Coba jelasin Etimologi dan pengucapan alternatf dari Timpani dong

Pertama kali disebutkan dalam bahasa Inggris pada akhir abad ke-19, kata Italia timpani berasal dari kata Latin tympanum (pl. tympana), yang merupakan latinisasi dari kata Yunani τύμπανον (tumpanon, pl. tumpana) yang artinya "drum tangan",

Kata Jerman untuk timpani adalah Pauken; kata Prancis dan Spanyol-nya adalah timbales.

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