Your favorite instrument

[Eogris]

The trumpet

 

[Obscure_Reference]

Trumpet, saxophone, flute, I really started liking pan flute music after playing Zelda Spirit Tracks, too.

 

[Ibanez887]

Well, I play a few instruments and the guitar is my main one, but out of every single instrument in the world, only one holds the place of my favorite....
The humble cowbell

 

[KefkaCultist]

I like strings instruments like guitar, cello, and violin

 

[Hollock]

The hambone
listen to those fools laugh, they can't appreciate the pureness of what he's doing.
to them it's just some kind of "novelty act" like burping or armpit noises. Makes me want to puke. This is why I hate the laughter of children

 

[Kortney]

A grand piano. Sorry for being boring, but it's the best.

 

[AshtonF]

I am flabbergasted at the utter lack of percussion here,my favorite are the Quads (or quints) best drum line instrument out there:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOGFOcgc8Ow
just classy...

 

[Divine Miss Bee]

to play: contrabass.

to hear: oboe.

 

[pyrokleptic]

I would have to go with the Pan Pipes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wv3Ya9nskA

I have always liked the way they sound.

 

[Ranchcroutons]

The hambone
listen to those fools laugh, they can't appreciate the pureness of what he's doing.
to them it's just some kind of "novelty act" like burping or armpit noises. Makes me want to puke. This is why I hate the laughter of children

I don't know if that's really whats going on here. They did seem genuinely impressed by his performance and the laughter seems to stem from their surprise at the range of sounds the performer was able to generate.

Mine has to be Accordion. I just love the somber tone it creates and also how different it is from most other instruments besides the previously mentioned Concertina.

 

[SantoUno]

It's a tie between good ol' fashion electric guitar:


Or the harpsichord:

 

[trooper6]

The Banjo!

Here are some various play styles for you all--

Minstrel style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znirKZGotzw&feature=related

Classic style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxbk3u_GeQE

Old Time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uOy3WdT3mY

The Master Earl Scruggs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csSEZbRCEuc&feature=related

Osborne Brothers 60s Bluegrass:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhiOaSWuFjU

NewGrass Revival:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1omSJq06jJ8

Some Jazz Fusion Banjo (Bela Fleck and the Flecktones):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFzZXvivo4c&feature=related

 

[arugulino]

Definitely the bassoon.

I can't really find any good youtube videos of it.

Vivaldi to the rescue. He wrote several dozen concertos for bassoon, and a few other chamber works featuring it.

Spoiler

concerto for cello & bassoon in e minor
concerto for recorder, oboe, violin, bassoon & basso continuo RV 105
concerto for bassoon and strings RV 496

Of course there's also grandpa from Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.

 

[Hollock]

The hambone
listen to those fools laugh, they can't appreciate the pureness of what he's doing.
to them it's just some kind of "novelty act" like burping or armpit noises. Makes me want to puke. This is why I hate the laughter of children

I don't know if that's really whats going on here. They did seem genuinely impressed by his performance and the laughter seems to stem from their surprise at the range of sounds the performer was able to generate.

Mine has to be Accordion. I just love the somber tone it creates and also how different it is from most other instruments besides the previously mentioned Concertina.

I don't want surprise, I want awe I want reverence. If they were to produce any audible response, I only approve of gasps (what I did while watching)

 

[TomLikesGuitar]

My Gibson Les Paul vintage mahogany...

:'( She's in the shop now, though, so this week has been hell.

 

[e2density]

I am a fan of the violin, myself.

 

[arugulino]

The violin, it can just go past the surface and touch at a much baser levlel.

Especially if it's playing Bach:
or in the hands of a master:

 

[Dr Snakeman]

I'd say the violin. I've been wanting to start learning a musical instrument for a while now. It's been between the guitar and the violin. As of late, I've decided that a violin would just... suit me better. I'd get much more enjoyment out of it than a guitar. As soon as I can get out of my dorm and into an apartment, I'm going to take up this most beautiful of stringed instruments.

I can't seem to track down a really good violin video that best represents the instrument, but just type in "violin" on YouTube, and you're bound to find something you like.

 

[ParadoxBG]

It's probably going to be seen as me just looking to have the weirdest entry on here, but I don't care. The PVC organ -- fell in love with it when I saw the following vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D2o8F2MOuI

Seriously. I want to make my own and wow folks.