Your Top 3 Fav Instruments (to listen to)

[KukriKhan]

Your Top 3 Fav Instruments (to listen to)

My top 3:

Conga drum
Clarinet
Guitar

So, I guess it's the woods for me, whether beaten, blown through, or strummed/picked into.

Wood = Good. :)

[Strike For The South]

Wood = Good. :)

I lol'd

The Human voice
Steel Guitar
Fiddle

[Lemur]

Slide guitar
Slide bass
Upright bass

One of my favorite obscure bands was composed of a slide bass, saxophone and a drummer with a simple trap set. Weird orchestration, but they rocked out with it. Example.

[Marshal Murat]

Bagpipes
Guitar
Saxophone

[Lemur]

A free sample of truly God-like playing of slide guitar. Music starts at 1:21.

[KukriKhan]

Slide guitar
Slide bass
Upright bass

One of my favorite obscure bands was composed of a slide bass, saxophone and a drummer with a simple trap set. Weird orchestration, but they rocked out with it. Example.

Those fellas have a new fan, Lemur. Maybe my emphasis on wood was misplaced: it's really percussion that moves me - assuming Bass is a percussive.

Funny, I never figured you for a 'slider' fan. E-A-B blues/rock I estimated as your taste. My bad, brother. And props.

The Human voice
Steel Guitar
Fiddle

Mind you, I know fiddle-players personally... they're a little out there, having to tune opposite of guitars. :) Nevertheless, I admit to enjoying a rousing jig. And the power of 20 of them in a symphony.

Bagpipes
Guitar
Saxophone

Now that's interesting. Kind of a fan of 'the drone', then?

[The Spartan (Returns)]

Interesting...

1.Electric Guitar
2.Acoustic Drums
3.Human Voice
4. Bass
5. Sythesized Beats
6. Lap Steel Guitar

[GeneralHankerchief]

1. Piano. Can't beat it.
2. Slap bass.
3. Hammond organ.

[miotas]

1.guitar
2.didgeridoo
3.bagpipes

[Lord Winter]

1. Keyboards, Especially a mellotron and a hammond organ. It's amazing the amount of emotional depth that a good keyboardist can add to a band.
2. A good, varied bassist, actually a good rhythm section in general makes a band a lot more fun to listen to.
3. Slow, emotional guitar solos, such as the one on Time, by Pink Floyd.

[Lemur]

Those fellas have a new fan, Lemur. Maybe my emphasis on wood was misplaced: it's really percussion that moves me - assuming Bass is a percussive.

Funny, I never figured you for a 'slider' fan. E-A-B blues/rock I estimated as your taste. My bad, brother. And props.

Oh, I'm definitely a drums'n'bass fan at heart, with a special soft sport for slide. One of my all-time favorite hard-thumpin' songs.

[Yoyoma1910]

1) Cello
2) Contrabass
3) Xylophone

[Veho Nex]

Violin
Piano
Bass Guitar

[naut]

Bass, fingered or slapped. NOT plucked.
Slide guitar.
Trumpet.

[pevergreen]

1. The voice of this one friend I have. Its incredible.
2. The flute.
3. 1983 Casio DG-20 electric guitar
Set to electric mandolin
Some drums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT5A...eature=related

[Beefy187]

piano, taiko drum and cello in the top three

human voice and guitar coming close second.

[Banquo's Ghost]

The cello, without doubt.

The Irish harp moves me too and there is little to compare to a full blooded cathedral organ. I also adore the harpsichord, but that makes four.

[Fragony]

Saxophone oh so first. I'll just list female voices as an instrument, why not. Piano.

[LeftEyeNine]

Trumpet (Nothing like a trumpet-driven ska/punk song to fire you up or a downbeat ballad with a trumpet solo)
Any kind of percussion, particularly taiko (Rythm is how life cycle goes around)
Violin (Closest to the frequency of human voice, can trigger any emotions within)

[Reverend Joe]

Guitar, bass guitar and drums, whilst being manned by Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker, respectively.

[Andres]

1. saxophone
2. trumpet
3. bagpipes

[seireikhaan]

1. Violin
2. Trumpet
3. Piano.

I prefer a "softer" style of music, generally, as opposed to a "harder" style. I generally prefer a trumpet on mellower notes, though a livelier tune can be nice as well.

[Tristuskhan]

Kora: hear the Light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9pw...eature=related

Bombard: here is an Asturian tune, but the Bombard is (was...) only used in Brittany: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SiC...e=channel_page

Rabab: just a beauty of an Afghan popular tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx-u_-hpxN4

[Hooahguy]

guitar
cello (i dunno why)
drums

[ajaxfetish]

French horn
cello
voice

And myriad others.

Ajax

[Quietus]

Anything with great songwriting, rhythm, harmony, vocals, and melody.

Percussion (drum & bass)
Vocals
Horns, Strings, Keyboard, Piano etc. (except I don't like Harmonica and Blues guitar).

As an example, one of my contemporary favorites: Esperanza Spalding (performing "Overjoyed" by Stevie Wonder). I knew she's really special ever since I've heard (her old band) Noise For Pretend's rendition of Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet".

[Axalon]

Only 3? That's not fair! I'll do it the other way around 3 instruments I dont like...

1. Saxophone (in general, there are exceptions of course as always).
2. Crappy synthesizer sounds (think '80's and your'e dead on target).
3. Accordion (in general, there are exceptions of course as always)
4. Bonus treat: Crappy drum-machines.... (There are good ones as well, you know).

Done... So what's next?!?

- Cheers

[Hax]

1) Drehleier or hurdy-gurdy
2) Squeezebox or diatonic button accordeon.
3) Bouzouki

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Piano
Violin
Electric Guitar ()

[Moros]

1 Spanish guitar
2 Alt-sax
3 Accoustic Bass
4 Cello
5 Piano
6 Electric Guitar
7 Drums