A mandolin.
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Harpsichord. Almost forgot about that one. when Tori Amos breaks out the dual piano/harpsichord, great things happen.
Very close 2-3rd for me. I love how sharp and distinct its tone is.
A lot of my instrumentation works on LVDTs, and I think they are pretty neat anyway. Great for position sensing.
The instrument I want to learn to play (but have no reason to do so) is the hammered dulcimer.
The instrument that most makes me perk up when I hear it in a song is the bass (or contrabass) saxophone.
Only the scalpel gets through to me, because I don't believe in acupuncture.
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Vibraphone
Very cool too and vaguely consistent with my other picks. They're all metallic percussive keyboard type instruments involving mallets to some extent
Edit: Metallophones seem to be my sweet spot, in terms of instrument category
Most instruments played well grips my heart and holds. But steelpan. People see it as something carnival something something, but it fits well for a surprisingly wide span of music! The power of the bass pans in death metal as much as the "synthiness" in a melody from some NES game, it fits!
It's simple, piano. It's funny, I've trying to learn this instrument since back when my late father bought one, yet I still can't play one.
Idk, compasses are quite cool and useful?
I'm going with the Mellotron.
It's a keyboard that uses strings of tapes for each note. It pulls the tape over a head and plays that note until the tape runs out. When you're playing fast, sometimes the tape isn't all the way down, so it makes everything sound super custom.
Think Strawberry Fields by the Beatles. That's a Mellotron you're hearing.
As a musician the Monome Norns raspberry pi shield and lines community has been inspiring me a lot lately. It's a FOSS "sound computer" that can take on hundreds of uses.
For anyone looking to get into brass instruments, this is a great example of how a horn can be made to sing. Itβs the first time I had ever heard someone put their soul into a horn.
To be clear, this isnβt something a novice can play. The notes heβs hitting are hard.
The Theremin and not just weird sci-fi/horror way of playing it. It can be a real instrument if it is played in a way that treats it as such.
Hard for me to choose just one. I love these three instruments because they are so peaceful and calm. Though people do use them to do covers of heavier music as well.
The Guzheng is a 21-26 string zither instrument. I love Zithers in general. There are many types from different countries.
The Guquin is a 7 string instrument.
The Erhu is a 2 string instrument. Part of the huquin instrument family.
I can play this one and doing so has always felt pleasant.
Can you give the name in the comment, kinda hard to peruse when its a link you gotta follow to find out :)
The glass harmonica
Omg, actually a fave of mine too i totally forgot about!
We had to learn how to play an instrument in school and everything else seemed mundane.
I love the wine-glass array version of this :)
The warm tone of an EP, mostly used in jazz and fusion. Second would be a distorted synth lead, like Derek Sherinianβs signature lead sound.