"It's #271 in the hymnal."
If you are asked to play along on timpani and the conductor hands you a hymnbook, some of the best places to add the kettles are at the cadence points. Look at the bass line and observe the pitches at the end of the phrase. They will frequently be either a full cadence with the fifth scale degree moving to the first degree or a half cadence with the tonic ( I ) moving to the dominant ( V ). Below are a few examples in the key of C.
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