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:Interestingly enough for me, bagpipes are both. It all depends on how they're used.
No. Either the computer isn't an instrument, in which case it has no reason to be mentioned in this thread. Or it can be an instrument and can be just as musical as any other instrument through the power of midi and sampling.katsumoto03 said:So, you're now saying that you were wrong.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:Yes, but it's not the keyboard that's making the notes, now is it? No. It's a computer.MelasZepheos said:snip.katsumoto03 said:snip (because that song is fucking annoying).MelasZepheos said:snip.
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.
Nice chat we had.
I cannot begin to tell you how much I adore that film.Casual Shinji said: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.
You should probably try and get a hold of The Illusionist then. It's from the same director.TheRightToArmBears said:I cannot begin to tell you how much I adore that film.Casual Shinji said: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.