The most important instrument!
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Topic: The most important instrument!
Posted By: Zepology101
Subject: The most important instrument!
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 11:16
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I've been dying to make this poll for a while, so, argue to your hearts content.
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 11:20
You have set up this poll without a Mellotron  .. ?!
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Posted By: Ounamahl
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 11:21
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There is no such thing?!! ------------- This is an electrified fairytale |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 11:25
| Nail file. |
Posted By: Zepology101
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 11:25
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Oh crap, your right, well I ran out of choices anyway.... -------------
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Posted By: MusicForSpeedin
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 11:59
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Drums or Bass.
Look at lightning bolt.
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Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 12:01
You forgot the spoons as well 
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Posted By: Trickster F.
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 12:23
Bicycle bell, when played by the virtuoso percussionist from Decapitated Walrus.  ------------- sig |
Posted By: Zepology101
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 12:27
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What? Background Dancer is winning? -------------
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Posted By: Catholic Flame
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 13:44
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Definitely the background dancers. DT wouldn't be DT without them. ------------- “Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.” ~Jack Kerouac |
Posted By: fs_tol
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 13:54
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Catholic Flame wrote:Posted By: Catholic Flame
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 13:59
Amen! ------------- “Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.” ~Jack Kerouac |
Posted By: Hatters
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 14:07
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I voted drums but a band can have as few or as many differnet instruments in it and still be good.
-------------  http://www.last.fm/user/SHatters/?chartstyle=basic10"> 
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Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 16:23
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Flute! FLUTE!!! ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 16:25
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Kazoo
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Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 16:26
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Cowbell! ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 16:27
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Cowbell! ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 16:28
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Whoops! Uh, I guess I thought the thread needed more cowbell. ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 16:29
| Deja vu! |
Posted By: CaptainWafflos
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 17:20
| Drums. |
Posted By: MajesterX
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 18:05
There is no most important instrument, so I voted string bass 
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 18:06
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Ocarina.
With it, you can save Princess Zelda and the kingdom of Hyrule!  ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 19:45
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Cowbell...definitly cowbell!!! Im with you Whistler!
------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Meddler
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 19:51
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No rythym [awesome time sigs] without drums. [guitar is my personal fave] ------------- [IMG]http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/amorfous/astro-1.jpg"> |
Posted By: akiko
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 20:10
Not a chance dude! The second pecussionist for the Toilet Lickers gives him a run for his money! I've seen both of them live! 
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 21:20
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Triangle Honestly, Bass, it can be used for holding up the melody and rhythm. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 22:03
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Moog 
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 22:07
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that's easy... Drums ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: November 22 2006 at 22:17
Who voted Manager? Fess up! 
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Posted By: MattiR
Date Posted: November 23 2006 at 05:29
| Synthesiser |
Posted By: Wilcey
Date Posted: November 23 2006 at 07:12
I happen to like the sound of "crowd going nuts" which luckily I hear when i see my favourite bands play live!!! 
I dunno, isn't it the combo that makes it good? |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: November 23 2006 at 08:39
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Flying Mellotron. Copyright:Trickster F. |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: November 23 2006 at 09:03
 (^ intelligent post) ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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Posted By: kisu
Date Posted: November 23 2006 at 09:28
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A bad vocalist can sometimes ruin an otherwise gorgeous entity
------------- Reaching the snow In the days of the cold Casting a Spell out of Ice |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: November 23 2006 at 09:59
| Depends entirely on what one's playing. Impossible to choose one instrument and call it the most important. |
Posted By: Scapler
Date Posted: November 23 2006 at 11:32
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Every fiber of my being wanted to vote Viola because of my depp-seated love for it. But I had to concede piano/keyboard is more important
------------- Bassists are deadly 
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Posted By: Neil
Date Posted: November 23 2006 at 11:34
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Vocals definitely. Often the lack of them ------------- When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory. |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: November 23 2006 at 11:37
| THE MELLOTRON!!!!!! |
Posted By: Chus
Date Posted: November 23 2006 at 20:08
Without the whistle "The Whistler" doesn't whistle, Whistler  ------------- Jesus Gabriel |
Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: November 24 2006 at 20:12
| I voted drums but in reality its how well whatever instruments are used combine. Each instrument has its own atmosphere and attributes and to assign a preference to one negates the music as a whole. Look at all of the great prog bands- Floyd, Genesis, Yes, DT- they all display master musicianship in every field and function well together. For good guitar over everything, listen to hair metal. For good bass, listen to the majority of funk (P-Funk excluded). |
Posted By: billbuckner
Date Posted: November 24 2006 at 20:21
| Nothing like an amazing triangle solo. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 25 2006 at 10:23
| 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. |
Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: November 25 2006 at 14:01
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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 By: limeyrob
Date Posted: November 25 2006 at 15:40
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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??? |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: November 26 2006 at 05:08
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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 By: Zepology101
Date Posted: November 28 2006 at 21:32
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Looks like drums are winning... -------------
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Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: November 30 2006 at 21:15
| the head |
Posted By: Filmdirector2
Date 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 By: #1floydfan
Date Posted: November 30 2006 at 21:28
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BACKROUND DANCERS!!!!!!
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Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: November 30 2006 at 21:40
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. -------------   |
Posted By: proger
Date 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 ------------- ...live for tomorrow... |
Posted By: magnus
Date Posted: December 01 2006 at 18:11
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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. |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: December 01 2006 at 18:14
Basses are the rhytym for the guitar player, along with the drums. And it also adds complexity to the music. |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date 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. |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: December 01 2006 at 18:14
You can tune a lawnmower. |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: December 01 2006 at 18:17
I like all the sax solos with Pink Floyd. It fits perfectly. |
Posted By: Chus
Date Posted: December 01 2006 at 18:36
I'd say every one of those instruments could be dismissed (not all of them) at any moment in a prog band ------------- Jesus Gabriel |
Posted By: Freak
Date Posted: December 01 2006 at 22:19
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No whistle?!
"Supper's Ready" & "The Knife" wouldn't be the same without it...
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Posted By: MadcapLaughs84
Date 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 By: Wotgorilla
Date Posted: December 04 2006 at 08:20
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Keyboards of one kind or another always distinguish Prog from other genres for me. ------------- "Thru the darkest age we can surely fly, thru the darkest age with the Fist of Fire" |