Your favourite musical instrument

ray245 · Post by **ray245** » 2007-10-04 02:12pm

Just asking around...what is your favourite muscial instrument? Guitar? Violin? Piano?

For me, I would say piano, cause nothing can make you feel more sad than a piano to me at the least.

When you really want to make a person cry, piano is one of the best instruments to do so.

Kanastrous · Post by **Kanastrous** » 2007-10-04 02:24pm

Favorite...

Jazz Instrument: Saxophone

Rock Instrument: Guitar

Classical Instrument: Harpsichord

Aboriginal Instrument: Didgeridoo

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » 2007-10-04 02:43pm

If its played well, I'd say the saxophone. Trouble is that its rare to hear one played well; most of the time its an ill wind nobody blows good.

Schuyler Colfax · Post by **Schuyler Colfax** » 2007-10-04 02:45pm

Trombone, because it's the only one I know how to play.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2007-10-04 02:46pm

Piano, or any of the violin varients, particularly the cello.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2007-10-04 02:50pm

The mighty tuba.

And; music talkin' is for AMP, so, move over bacon!

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2007-10-04 06:03pm

Electric guitar gets the top spot for me, though a number of other instruments jockey for a close second.

Why? Of all instruments, I find the right effects and distortion can create a sound I find pleasing above all others. The way it is played tends toward musical phrasing I enjoy, and finally it's just plain awesome. You can't, like... air flute or anything.

Kanastrous · Post by **Kanastrous** » 2007-10-04 06:16pm

You can.

You just look terribly silly, doing it.

tim31 · Post by **tim31** » 2007-10-04 09:01pm

Guitar, guitar, guitar.
Currently have:
*no-name strat
*Musicman EVH

On my wishlist:
*a REAL Fender Stratocaster
*Gibson SG
*Peavey Wolfgang

I'm also very partial to the piano, but cannot play it as well as I can the six string. I like bass, but so few acts place its sound ahead of or at least equal to the guitar. I like the mournful sound of a cello.

I'm a closet banjo fan and intend to buy one in the near future

Medic · Post by **Medic** » 2007-10-04 09:19pm

The trumpet.

Because I played it for a time, because it is the sound of a fanfare and because it can carry the musical burden in jazz, concert bands, orchestras and many more musical styles. It can drown out every damn wood wind, pierces past any strings and it's sound can be modified in a number of pleasant ways. Trumpets rock.

edit: I would be remiss to note that it's essentially a trumpet that the Soldiers moved to in bygone-era's of warfighting. Trumpets just have a classical, nostalgic aura to them. And they're shiny.

(edit) honorable mention: all male choirs, groups of which for example, are the only proper way to listen to the Soviet National Anthem, especially this day, the day Sputnik flew 50 years ago. (listening to it right now)

They can also be downright creepy such as the Emporer's Theme in Star Wars Episode's V and VI.

Fleet Admiral JD · Post by **Fleet Admiral JD** » 2007-10-04 10:06pm

Saxophone. It has almost the volume of a brass instrument, can play the fast runs of a woodwind, and has a lot of flexibility like a voice. It fits into almost any genre, and it's just damned fun to play.

Men's choirs are also kickass, and I love the sound of an F horn. Flutes in a low register and clarinets also get honorable mentions.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2007-10-04 11:09pm

Bagpipes.
A well-played set of pipes sends shivers of awe down my spine.

Xess · Post by **Xess** » 2007-10-05 12:31am

Bass Clarinet, great mellow sound and I know how to play it. Great instrument.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2007-10-05 01:18am

Pipe organs are always awesome.

Adrian Laguna · Post by **Adrian Laguna** » 2007-10-05 04:18am

I love the violin. Oh sure, by itself it's not quite as awesome as a piano or a guitar, but get a group of them... A group of violins with a full orchestra backing them up is the most powerful musical force on the planet, far as I'm concerned.

General Zod wrote:Pipe organs are always awesome.

Anyone who does says no to a free high quality recording of Bach's Toccata and Fugue is dead to me.

DesertFly · Post by **DesertFly** » 2007-10-05 05:03am

Piano - Most good music is somehow connected to the piano. I also play it.

Trumpet - I play it, as well as the reasons stated above. "The trumpet is the noblest instrument." -Wynton Marsalis.

Pipe Organ - Played well, it can evoke all sorts of menacing and amazing moods in me.

Bagpipes - A full set of pipes playing full bore will be the only thing you'll hear for days. Also goes well with my Scottish ancestry.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2007-10-05 08:06am

A guitar tuned to A.

And while it's not an instrument in the classical sense, in the modern midi sense, the string section and the choir sections are also damn awesome.

A massive church organ is fantastic too.

NomAnor15 · Post by **NomAnor15** » 2007-10-05 11:26am

Trombone, without a second thought. Mainly because it's what I play.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » 2007-10-05 01:50pm

Bagpipes, a regimental pipe band is definetly something to hear.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2007-10-05 01:55pm

Cello.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2007-10-05 01:56pm

Cpl Kendall wrote:Bagpipes, a regimental pipe band is definetly something to hear.

for about 10 minutes, at which point the average person is motivated to inflict mass murder upon household vacuums on a global scale.

As a horn player i'm inclined to say trumpet, but nothing really tops a guitar in the hands of a masterful musician.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2007-10-05 08:00pm

In my opinion an Electric Guitar, maybe it's a bias on my part but how many people debate about the greatest tuba or saxaphone players compared to the endless debate about guitar players be it Hendrix, Slash, The Edge, Carlos Santana or whoever nearly everyone has a favourite guitarist, the versatility of it's design make it best equiped to convay an enormous sense of emotion.

Secondly for me the bagpipes. Amazing Grace played properly on the pipes literally can make me weak at the knees.

Civil War Man · Post by **Civil War Man** » 2007-10-05 09:39pm

Bagpipes by far. My mother was at a funeral for a former firefighter a few years ago. They had a single piper playing outside in the rain. It was the saddest thing.

Also, you get the bagpipes playing in a wide-open area with rolling hills and fog hanging over it all, and it will be downright haunting for miles.

JLTucker · Post by **JLTucker** » 2007-10-05 09:54pm

I would have to choose the guitar.

I like acoustic, electric clean with delay, and electric with distortion + wah.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2007-10-05 11:02pm

I've played the violin for years, so it's got a soft spot in my heart, but the guitar is amazing.