Mine’s a bit of a strange one…
Music box/celeste
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Bagpipes. One of the few instruments that can both make you cry and make you want to charge into battle.
One of my favourite Arrested Development lines is this “And, like all bagpipe music, it was hard to tell if it was good music played horribly, or horrible music played well.” :-)
Seriously though, it can sound mighty impressive when done right - living in Edinburgh though, I could do without the street corner pipers belting out Don’t Stop Believing and the like!
Wish I could upvote this 10000x
The oboe 🤌🏽💋
One of my more decent pieces has an oboe and a horn duet as the melody. The oboe is such a unique and beautiful sounding instrument that pairs well with many more softer instruments
Allegedly George Bernard Shaw said this about the oboe: “An ill wind that nobody blows good.”
Cello. No idea why. Yo-Yo Ma slays me.
For a bit of fun, find the YT of Sulek & Hauser “Welcome to the Jungle”
HE may play the cello but YOU the one that gets played ;)
a hurdy gurdy
The sax
Begins to play Yakety Sax
Wait no, not like that.
The music video for Baker Street is like a 1970s time capsule
I played Alto in school, never really got into it. Then switched up to baritone, loved it.
Bari sax is best sax
A trumpet properly played cuts directly to that bittersweet, blue part of my soul.
Do synthesizers count?
Dont let anyone ever tell you
theyitthey don’t ;)
pedal steel or any sort of slide guitar
Especially played by David Gilmour
Here if you haven’t heard Blind Willie Johnson you are going to die when you hear this song
Electric guitar, preferably with heavy distortion. Louder := better.
No but seriously I love heavy music so much. It’s fun to listen to, fun to play, and it’s just had a positive impact on my life. If you want to really tug on my blackened heartstrings, you gotta do it through distortion, preferably an HM-2, in as low a tuning as your guitar can handle.
Hell yeah.
Yes everything about this, except downtuning is overrated imo
Singing, although I guess it’s kind of cheating since it can be emotionally charged (I get goose bumps from certain songs).
Instrumental… Cello or bass guitar, depending on mood. Give me a good bass line and it’ll get me going.
Hammond organ played well really makes me feel warm to the core
There is a great Spotify playlist for the Hammond.
Link, please
Yes, link please!
Oh, this is great. Thank you very much.
You’re welcome
French horn, for sure. You’d be surprised at just how prevalent it is in music.
I find the speculum to be excellent at letting me see deep inside myself. Instruments like ribcage spreaders are too infrequently used to count I think. A good seasonal look with the speculum could save you a lot of heartache.
OP didn’t say “musical”…
Oh man a nice cold speculum, nothing better
Bass is so fun
A Kora! It’s an African instrument that is considered a guitar harp, with 21 strings ranging from the size of bass guitar string to fishing wire. The way it is played allows you to play the bass, lead, and rhythm at the same time. Here is a short example of a master kora player Toumani Diabate showcasing the instrument: https://youtu.be/8luhdxS2KuM?si=llpa2YVyIOf77_Nd
As a guitarist I found this guy who transcribed Toumani’s work onto a classical guitar, very interesting listen https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=55QnOlXckOk
My other thing would be trippy out there instruments that seem to put you in a different state of mind like the Yaybahar or “The Beam” that the grateful dead likes to break out sometimes
Yaybahar example: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_aY6TxC1ojA&pp=ygUWeWVoYWJhciBhdCBpbnN0cnVtZW50IA%3D%3D
The Beam example: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0h8o-1IQ5G0&pp=ygUSZ3JhdGVmdWwgZGVhZCBiZWFt
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