Your Favorite PROG instrument
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Topic: Your Favorite PROG instrument
Posted By: MANTICORE
Subject: Your Favorite PROG instrument
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 16:36
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Is Too hard to choose one. i think that 90% of the prog groups Use some Organ (not hammond specifically)
But Also I love the sound of the Mellotron & the Mini moog
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Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 16:40
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1.Mellotron 2.Moog Plus Ebow(ed) guitar ------------- 
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Posted By: AtLossForWords
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 17:20
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Definately the Moogtron. I don't think there has been any invention in music performance that has changed music as much the Moog. Sure, Chapman sticks and Warr touch guitars are extremely cool, but none of them have had the musical influence of the Moog. -------------  
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Posted By: DarioIndjic
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 17:40
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1.Mellotron 2.Moog 3.Flute ------------- Ars longa , vita brevis |
Posted By: Cygnus X-1
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 18:08
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What about the Sax? I love VDDG's use of it. I voted for the Flute. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Bodins/?chartstyle=DarkSide5Big"> 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 18:19
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Sax. Then Donkey Jawbone. Then organ/moog/similar things. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Joolz
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 05:56
| Gotta be the Melly - it's what got me into Prog - Tony Banks, Mike Pinder and Woolly Wolstenholme - and I still can't get enough of it. Hammond and flute pretty close though. |
Posted By: Blackleaf
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 06:11
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Warr. I want one, haha. *Dreams some more* (actually, they aren't THAT expensive, but yeah.) ------------- 
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Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 13:56
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 14:02
| The Hammond and the Mellotron. My favourite instrument, though, is the bass guitar, and prog can boast of some of the best bassists in rock. |
Posted By: AtLossForWords
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 14:06
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Prog boasts some of the greatest bassist beyond genre boundaries. Guys like Myung, Reingold, Squire, Levin, and company are all top class bass players that not even great reggae players can match musically. -------------
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Ghost Rider wrote:Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 14:18
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Where are drums on that list?????????????
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Posted By: AtLossForWords
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 14:23
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Prog doesn't have drummers anymore. Prog has percussionists!
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 14:27
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1. Mellotron 2. Moog/Mini-Moog 3. 'cello Yes, 'cello. No sniggering at the back! Just listen to Alamaailman Vasarat and Anekdoten and their 'cellos, they are so depressing, yet atmospheric, but can also be upbeat (especially when played with a bow). -------------   
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Posted By: Aaron
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 14:30
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saxophone Aaron |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 14:34
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Mellotron and Piano, then Flute(thanks to Tull) and sax.
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Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 14:38
Hard to decide, I believe it is down to the musicians themselves with their excellent creativity and imagination.
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 14:48
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I'll go with the mellotron just for the fact that at always makes my hair stand when listening to early Crimson albums.
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Posted By: Rando
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 15:34
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Undoubtedly the Mellotron. I think there was no going back when I first started listening to all the early Moody Blues albums and the amazing work Mike Pinder did with the instrument. Of course I liked King Crimson's Fripp use of it in the first three KC albums. Especially in Lizard. But I think my life changed the very first time I heard Genesis' The Fountain Of Salmacis and Watcher Of The Skies. Later in Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats (The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway). Tony Banks took the Mellotron yet a step further into the Prog realm. Thank you Mike Pinder & Tony Banks.
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Posted By: geminichild
Date Posted: April 11 2006 at 04:58
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Poor old Fender Rhodes only got one vote...me...A basic but very important instrument for the whole prog, psychedelic and 60s music movement in my opinion.Mellotron is sooo good to though.Wish I could find me one of those....or afford one.Anybody ever heard of an Optigan???Pretty amazing and kooky machine/organ. ------------- yEs wE aRe WeRe GoInG tO cHaNgE tHe WoRlD----gOnG |
Posted By: saarepiiga
Date Posted: April 11 2006 at 05:33
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It's really hard to choose. I LOVE mellotron, moog, flute and piano, but my vote goes to guitar (thinking about Steve's wailing at the end of Supper's Ready). ------------- Music, all I hear is MUSIC |
Posted By: Ultaigh
Date Posted: April 11 2006 at 05:40
I think the Mellotron is truly unique to prog and some of my favorite songs feature the mellotron. I choose the mellotron.
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Posted By: Terra Australis
Date Posted: April 11 2006 at 06:44
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I chose the guitar - partly because I play guitar and it is a very expressive instrument. But also because with my new GR20 guitar synthesiser I can play other instruments on the guitar. Some are more successful than others, however the saxaphones are beautiful to play (bending notes naturally on the guitar sounds like a saxaphone bending naturally). With over 400 sounds (including great organs and strings) I am as happy as a pig in mud! ------------- Allomerus. Music with progressive intent. http://allomerus.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - http://allomerus.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: wolf0621
Date Posted: April 11 2006 at 08:51
| The mellotron is cool...for something a bit more rare, how about the SyntheAxe (in the right hands of course)? Only about 200 were ever made...The guy with Bela Fleck is pretty good with it, of course Holdsworth is the master... |
Posted By: saarepiiga
Date Posted: April 11 2006 at 08:59
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What's SyntheAxe? ------------- Music, all I hear is MUSIC |
Posted By: akin
Date Posted: April 11 2006 at 09:12
| I chose Hammond because though moog, mellotron and piano are essential for progressive and I love even the Moog sounds (that's why I've bought an analog synth) and the mellotron orchestrations, Hammond is part of most major rock bands from the late sixties and seventies (even not prog) and amazing songs can be done only with hammond and precussion (or drums). |
Posted By: Henkka
Date Posted: April 11 2006 at 11:13
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Posted By: wolf0621
Date Posted: April 11 2006 at 12:23
To: saarepiiga... check out this link: http://www.hollis.co.uk/john/synthaxe.html - http://www.hollis.co.uk/john/synthaxe.html , or here for nice pictures: http://www.open-tuning.com/img/SynthAxe.html - http://www.open-tuning.com/img/SynthAxe.html Users that I'm aware of: Allan Holdsworth, "Future Man" (Bela Fleck), Michael Jackson's guitarist on the BAD tour, Lee Rittenour, Chuck Hammer (Lou Reed/Bowie), Al Di Meola Some people use the term generically to refer to midi-equipped guitars, but that's not what this is... Have also seen it spelled "Synthaxe"...Launched in 1984 (or 1986 depending on who you believe), contained 8 "computers" & 50 chips, came in 4 colors, heavy... |
Posted By: ozzy_tom
Date Posted: April 11 2006 at 14:47
| My favorite is definitely Hammond organ and ...church organ ( what a pity that we can't vote for this instrument 'cos there were a lot of good church organ parts in prog history like Wakeman's or van den Linden's playing ). I really like piano and Moog too. I prefer keyboards in general. |
Posted By: Peace Frog
Date Posted: April 11 2006 at 15:20
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Mellotron was what I voted. Organ is also one of my favourites. There's something about the organ's sound that just totally nukes all other instruments in terms of sound, and it gets this sort of generic yet down to earth yet complex in emotion and meaning sort of sound. Actually, now I wish I'd voted organ... ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: ZBY147
Date Posted: April 11 2006 at 16:12
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Where is saxophone??? |
Posted By: Bastille Dude
Date Posted: April 11 2006 at 18:29
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For me it would have to be... 1: Mellotron 2: Drums 3: All other keyboards 4: Guitar 5: Flute 6: Bass 7: Violin 8: Reeds 9: All other percussion I suppose voice would have to go in there somewhere too.. ------------- DEATH TO FALSE PROG! |
Posted By: Goldenavatar
Date Posted: April 11 2006 at 18:38
| The two greatest instruments of all time are missing, prog or otherwise. WHERE THE HELL ARE MANDOLIN AND ACCORDIAN?!?! |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: April 11 2006 at 18:41
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The progressive rock is often nailed as 'too clinical', 'too technical' and 'too self-indulgent' To be serious, this ubiquitous and unsurpassed instrument manages to evoke extensive goose bumps every time I am listening to it, from the compositions In The Court Of The Crimson King, Down By The Sea (Greenslade) and Zarathustra (Museo Rosenbach) to Tide (Greenslade), Afterglow (Genesis-Seconds Out) and almost the entire Barclay James Harvest album Live, A BIG HAND FOR THE MELLOTRON By the way, the many imperfections and limitations from the Mellotron made it such a moving experience! |
. Well the Mellotron has been invented too compensate those negative remarks! Posted By: Kord
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 08:29
| There are lots of nice instruments, but I think moog is the most rapresentative... |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 09:06
| Though the Mellotron is probably THE prog instrument, I voted for the Hammond - I really love its distinctive sound! Anyway, my favourite instrument is the bass guitar, and prog can count on some of the greatest bass players in rock. |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 09:40
| Very nearly voted for the Mellotron...but I think it has to be the Hammond, so versatile and such a great sound. |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 10:12
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Good poll. I love the use of flute in Prog, although if you had
included 12-string guitar as an option, I might have voted for that.
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Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 10:29
JOHN ONDER of ARTENSION is another great big bassist for the list for "Bassist Hall Of Fame"! ------------- 
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Posted By: UnknownFlow
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 10:50
| Gotta love Tublar Bells. |
Posted By: TOD KREMER
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 06:57
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Mellotron. ------------- Stand up to the blow that fate has struck upon you. Make the most of all you still have coming to you... |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 11:20
4.Xylophone All the other usual instruments like Percussion, Sax, Piano, real strings/Violin/cello, guitar, keyboards, Organ is used so often in all other genres of popular music. Its hard to think of them as prog instruments. ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: June 15 2006 at 04:48
| Saxophone |
Posted By: Toon
Date Posted: June 15 2006 at 05:41
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The Mellotron! Such a cool instrument that is very much unique to prog and it's history.
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Posted By: nicoguitar
Date Posted: June 15 2006 at 05:49
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mellotron hammond and moog are sure the prog instruments for excellence...
album with mellotron:
381.King Crimson -In The Court Of The Crimson King (UK)
382. King Crimson -In The Wake Of Posiedon (UK) 383. King Crimson -Islands (UK) 384. King Crimson -Larks Tongues In Aspic (UK) 385. King Crimson -Lizard (UK) 386. King Crimson -Red (UK) 387. King Crimson -Starless And Bible Black (UK) 388. King Crimson -USA (UK) 241. Genesis- A Trick Of The Tail (UK) 1976 242. Genesis- Foxtrot (UK) 1972 243. Genesis- Genesis Live (UK) 1973 244. Genesis -Nursery Crime (UK) 1971 245. Genesis -Selling England By The Pound (UK) 1973 246. Genesis- The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (UK) 1974 247. Genesis -Trespass (UK) 1970 248. Genesis- Wind And Wuthering(UK) 1976 249. Gentle Giant -Acquiring The Taste(UK) 1971 250. Gentle Giant -Gentle Giant (UK) 1970 251. Gentle Giant -In A Glass House (UK) 1973 252. Gentle Giant -Three Friends (UK) 1972 253. Gentle Giant -Octopus 306. Hammil, Peter- In Camera 307. Hammil, Peter -Chameleon In The Shadow Of Night 308. Hammil, Peter- The Silent Corner and The Empty Stage 338. Il Balletto Di Bronzo- YS (Italy
529. P.F.M.-Per Un Amico (Italy) 1972 530. P.F.M.- Storia Di Un Minuto (Italy) 1972 531. P.F.M.- Chocolate Kings 532. P.F.M -Photos Of Ghosts 1973 533. P.F.M.- When The World Became A World 1975 757. Yes -Tales From Topographic Oceans(UK) 1975 758. Yes -The Yes Album (UK) 1971 759. Yes -Yes Shows (UK) 760. Yes -Drama 761. Yes -Relayer 762. Yes -Union 763. Yes-Going For The One 764. Yes -Yessongs from the official mellotron site ------------- STATE OF MIND http://www.stateofmind.it - http://www.stateofmind.it - Italian Prog Metal Band |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 10:43
| Out of this list I vote for the Mellotron, but had the Rickenbacker Bass been in this list, I would have voted for it. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 10:49
So would I... Heck, I just realised I posted (and voted) twice, saying the same thing all over again. I suppose I'll have to delete one of the two!  To Vince aka Tlossy: I wish I had your faith in proclaiming Myung as a great bassist, because I sure as hell can't hear him on most of the DT records I own! |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 11:09
The Moog. The king of synths. I love it over my own instrument (bassguitar), and I don't even play it! 
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Posted By: Grobsch
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 11:34
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Drums...
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Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 11:35
this one..
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Posted By: Open-Mind
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 13:15
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Mellotron
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Posted By: Goldenavatar
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 19:06
| Where the hell is the MANDOLIN!!!! It's the greatest instrument of all time regardless of genre. Tull uses the mandolin to great effect, in case you're wondering where it appears in prog. Also missing is the incredible ACCORDIAN!! Check out Uzva (and of course Tull) for some righteous accordian. Two instruments that have been woefully overlooked. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 19:09
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Triangle. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 22:34
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a write-in vote for the Rickenbacker bass hahahha but love the mellotron and Moog.. the other 2 legs of the holy trinity of prog instruments ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 03:28
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For me, Hammond & Mellotron (unsurprisingly)
But where is the poll option for that most prog of alll instruments, the double necked guitar - here modelled by an obscure ex-public schoolboy: 
Mind you - you can take things too far... 
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Posted By: Trickster F.
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 03:39
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Flute, I even play one.
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Posted By: Epitath
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 11:02
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Personally i find the Flute is the winner! I love it when Mr.Lake plays it on I talk to the wind and on any song on In the Court really, its simply Amazing! For second place i chose both the Moog and the Organ ------------- 
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Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 11:04
Mr. McDonald, you mean?
...or am I mistaken?
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Posted By: Rando
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 18:01
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Posted By: Arrrghus
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 19:16
'Nuff said. ------------- 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 20:15
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need to search for a pic of that monstrosity (triple neck Wal bass) that Squire had on the GTtO tour..
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 20:18
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ahhh.. here we go... god I love Google... http://www.trevorandthea.eclipse.co.uk/specs3.html - http://www.trevorandthea.eclipse.co.uk/specs3.html scan down a bit... he played it on Awaken live.... beat any double neck ahhaha ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 21:55
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Keyboards are what really pull prog together for me. Bands like Rush who do not utilize keyboards like other prog bands do tend to suffer in the absence of overall sound textures and layering. The lack of keyboards tend to make a band sound "thin" like a straight ahead hard rock band. Of course there are exceptions, but keyboards are what do it for me. I like a creative drumming style as well. I prefer bands that utilize their rhythm section in a almost jazz like fashion.
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Posted By: transend
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 22:25
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TAURUS BASS PEDALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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