It is named after the tympani. Typically used in orchestral performances.
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Answer: 20th century there was a large increase in the variety of music that people had access to,Sound recording was also a major influence on the development of popular music genres, because it enabled recordings of songs and bands to be inexpensively and widely distributed nationwide or even, for some artists, worldwide.
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I think it became a big thing cuz of the war had a lesson on this in 6th grade