Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
toppiness
English answer:
predominance of high frequencies
Added to glossary by
Andrew Vdovin
Mar 24, 2012 13:27
12 yrs ago
English term
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Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian, Russian to English, and 2 more.
tell tale toppiness
English
Other
Music
drum kits
While the Sabian SBR cymbals are brass not bronze, they're many times more refined than the unbranded cymbals often found at this level. The 13" hats are particularly sweet-sounding.
Similarly the 18" crash/ride contains very little tell tale toppiness, executing its two disciplines with an air of polished ease.
Речь идет о тарелках в комплекте уларной установки.
Similarly the 18" crash/ride contains very little tell tale toppiness, executing its two disciplines with an air of polished ease.
Речь идет о тарелках в комплекте уларной установки.
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Mar 25, 2012 05:57: Andrew Vdovin changed "Language pair" from "English to Russian" to "English"
Mar 25, 2012 05:57: Andrew Vdovin changed "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Music"
Mar 25, 2012 06:03: Andrew Vdovin changed "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "drum kits"
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16 hrs
English term (edited):
toppiness
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predominance of high frequencies
I assume the reason the author says 'teel-tale toppiness' is because s/he is saying that these cymbals are made of a supposedly inferior material (brass), and this fact is often given away by the presence of over-dominant high-frequencies in the cymbal sound — I assume perhaps because brass is maybe less dense than bronze?
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Note added at 16 hrs (2012-03-25 06:26:17 GMT)
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Sorry, 'tell-tale toppiness'!
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Note added at 16 hrs (2012-03-25 06:27:01 GMT)
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I.e. even though these cymbals are made of brass, they do not suffer from this problem of over-dominant high frequencies.
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Note added at 16 hrs (2012-03-25 06:26:17 GMT)
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Sorry, 'tell-tale toppiness'!
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Note added at 16 hrs (2012-03-25 06:27:01 GMT)
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I.e. even though these cymbals are made of brass, they do not suffer from this problem of over-dominant high frequencies.
Peer comment(s):
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Jim Tucker (X)
: yes, very likely, not too harsh-sounding
6 hrs
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Thnaks, Jim! Yes, nice and sweet, not too 'tinny'
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Ekaterina Filatova
Netherlands
Netherlands
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Netherlands
Your brand voice in Russian
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
почти не выдают себя дребезжанием на высоких частотах
Я так думаю.
Toppiness объясняется здесь, например: http://gaffa.org/dreaming/discogr3.html (distortion of the higher frequencies), ну а про разницу в звучании латунных и медных тарелок писано много.
Toppiness объясняется здесь, например: http://gaffa.org/dreaming/discogr3.html (distortion of the higher frequencies), ну а про разницу в звучании латунных и медных тарелок писано много.
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может быть, тонкая такая отделка