What is your favorite/least favorite musical instrument?
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Showing my music nerd side here, now.
Favourite instrument is the Baroque Oboe, specifically oboe d'amore.
Honourable mentions go to the Basset Horn (a member of the clarinet family) and the French Horn.
Least favourite is the Reed organ.
I have a friend who is a professional recorder player, and I can attest that the hate the instrument seems to be getting here is unjustified. Plastic, cheap, school soprano recorders are extremely bad, but a good quality wooden recorder played by a recorder player has a wonderful sound.
The recorder is a family of instruments anyway, like the saxophone and clarinet, ranging from the common soprano recorder down to the bass recorder, which is a pretty epic looking instrument.
Favourite instrument is the Baroque Oboe, specifically oboe d'amore.
Honourable mentions go to the Basset Horn (a member of the clarinet family) and the French Horn.
Least favourite is the Reed organ.
I have a friend who is a professional recorder player, and I can attest that the hate the instrument seems to be getting here is unjustified. Plastic, cheap, school soprano recorders are extremely bad, but a good quality wooden recorder played by a recorder player has a wonderful sound.
The recorder is a family of instruments anyway, like the saxophone and clarinet, ranging from the common soprano recorder down to the bass recorder, which is a pretty epic looking instrument.
Best for me is the Mandolin, especially mine, closely followed by the violin and the hurdy-gurdy (aka wheel-fiddle). All of these have been used to make the genres of folk-metal and folk-punk into something truly unique and thoroughly enjoyable 
. My least favourite, well I'm not sure if it even count as an instrument, but I'm sure there are people who think it does so, the D.J. deck, or turntables or whatever, the thing D.J.s use to create that Gods-aweful dance/trance/house whatever it is that the boring, club-going, premix-drinking sheeple like to dance to. Other than that, I think every instrument has its place, and every instrument can sound both wonderful if played well, or absolutely vomit inducing when played badly.
. My least favourite, well I'm not sure if it even count as an instrument, but I'm sure there are people who think it does so, the D.J. deck, or turntables or whatever, the thing D.J.s use to create that Gods-aweful dance/trance/house whatever it is that the boring, club-going, premix-drinking sheeple like to dance to. Other than that, I think every instrument has its place, and every instrument can sound both wonderful if played well, or absolutely vomit inducing when played badly.
Every instrument can be great if used in the right manner or in a combination with other instruments. I was never a big fan of the saxophone, but there have been moments where I heard it kick total ass.
I'm sure the same can be said about the bagpipe and the accordion.
Anything can be a great instrument as long as it's used correctly.
I'm sure the same can be said about the bagpipe and the accordion.
Anything can be a great instrument as long as it's used correctly.
Same for me. I like them because I play them; wooooo I can play bagpipes! And national pride and stuff. I also don't like them because I can play them; fucking pipes. After a few years all the tunes start to sound like a bag of dying cats.hittite said:
I cannot begin to tell you how much I adore that film.Casual Shinji said:
I'm not a big fan of saxophones, they remind me of soundtracks to bad 80's dramas (Baker Street style playing, can't stand it).
My favourite instrument is the bass guitar. I started playing it when I was young, it's damned fun to play (moreso than an electric or acoustic guitar), it's sounds great and it's really versatile. I play the guitar too, and I do love it, but the bass is just awesome in every way.
Especially like this. Marcus Miller is a god, his signature bass is beautiful, and funk bass is amazing.
You should probably try and get a hold of The Illusionist then. It's from the same director.TheRightToArmBears said:
It's a little less grotesque and a bit more melancholy, but a great cartoon nonetheless.
Favourite: Cello, probably. I like its versatility. Double bass, perhaps.
Very, very bad unfavourite: Accordion. I'm sick of hearing mangled polka-versions of popular hits [which are usually bad enough to begin with] being played by seedy Eastern Europeans every time I walk down a main street.
Very, very bad unfavourite: Accordion. I'm sick of hearing mangled polka-versions of popular hits [which are usually bad enough to begin with] being played by seedy Eastern Europeans every time I walk down a main street.
Violin is my favourite. Any instrument can be the worst if not in skilful hands and used for a good musical piece.
