What's your favorite instrument that really gets through to you?
Mine’s a bit of a strange one…
Music box/celeste
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Mine’s a bit of a strange one…
Music box/celeste
🧚♂️
shinigamiookamiryuu, I can play this one and doing so has always felt pleasant.
cheese_greater, Can you give the name in the comment, kinda hard to peruse when its a link you gotta follow to find out :)
shinigamiookamiryuu, The glass harmonica
cheese_greater, Omg, actually a fave of mine too i totally forgot about!
shinigamiookamiryuu, We had to learn how to play an instrument in school and everything else seemed mundane.
cheese_greater, I love the wine-glass array version of this :)
JackGreenEarth, Idk, compasses are quite cool and useful?
cheese_greater, What do they do? Or is this a joke answer
JackGreenEarth, They point north. Or create circles.
_number8_, pedal steel or any sort of slide guitar
HootinNHollerin, Especially played by David Gilmour
Everythingispenguins, Here if you haven’t heard Blind Willie Johnson you are going to die when you hear this song
cheese_greater, Would also accept calliope if I’m feeling quaint ;)
Hobart_the_GoKart, Perhaps a carillon may suite you?
cheese_greater, Wahhh, I have so much stuff to look up lol 😭
The_Picard_Maneuver, The sax
andrew, Begins to play Yakety Sax
The_Picard_Maneuver, Wait no, not like that.
Bishma, The music video for Baker Street is like a 1970s time capsule
OtisRamflow, I played Alto in school, never really got into it. Then switched up to baritone, loved it.
Hobart_the_GoKart, Bari sax is best sax
dependencyinjection, I have three.
Piano -> Violin -> Cello
cheese_greater, Isnt there an instrument called violincello or something?
Golfnbrew, The technical name of the cello, yes, I think so…
cheese_greater, Haha I forgot about that, I was never into the strings section
Aliendelarge, Cello is a shortened version of violoncello.
PixxlMan, Violoncello is the proper full name of the Cello! They’re the same thing.
julianh, That’s just the full “official” name for the cello.
cheese_greater, I’ve been at least quadrully chastised 🤣
urquell, Cello for me. Hnnnggg
I_Fart_Glitter, The french horn gets me in the feels every time. I think it’s because it reminds me of dressing up fancy and going to the symphony with my aunt as a school aged kid, as well as candle lit Christmas eve services that heavily featured them.
captain_aggravated, The french horn is the feelings guy in the horn section. The trumpet is often used to shout the main idea at the audience, and then the french horn lays back on the couch and tells us how that makes him feel.
I_Fart_Glitter, 😂 I love it!
Lightsong, As a Deaf person, anything that gives good vibration/bass: Drum and Bass Guitar, make or break the music for me.
captain_aggravated, I’m curious if you’ve ever held a guitar, or touched one as it was played? Acoustic guitars, especially when playing on the lower strings, vibrate quite a lot, sometimes it feels like a purring cat.
Lightsong, Yeah, all instruments pretty much vibrates. It’s just that I like certain ones.
jubilationtcornpone, Pipe Organ. The only instrument with the versatility of an orchestra at your fingertips. It can make the room shake or fill it with quiet whispers.
Sadly, Churches are one of the few places, in the US at least, where you can hear the organ regularly. Ones that can afford to maintain such a large instrument and pay an organist.
theherk, I posted a similar response. There is a huge Casavant in KC at Helzberg Hall. I heard it when Dr Jan Kraybill was the conservator; may still be, and it was incredible. Worth a trip, and not a church.
banneryear1868, I’d go to church if… Cory Henry played the organ.
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S, Electric guitar, preferably with heavy distortion. Louder := better.
No but seriously I love heavy music so much. It’s fun to listen to, fun to play, and it’s just had a positive impact on my life. If you want to really tug on my blackened heartstrings, you gotta do it through distortion, preferably an HM-2, in as low a tuning as your guitar can handle.
serpineslair, Hell yeah.
rab, Yes everything about this, except downtuning is overrated imo
HootinNHollerin, Handpan
Umbraveil, I’m more partial to the sustain on the RAV, but could lose myself in either.
FairycorePhoebe, I really appreciate strings in general, but no instrument can emotionally move me like the violin. A melancholic violin section in an already sad song is a surefire way to make me tear up. I’ve never been very good at playing any instrument, but I’ve been tempted to pick up the violin to see if it feels as good to play as it does to hear.
zipzoopaboop, Violins can turn anything epic
janus2, Marimba
one of my friends rents one and played a few pieces for me. it was like existing outside of the rest of space and time. he’s really good at it and it just sounds magical
cheese_greater, Reminded me about vibraphone ;)
MorkofOrk, A Kora! It’s an African instrument that is considered a guitar harp, with 21 strings ranging from the size of bass guitar string to fishing wire. The way it is played allows you to play the bass, lead, and rhythm at the same time. Here is a short example of a master kora player Toumani Diabate showcasing the instrument: youtu.be/8luhdxS2KuM?si=llpa2YVyIOf77_Nd
As a guitarist I found this guy who transcribed Toumani’s work onto a classical guitar, very interesting listen m.youtube.com/watch?v=55QnOlXckOk
My other thing would be trippy out there instruments that seem to put you in a different state of mind like the Yaybahar or “The Beam” that the grateful dead likes to break out sometimes
Yaybahar example: m.youtube.com/watch?v=_aY6TxC1ojA&pp=ygUWeWVo…
The Beam example: m.youtube.com/watch?v=0h8o-1IQ5G0&pp=ygUSZ3Jh…
BigBrainBrett2517, 🔥🔥🔥😍
Kylocierra, The oboe 🤌🏽💋
neidu2, One of my more decent pieces has an oboe and a horn duet as the melody. The oboe is such a unique and beautiful sounding instrument that pairs well with many more softer instruments
Vroomfondel, Allegedly George Bernard Shaw said this about the oboe: “An ill wind that nobody blows good.”
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