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ABC 
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Posted: February 02 2010 at 09:26 |
Band: Gentle Giant
Album: Acquiring the Taste
Song: Edge of Twilight
A quick question that i could not find a straight answer to anywhere else. What is the first instrument at the beginning of the song (Edge of Twilight)?
Thanks alot.
P.S i hope this is the right forum for this kind of question.
Edited by ABC - February 02 2010 at 09:29
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Posted: February 02 2010 at 13:14 |
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Hmm. There's dozens of instruments in the first ten/fifteen seconds of that song (as you'd expect from Gentle Giant!). Could you be more specific about which sound it is you're trying to identify?
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Posted: February 02 2010 at 13:24 |
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sounds like somthing that is also featured on some Beach Boys songs on the Pet Sounds album You Stil Belive in Me
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Posted: February 02 2010 at 13:37 |
 Trouserpress wrote:
Hmm. There's dozens of instruments in the first ten/fifteen seconds of that song (as you'd expect from Gentle Giant!). Could you be more specific about which sound it is you're trying to identify? |
Well that is pretty hard to say. How can i describe a sound?
It starts from second one, when the vocals begin. Right from the start when he says "The Moon..." and when he says "Down" after 2 seconds it changes a bit, sounds like it goes down to a lower note.
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ABC
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Posted: February 02 2010 at 14:21 |
Ok, i think i found another band with the same sound.
Art Bears, album: Hopes and Fears, the first song: On Suicide. Can not find a link though. Sounds the same to me.
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Posted: February 02 2010 at 14:33 |
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It's a Hammond organ with a ton of reverb. There is also a guitar swell somewhere there.
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ABC
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Posted: February 02 2010 at 14:40 |
Really? It does not sound like it. I do not even think they played hammond.
I actually thought about a Bassoon.
Another piece that sounds quite about the same: Lament by Gryphon:
Edited by ABC - February 02 2010 at 14:44
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Moogtron III
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Posted: February 02 2010 at 14:59 |
In my ears it's definitely an organ in the higher register. Further on, a reed instrument and a string instrument. My guess: alto saxophone and viola. And vocals of course and tons of echo 
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ABC
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Posted: February 02 2010 at 15:28 |
Plus:
2 Zeppelin songs. The guitar at the start is acoustic or electric?
Thanks.
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Posted: February 02 2010 at 15:44 |
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Ok, stop now.
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Tony R
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Posted: February 02 2010 at 15:45 |
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Ok, just for fun forum.
Keep going.
If you must.
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ABC
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Posted: February 02 2010 at 16:41 |
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Why is not that related to music?
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Moogtron III
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Posted: February 02 2010 at 16:47 |
I didn't realise it was posted in Just For Fun. I thought it was a serious musical question. And a good one, too. 
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Posted: February 02 2010 at 16:51 |
It was not. The Admin guy moved it. hehe.
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Posted: February 02 2010 at 16:52 |
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Tony moved it to Just for Fun for whatever reason he deemed. I'm not really sure that it belongs here either as it seems to be a serious music question.
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Posted: February 02 2010 at 16:58 |
It was a serious and good question, and it should be moved to the main Prog Music Lounge. I didn't spend five minutes in front of my hifi installation, listening over and over again to the first notes of Edge Of Twilight for fun  Not that I dislike the Just For Fun section, on the contrary  . But analyzing Edge Of Twilight is a serious musical business. What impression do we give our intelligent new poster if we don't take his question seriously 
Edited by Moogtron III - February 02 2010 at 16:58
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ABC
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Posted: February 02 2010 at 16:58 |
Can i at least get an answer regarding te Zep ones? :)
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Posted: February 02 2010 at 17:01 |
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The first one sounds electric. Great song BTW.
The second maybe semi - acoustic.
But I don't know for sure.
I'm not a guitar expert.
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Posted: February 02 2010 at 17:04 |
Can we turn this into a forum game? Maybe a guess that instrument game.
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Moogtron III
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Posted: February 02 2010 at 17:08 |
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Since the thread moved to Just For Fun, why not? Good idea.
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