Piano is by far the greatest instrument ever made. I am not sure on the worst, since I don't pay attention to any instrument that isn't the Piano or Strings.
What is your favorite/least favorite musical instrument?
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I can play about 8 instruments fairly well, but my favourite is none of them (for purely economical reasons)
Favourite: Harp (full orchestral would be nice, but lap harp will do)
Least Favourite: Any brass instrument
ARGGHHHHH!!!! BRASS!!!!!!
also, what's with the recorder hate? I love my alto...
Favourite: Harp (full orchestral would be nice, but lap harp will do)
Least Favourite: Any brass instrument
ARGGHHHHH!!!! BRASS!!!!!!
also, what's with the recorder hate? I love my alto...
All musical instruments are good when played well. There is no such thing as a bad instrument. (making the assumption that the instrument has a history of usage, so don't pull semantics on me here) I do have a particular preference for the bassoon and clarinet, because those are what I can play, though I do enjoy strings a lot, from Cellos to Zhengs. Drums can be nice too, but they're an honorable mention at best. If I HAD to pick a least favorite though, I'd say trumpet. They can be kind of loud and obtrusive, and overpower the other parts in the hands of an amateur. Though admittedly muted trumpets have a pleasant sound.
Also the recorder and electronic music are getting a lot of undue hate that makes me sad. The recorder is a wonderful simple wind instrument that's been marred by educational usages, and electronic music has been marred by shitty mainstream electronicized crap. Both are capable of beautiful sound.
Also the recorder and electronic music are getting a lot of undue hate that makes me sad. The recorder is a wonderful simple wind instrument that's been marred by educational usages, and electronic music has been marred by shitty mainstream electronicized crap. Both are capable of beautiful sound.
My favorite is acoustic guitar.
Least favorite is the Erhu....well not all Erhu, I've heard some traditional Chinese music played on the Erhu that is really nice...but my least favorite is the Erhu that is played by this old man at the train station...he's just awful at playing it...and after YEARS hasn't improved at ALL...so I hate THAT Erhu
Least favorite is the Erhu....well not all Erhu, I've heard some traditional Chinese music played on the Erhu that is really nice...but my least favorite is the Erhu that is played by this old man at the train station...he's just awful at playing it...and after YEARS hasn't improved at ALL...so I hate THAT Erhu
My favorite would have to be the violin, it's a little biased since I play it.
My least favorite would have to be the banjo, I can't stand the sound it makes, nor do I like the type of music it's used for.
My least favorite would have to be the banjo, I can't stand the sound it makes, nor do I like the type of music it's used for.
My favorite falls between either the piano or bass guitar (because I can actually play it).
On the other side of things however, the clarinet and trumpet can both go to hell.
On the other side of things however, the clarinet and trumpet can both go to hell.
My favourite is the guitar.
My least favourite is the guitar, played by ... well lots of people.
My least favourite is the guitar, played by ... well lots of people.
Nothing sounds worse than a badly out of tune guitar, as played by somebody with a badly out of tune musical ear; two negative definitely don't make a positive there.
Piano is my favourite, guitar/sax in second.
Piano is my favourite, guitar/sax in second.
I believe that's called a keyboard.katsumoto03 said:
Forgive me if I'm still wrong but a keyboard, derived from a more traditional piano, is an instrument. Certainly you can put a variety of different sounds into one, but to play the various keys in harmony at the right time requires some skill.
That's not a computer.
Yes, but it's not the keyboard that's making the notes, now is it? No. It's a computer.MelasZepheos said:
Now we're into semantics. Technically speaking an electronic keyboard uses a keyboard matric circuit in order to produce a MIDI sound based on whether a key is depressed or not, so yes, strictly speaking a keyboard is effectively a tiny computer that doesn't actually compute anything, and isn't programmable. (This is a far more intricate debate including the ridiculous circular nature of defining a computer)katsumoto03 said:
But then again, a spoon is technically an instrument, because it produces a sound, throwing a television at a wall is an instrument because it produces a sound.
Really every single thing in the entire world is an instrument, and anything that 'receives input, stores and automatically manipulates data, and provides output in a useful format' is a computer.
So I guess my definition for the purposes of this argument has to be this:
People who sit at computers, without anything but the computer to hand, and cut pieces of other songs, or programme MIDI sound clips together, is not an instrument, does not require much skill, and is a joke in my eyes.
Anyone who has something which makes noises, and they use it to create something musical, with their own two hands, is using an instrument, as long as they are using it with a musical intent in mind.