Favorite Musical Instrument.

[Mirc]

You have "Guitar (Acoustic)" but not "Guitar (Classical)"?



I don't know what to vote.


Update:
I voted for Guitar, both kinds here, piano, and "other brass instrument" which is probably the closest category to fit in the pipe organ.

If I were to vote some more, I'd vote cello, trumpet, saxophone, in this order.

 

[Harbringer]

Any instrument is the best instrument depending on who's playing. I know it sounds like a cop out answer, but its how I feel. Most violin players are absolutely atrocious, but there are those few that can make one cry, and that's the best instrument ever, the human being.

 

[amadeus]

 

[theskald]

• Distorted electric guitar
• String ensemble
• Any bowed string instrument with the same body shape as a violin (are they called the violin family?)
• Electric bass
• French horn
• and a few others

The timbre of a string ensemble (for example, the sound you hear on classical music CDs played by a bunch of string instruments together) is the sweetest instrument sound there is, in my opinion. Too bad no single instrument makes that sound. A violin surely doesn't.

I thoroughly disagree with you. They say (that's right, they) that the violin is meant to be the closest in groups to the timbre of a choir, and I think that may be why I find it to boring. With a good composition, though, this isn't necessarily true. I think it may just be certain, popular keys I don't like with the violin.

Like, say, Ravel's Bolero.

Euphonium. I played one in high school and enjoyed it. I still have fantasies of playing Bonnie Tyler's Faster Than the Speed of Night on a euphonium.

Okay, you win, you have named an instrument I have never heard of before. I'm guessing it sounds similar to a tuba? It looks a lot like one. How about this: the Whamola.

Well yes. I am a big Charles Mingus fan, but an electric bass is cool too.

You damn right it is, especially when slapped.

I should have learned to play the guitar, I should've learned to play them drums.

Way to not catch the reference?

Bah, the early 80s sucked anyway...

Distorted electric guitar and clarinet. But I have very odd tastes in music. My favourite instrument I own is a guitar I've stripped down, unable to stay in tune, played through an old mid-90s amp that I tore with a knife. It's a disgusting sound and I love it.

WOuld you perchance enjoy the sultry sounds of Primus or any other Les Claypool venture?

And I like playing that with a gentle / soft over lay of wind instruments, held together by a driving bass line and primal drum kit work.

Do you have any particular song in mind?

Harp and oboe, with bassoon, flute, cello, and string bass coming in second.

Forgot the wind instruments, but there wasn't enough room.

Now let us never speak of these two instruments again.

You have "Guitar (Acoustic)" but not "Guitar (Classical)"?

To be fair, the banjo, mandolin, ukelele, and steel guitar are also not mentioned. A limit of 25 exists.

Update:
I voted for Guitar, both kinds here, piano, and "other brass instrument" which is probably the closest category to fit in the pipe organ.

If I were to vote some more, I'd vote cello, trumpet, saxophone, in this order.

I meant to add "other keyboard instruments," but I had to make room for the contra-bassoon. It would have included the accordion as well, so I guess that and the organ belong in the "theskald's a jerk" category.

Any instrument is the best instrument depending on who's playing. I know it sounds like a cop out answer, but its how I feel. Most violin players are absolutely atrocious, but there are those few that can make one cry, and that's the best instrument ever, the human being.

Oh, come on, no preference? Think about what you're saying, the timber is the unique quality of an instrument, its voice. Saying you have no preference is like saying you have never met someone with an annoying voice!

 

[Pannonius]

And what about bagpipes? that's a great instrument.

 

[Bigfoot3814]

And what about bagpipes? that's a great instrument.

I must say, I agree! Bagpipes are great.

 

[Trajan12]

Electric Guitar, simply for the unlimited variety of sounds that can be coaxed from it. Although I wanna say acoustic, because I prefer its practicality and its earnestness.

But, everyone is going to vote guitar and that will make for an uninteresting thread. So I also have to mention strings. My favorite is the cello, because the deep but not too deep sounds are so extremely expressive. Followed by Violin.

 

[theskald]

And what about bagpipes? that's a great instrument.

I have heard the occasional bagpipe melody that blew my mind, but that's very rarely. I get the feeling most players get all caught up in its "tradition" and forget to play music. Anyway this, too, falls under the "I'm a jerk" category.

Electric Guitar, simply for the unlimited variety of sounds that can be coaxed from it. Although I wanna say acoustic, because I prefer its practicality and its earnestness.

Yeah, it may be unfair to include electric stuff, because you can adjust a few dials/press a foot pedal and get a whole new sound. On the other hand, it still can't sound like a fiddle or the timpani.

But, everyone is going to vote guitar and that will make for an uninteresting thread.

Shame no one has been smart-ass enough to say "the human voice."

 

[Harbringer]

@TheSkald

I have preferences for good musicians.

 

[Phlegmak]

Try listening to bagpipe music nonstop for over an hour. It makes me want to scream after a while, and I like bagpipes.

 

[theskald]

No, no, I get what you're saying, Harbringer, but ther must be some instrument that is particularly pleasing to your ear, some voice that you're more happy to hear than others.

 

[Trajan12]

D'oh.

I forgot one of my favorites, the Hammond Organ. You have not heard soul until you've heard it. In a solo or just playing a harmony.

 

[theskald]

D'oh.

I forgot one of my favorites, the Hammond Organ. You have not heard soul until you've heard it. In a solo or just playing a harmony.

To be quite honest, I've always thought it sounded like PlayStation era midi music whenever they tried to make an organ sound.

 

[emzie]

WOuld you perchance enjoy the sultry sounds of Primus or any other Les Claypool venture?

Primus is enjoyable but not really my thing.

Do you have any particular song in mind?

A specific song? I'd have to ponder. I did something in midi which was just finished rather nasty -- 2 guitars slowly falling out of tune to each other, dropping about a quarter step over a minute drone with 2 gentle leads without any semblance of distortion. If you're interested, I can get an mp3 of it but my midi playback is pretty... well it's caveman quality as far as midi goes.

I'd say my heart belongs to the dead No Wave movement but I appreciate a very wide spectrum of music.

 

[Mirc]

To be fair, the banjo, mandolin, ukelele, and steel guitar are also not mentioned. A limit of 25 exists.

Don't forget about the bouzouki, oud (aoud) and balalaika.
(wow, firefox knows about the bouzouki and balalaika!! I can't believe it)

I meant to add "other keyboard instruments," but I had to make room for the contra-bassoon. It would have included the accordion as well, so I guess that and the organ belong in the "theskald's a jerk" category.

Nah, you're one of the nicest people I've seen on CFC.

 

[Mirc]

Yeah, so big it can't even fit in the picture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucium My grandmother used to tell my father about a 9-meter long one for communication over hills.

 

[theskald]

Don't forget about the bouzouki, oud (aoud) and balalaika.
(wow, firefox knows about the bouzouki and balalaika!! I can't believe it)

And let's not forget the tanbur, sitar, and shamisen! Bah, they're all lutes, anyway.

Nah, you're one of the nicest people I've seen on CFC.

Primus is enjoyable but not really my thing.

(the sad smiley with a Santa hat is perhaps the saddest smiley I've ever seen, I must say. It's basically a dejected smiley.)

A specific song? I'd have to ponder. I did something in midi which was just finished rather nasty -- 2 guitars slowly falling out of tune to each other, dropping about a quarter step over a minute drone with 2 gentle leads without any semblance of distortion. If you're interested, I can get an mp3 of it but my midi playback is pretty... well it's caveman quality as far as midi goes.

Yes I am interested in interesting things.

Yeah, so big it can't even fit in the picture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucium My grandmother used to tell my father about a 9-meter long one for communication over hills.

Man, do people really use that as a musical instrument, though? I guess someone must have, cause you gotta try, right?

 

[Godwynn]

A Nyckelharpa! It produces a beautiful sound.

 

[theskald]

Oh man I forgot about that one! Those things are awesome.

 

[Bigfoot3814]

Oh man I forgot about that one! Those things are awesome.

I think that guy's sideburns are awesome.