Bonus points for a song that has a good part for that instrument.
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IDK why, but the hurdy gurdy has a pretty alluring sound, in my opinion. So I’m probably going with either that or acoustic guitar.
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I really like this song using hurdy gurdy because to me it kinda sounds like a soundtrack piece for some prison action film.
Piano. Supertramp, “From Now On”.
And the sax in that tune is pretty great also.
Electric guitar.
Not a single instrument, but I love a horn section, too.
Trumpet. I think it’s cause that’s the instrument I first learned music on in elementary school.
I’m big fan of pianos (but not all piano genres) and I have learned that I really like piano run through a phaser and doubled with a Japanese koto
Gawd I love koto…
Harpsichord. Its just such a nice and unique timbre
Pipe Organ
I would love to learn to play the organ if I had time.
Just love a heavy well produced guitar riff. Might be a boring answer but that’s the one for me.
Eric Shenkman from Spin Doctors is the cool riff King for my money.
I’m also fan of a particular type of guitar riff that I can only describe as “crunchy” with my limited music vocabulary.
The best example I can give is Spirit in the Sky. The lyrics are cheesy, but damn the guitars are fine in that track.
You might be thinking about a sound with a lot of distortion
Spirit in the Sky specifically is a fuzz running on a near-dead battery, so it’s a bit of an odd one. I think the broad approach to the sound is fairly popular though. Stone Foxes come to mind as an example
To this day, nobody knows how they got that unique guitar distortion sound in that song. It’s been long-forgotten, even by those that were at the session.
I feel like Moist does amazing crunchy but melodic riffs personally
Sometimes stuff is just popular for a good reason. I love loads of different styles of guitar, but I think my favourite heavy riff is probably the chorus one starting at 2:02 in Saor’s Children of the Mist
Or maybe Flying Whales because, I mean, it’s Flying Whales
The intro to Power by KMFDM and the intro to Sold by Imperanon are two of my favourite riffs, but I love all kinds of heavy/death metal and industrial and hardcore punk rock and classic rock. Just gets my testosterone going. Makes ma ballz buzz.
When I think of a classical instrument, I think cello - specifically this piece Shadow of Doubt by Yoko Kanno, where it has such a brooding tone and power.
Being a synthesizer nerd, I like those most, but they have such varied tones among them and even on the same synth; 4x Atlantis by Aphex Twin probably captures one of the tones I most love, and the entire “Orphans” piece hits much of the range.
Damn, when he hit stride around 2? Active stankface. That was gnarly af.
I love horns in music, especially the trumpet. It’s why I’m a big fan of Cake, they have a prominent role for the trumpet in a lot of their songs. The best has to be the trumpet solo in Italian Leather Sofa (starts around 2:10) but they have other great ones too.
Cake is such a unique band. Thanks for mentioning it!
Their covers are amazing for a cover junkie like me
Yeah, I love their covers too, and I’m normally not much of a cover fan.
Oboe. Anything from the Dream Academy albums would qualify. It has a nice pure sound almost like a vocal.
In second place would be the sitar, or the Hammond Organ if someone is rockin out. The Peddlers, or Fanny would be good examples of excellent Hammond.
I’m biased bc I played oboe in school band but it’s true, a really great sounding oboe goes totally unappreciated. I was asked to do the solo to “Kiss from a Rose” or w/e by Seal and that had probably one of the only mainstream music oboe solos. Sadly the singer went with a different song before the show.
I dunno about favourite but Kamancheh sounds pretty lovely
Hammond B3. Mmmmm.
I love a good piano piece.
One of my favorites: https://youtu.be/zucBfXpCA6s
Her Hungarian Rhapsody performance is my favorite!
Ooh… I will have to check that out! Thanks for the suggestion.
That was a lovely performance! Great pick, thanks for sharing it
Saxophone. But not always because it’s smooth. Because sometimes it ROCKS…
…Or because it’s crazier than anything you’ve ever heard!
