Degeneracy Summary Chapter 2 The Degenerate Modes Mode 1,1: The Principal Tone The Higher Modes Mode 2,1: A Harmonic Bridge Mode 3,1: The Octave Reinforcer Mode 4,1: The Subtle Brightener Mode 5,1: The Colorful Fringe Mode 6,1: The Harmonic Shimmer Summary Chapter 3 Before You Begin Diagnosing Structural Problems Head Material and Adjustment Sensitivity The Sweet Spot What Your Mallet Reveals Clearing in the Right Location Environmental Effects on Pitch Managing Ear Fatigue Opening the Box Chapter 4 The Duff Clearing Process The Physics of Clearing Modal Pitch Perception Time-Modal Evolution Duff’s Modal Channels Cleared ≠ Equal Precision in Adjustment Preferred Mode Clearing Clearing in Practice Evidence of Clearing Supplementary Materials Methodological Notes How Do You Perceive Timpani Pitch? Listening Exercises Visual Pitch Awareness Clearing Six Lug Timpani Shared Tension Pair Beyond Lug-to-Lug Listening Exercises: Clearing Between the Lugs Multimodal Learning Why Your Timpani Will Never Be ‘In Tune’ Timpani “Harmonicity” PET (Mylar™) Timpani Heads in Real Life Mind That Collar, Or The Drum Will Mind It For You Listening Between the Lugs Applying Tempering in the Real World Glossary References Annotated Bibliography Epilogue About the Author Share Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Print (Opens in new window) Print Post