Favorite instrument
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Topic: Favorite instrument
Posted By: Progbeatz
Subject: Favorite instrument
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 10:39
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straight up question... meant more of in a prog context...but any reason to show love is a good one ------------- Prog in the projeKcts... |
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Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 10:41
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Pipe (church) organ for me. It's just so emotional and powerful, witness Awaken for starters. I like the harp too, it's a beautiful instrument although it's not that frequent in prog.
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Posted By: Camel_APPeal
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 10:43
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I'm a bass player and I looove playin' it, but when it comes to listening to music, the instrument that gives me more emotions is the piano.
Flute and bass are tied in second place.
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Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 10:46
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There is no flute here... ------------- http://www.formspring.me/Aragorn224" rel="nofollow - Trendsetter win! The search for nonexistent perfection. |
Posted By: friso
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 11:19
| Mellotron.. It shook me as a child before I even knew what it was! I sometimes here songs my father listened to that I also liked and some of them have the classic warm mellotron sound. I was distined to be in love with this strange keyinstrument! I myself ply guitar, drums and keys and ofcourse I like these instruments too, especially the guitar. Futhermore I've been searching for an old '70 senthisizor, which I think is pretty nice. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 11:22
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Give me acoustic guitar any day...
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 11:23
| The kazoo. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 11:29
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I'm tempted to say that I just can't get enough of those cowbells, but it's really not true.
As a guitar player, I love the sound of the acoustic, but I decided to vote for something else: the oud. I'm surprised to see it listed here, as I'm not familiar with any progger in particular playing it, but I love the mellow sound of it. For those who don't know, it's the precurser to the lute. Didgeridoo is my runner up here. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 12:25
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Partly because of the fact that I play it but also partly because I think it's an incredibly expressive instrument and incredibly important to music, I chose electric bass. I would have chosen upright in an instant though, if it were on the poll. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 12:27
| I don't if I have a favorite, but I am a huge sucker for a Fender Rhodes. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 12:29
gesundheit!You would beat me to that one.  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Vompatti wrote:Posted By: el dingo
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 14:12
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Let me be among the first to publically embrace the electric six-string. Power, emotion, drive - it's got the lot. ------------- It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough. |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 14:42
other - hammond 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 14:45
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Can't believe there's no synth here. Mini Moog.
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Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 15:24
| Piano. It is the quintessential instrument, it's used in all types of music, and it sounds damn good when played well. |
Posted By: CryoftheCarrots
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 15:46
Where's the Trumpet? Poor Miles forgotten already.
My vote is for the acoustic guitar. ------------- "There is a lot in this world to be tense and intense about" MJK |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 15:58
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Bass guitar ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 18:34
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Bassoon. Would have said drums, but snare drum alone isn't awesome enough.
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Posted By: Progbeatz
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 18:41
well toms were on there...and a hi-hat...a set isnt too much farther away :P
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 18:51
| I have always been a fan of the electric bass.It is an incredibly versatile instrument, and, when effectively used, it adds a lot of interest to any musical composition. |
Posted By: Jake Kobrin
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 18:52
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Mellotronen
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Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 18:57
Yeah, but one drum piece alone doesn't match the awesomeness of a bassoon. -------------
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Posted By: akin
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 22:07
| electric organ (hammond, farfisa) is an incredible instrument. I see myself enjoying lots of songs just because of the good organ sounds in them. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 22:17
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Interesting selection.
Big fan of percussion and reeds...but I'll go with Cowbells just because I don't think any one else will give it a vote. ------------- 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: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: September 11 2009 at 04:03
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I'm biased since it's my main instrument that I play and teach to others: electric guitar.
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Posted By: mono
Date Posted: September 11 2009 at 07:17
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everyday i say to myself learning the piano is the best idea i've had...
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Posted By: camilleanne
Date Posted: September 11 2009 at 08:00
Of course electric guitar for me. That's the instrument I chose to live with.
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Posted By: TheCaptain
Date Posted: September 11 2009 at 12:08
I came here to berate you for not including the didgeridoo as an option but lo and behold you have  . Anyway my mind is torn between alto sax, piano, violin and cello. I picked one at random out of the four and it was cello so that gets my vote.
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: September 11 2009 at 12:13
Er..... Cowbells?  Any Swiss progfans out there?------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Jozef
Date Posted: September 11 2009 at 12:19
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Mellotron, Didgeridoo, and violin are my favorites.
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Posted By: Johnnytuba
Date Posted: September 11 2009 at 16:18
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I am a huge fan of the MiniMoog, but I don't see that on there....in fact, how can you have a poll like this and not include the MiniMoog? Or the Oberheim for that matter... ------------- "The things that we're concealing, will never let us grow. Time will do its healing, you've got to let it go. |
Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: September 12 2009 at 01:10
| The keys are what attracted me to music. |
Posted By: SentimentalMercenary
Date Posted: September 12 2009 at 10:24
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Duhhhh that was a tough one Picked piano slightly over electric and accoustic guitars, melotron and violin.
Violin is the most overlooked though. There's nothing like it when it comes to generate emotions. And it's quite the hardest to play too, perhaps with piano. ------------- Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell. - Karl Popper |
Posted By: Matthew T
Date Posted: September 12 2009 at 17:25
Electric Guitar what an instrument......................Thankyou Les Paul, up there with Thomas Edison and William Bell ------------- Matt |
Posted By: Matthew T
Date Posted: September 12 2009 at 17:25
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: September 12 2009 at 18:08
| Electric Bass, Organ, Electric Guitar |
Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: September 12 2009 at 18:40
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Didgeridoo needed a vote.
Bagpipes should be there too. Put the two together and it would be awesome.
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: September 12 2009 at 18:42
Bageridoo, or Digeripipes?
Piano for me 
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: September 12 2009 at 20:03
No hammond organ or synths?? You need to rework this poll...
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Posted By: Any Colour You Like
Date Posted: September 12 2009 at 20:17
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Acoustic Guitar. |
Posted By: himtroy
Date Posted: September 12 2009 at 23:44
| I would've picked organ....but I was looking more in the vein of a hammond, or a farfisa, or one of those big guys, rather than a pipe organ (which is still awesome) |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: September 12 2009 at 23:52
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Anyone played with skills and feeling. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: September 13 2009 at 14:59
I smell a new poll. (tee hee - That sounds dirty) Favourite synth. ARP 2600. It's the closest thing to Emerson's monster and that was somewhat road worthy that I know of. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Tarquin Underspoon
Date Posted: September 13 2009 at 15:21
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I love the number of votes the mellotron is getting. Only on PA Went with the electric guitar, myself. ------------- "WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!" -The Great Gig in the Sky |
Posted By: Mind_Drive
Date Posted: September 13 2009 at 16:13
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The electric guitar! i play it myself, it´s essential for most of the music i listen to and i think it offers nearly the biggest variety of sounds...  ------------- It's just a ride... <3 |
Posted By: morpheusdraven
Date Posted: September 15 2009 at 06:32
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I tend to be a huge fan of jazzier prog, so any reeds or wind will do it for me. If I had to pin it down, I'd say the Tenor Sax, because I like the tone of it at all ranges. In fact, the raucous sax solos on Islands are some of my biggest reasons for liking that album...See also, VDGG and Hawkwind's studio albums. After that, some nice fingerpicked 12-string, then any number of synths. |
Posted By: llamalime
Date Posted: September 16 2009 at 18:24
| Synth, but all the keys really |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: September 16 2009 at 18:59
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It's hard to choose, so I'll just say this: 1. String instruments 2. woodwinds 3. piano/keys 4. the rest |
Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: September 16 2009 at 21:56
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Sad to see that I'm the only one who voted cello. ------------- 
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Posted By: Hanke666
Date Posted: September 20 2009 at 03:12
Electric guitar, followed by Mellotron 
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: September 20 2009 at 04:59
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1. Electric bass (I play bass myself so easy number one) 2. Drum kit ( i always lissning to the drum grooove, drum fils, techniqe and the sound of drums) 3. Soprano sax (just the song from Dream Theater with that awsome sopranosax intro and solo are awsome) 4. Mellotron/Fender Rhodes/Oberheim (love texture, warmth, and epicness) and 5. Oboe (just LOVES this instrument the gratest woodwind instrument, the fine nasal sound pure emtions (Camel .- on the alum Mirage have s song featured an Obo) |
Posted By: The Sleepwalker
Date Posted: September 20 2009 at 15:11
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I recently fell in love with the sound of the vibraphone, what an incredible instrument, and a surprisingly powerful lead. Since the vibraphone isn't here, I'll be the first to vote for the violin. I absolutely love the sensitive and haunting sound of the violin... it can be very soft and soothing, but also very dark and manacing. It was a pretty hard decision though, as there are so many incredible instruments. ------------- 
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Posted By: guitargods2009
Date Posted: September 26 2009 at 20:47
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A banjo with a humbucker shoved in it cranked thru a plexi Marshall stack!
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Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: October 09 2009 at 16:31
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There's no Synth here man... I have to vote for piano, Mellotron and pipe organ while is not that accurate...!!! i like to mix sounds with my synth... but of course, I assume there not that much keyboard geeks here... right...??? ------------- |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: October 09 2009 at 22:17
------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: October 10 2009 at 12:59
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The cello
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Posted By: Xanthous
Date Posted: October 11 2009 at 16:08
| Sound wise I would choose Synthesizer, Piano, Electric Guitar, or Electric Bass. Playing wise I choose the Bass. Much more fun to play than the other instruments on the list in my opinion. I choose the Bass because of its sound and playability. |
Posted By: JakoCba
Date Posted: October 12 2010 at 21:47
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Electric Bass then Piano/Keyboards/Trombone ------------- I don't have lastfm sorry :) |
Posted By: michellemjk
Date Posted: October 12 2010 at 21:58
| It depends on music. Overall piano. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: October 12 2010 at 22:00
| why is there never tuba in these things? |
Posted By: sydbarrett2010
Date Posted: October 12 2010 at 22:11
| electric bass |
Posted By: Jörgemeister
Date Posted: October 13 2010 at 10:12
same, or a freaking chapman stick. i wish i could play but i dont even have the guts to buy one, because i know itll end up hanging in my wall as a very cool ornament  ------------- |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: October 13 2010 at 10:47
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Bass guitar of course.
I don't see why the bits of a drum kit are listed separately - who would describe themselves as a hi-hat player?
A question came up on Eggheads last night - how many strings does a bass guitar normally have, 2, 4 or 6? The Egghead's response was "if it had 4 strings it would be a ukelele so it must be 6". Doh!
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Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: October 13 2010 at 11:01
| Mellotron! |
Posted By: Jörgemeister
Date Posted: October 13 2010 at 11:27
who are those eggheads? ------------- |
Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: October 13 2010 at 11:33
Wurlitzer is just a above Rhodes in my opinion. But all electric pianos are my favourite instruments!
And ditto to the people who said this poll needs synthesizer. It is arguably the most important invention in music since the piano itself.
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Posted By: Mr. Maestro
Date Posted: October 13 2010 at 11:47
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No Hammond?
Oh, well. I'd go with sax, but I can't choose between alto and tenor. No vote. ------------- "I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...." |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: October 13 2010 at 12:10
Bagpipes? ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: October 13 2010 at 12:56
| Keyboards |
Posted By: Ruby900
Date Posted: October 13 2010 at 14:22
From the list, I'd have to agree! ------------- "I always say that it’s about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place". Rick Wakeman |
Posted By: GY!BE
Date Posted: October 13 2010 at 17:04
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Theremin! No seriously the Hang drum! Ok, for real, the snare 'cause I'm a drummer but I enjoy didgeridoo too but it's impossible to play tough.
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Posted By: Follix
Date Posted: October 15 2010 at 00:00
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1. David Gilmour Black Strat 2. David Gilmour Red Strat 3. David Gilmour White Strat 4. David Gilmour Yellow Tele 5. David Gilmour Jedson lap steel |