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billbuckner 
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Posted: November 25 2006 at 10:23 |
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Drums are most essential, but that's because I'm a drummer. Bass guitar is a very close second. Piano, keyboards (including synth, mellotron, moog, etc.), guitar, saxophone, flute and vocals are close behind though.
Edited by MovingPictures7 - November 25 2006 at 10:24
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TheLamb
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Posted: November 25 2006 at 14:01 |
Drums are in charge of what the sound like. Even the heaviest riffs wouldn't feel heavy without the support of heavy drums... So i think drums are very important. but thats more of a generally important for rock music, not prog specificaly.
SYNTHS rule prog... Prog is based on lush keyboards, no matter what way you look at it... With the exception of a FEW prog metal bands (Tool, Opeth...) and Rush which also use synths here and there...
Synths are what bring the epic feel to prog. In some cases, the very existence, or the TYPE of keyboard is what differentiates some "Semi Prog", or "Prog Related" bands, from true Prog bands...
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Posted: November 25 2006 at 15:40 |
Good thread. I said bass cos I like the sound but then if the drumming is crap then it spoils the music for me. So should I have said drums???
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Posted: November 26 2006 at 05:08 |
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You have set up this poll without a Mellotron  .. ?! |
You are so right! The mellotron was made for prog, and prog for the mellotron. The best prog songs incorporate that essential instrument in some way, shape or form...
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Posted: November 28 2006 at 21:32 |
Looks like drums are winning...
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 21:15 |
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 21:26 |
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Drums. There are many bands without all of those, but very few without drums.
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 21:28 |
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BACKROUND DANCERS!!!!!!
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 21:40 |
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Every fiber of my being wanted to vote Viola because of my depp-seated love for it.
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What's the difference between a viola and a lawnmower? You don't pour gasoline ON the lawnmower... On a serious note, bass is the most important.
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 09:44 |
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woow woow woow wait a minute!
what is going on with the bassas? I dont think that bass and stick bass are SO imp.
I dont know why the lead guitar get only 7- its poor.
I say lead guitar
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 18:11 |
Figuratively speaking, drums are what makes a Word-document Excel(briliant wordplay, no?  ).
Without drums, you have a white sheet with lots of numbers and letters scattered around, but when you add the drums, you have lines and frames around it all to put it into system!
I've no idea if this makes sense to anyone, but it (sort of) does to me. that being said, drums are 'nothing' if you don't have bass imo.
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 18:14 |
proger wrote:
woow woow woow wait a minute!
what is going on with the bassas? I dont think that bass and stick bass are SO imp.
I dont know why the lead guitar get only 7- its poor.
I say lead guitar |
Basses are the rhytym for the guitar player, along with the drums. And it also adds complexity to the music.
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 18:14 |
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What an odd idea for a thread... a band needs several instruments to really be a band, so it's pretty pointless to single out one as more important.
However, the omission of saxophone on this list is irritating, as I'd say a good 75% of my favourite bands use a lot of sax. If you add sax to the guitar/drums/bass/(possibly keyboards) setup then you've already got a prog band in the making in my opinion. No song is hindered by a good squonking sax solo.
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 18:14 |
rileydog22 wrote:
Scapler wrote:
Every fiber of my being wanted to vote Viola because of my depp-seated love for it.
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What's the difference between a viola and a lawnmower? You don't pour gasoline ON the lawnmower...On a serious note, bass is the most important. |
You can tune a lawnmower.
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 18:17 |
Trouserpress wrote:
What an odd idea for a thread... a band needs several instruments to really be a band, so it's pretty pointless to single out one as more important.However, the omission of saxophone on this list is irritating, as I'd say a good 75% of my favourite bands use a lot of sax. If you add sax to the guitar/drums/bass/(possibly keyboards) setup then you've already got a prog band in the making in my opinion. No song is hindered by a good squonking sax solo.
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I like all the sax solos with Pink Floyd. It fits perfectly.
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 18:36 |
Trouserpress wrote:
What an odd idea for a thread... a band needs several instruments to really be a band, so it's pretty pointless to single out one as more important.
However, the omission of saxophone on this list is irritating, as I'd say a good 75% of my favourite bands use a lot of sax. If you add sax to the guitar/drums/bass/(possibly keyboards) setup then you've already got a prog band in the making in my opinion. No song is hindered by a good squonking sax solo.
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I'd say every one of those instruments could be dismissed (not all of them) at any moment in a prog band
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 22:19 |
No whistle?!
"Supper's Ready" & "The Knife" wouldn't be the same without it...
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Posted: December 02 2006 at 00:28 |
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I don't like to be excluded of any type of band, so lead guitar is the most important
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Posted: December 04 2006 at 08:20 |
Keyboards of one kind or another always distinguish Prog from other genres for me.
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