Your favourite musical instrument?

[Ouabache]

Coincidence you discuss Uillean pipes. That happens to be my favorite. I was introduced by way of Enya, their pipest has a hauntingly beautiful sound. Especially on slower pieces. Very expressive. On a Celtic radio program I've heard the name pronounced Il'-in Enya features their Uillean pipes on at least one song per album.

Another very expressive instrument (i am in agreement with others here) is violin/fiddle. Their sustain especially on double_stops is beautiful.

I play a brass instrument that requires your ear to play. It does not have discrete positions but is a continuum. Can you guess what it is? I also play guitar and mandolin.

 

[turbo]

I play a brass instrument that requires your ear to play. It does not have discrete positions but is a continuum. Can you guess what it is? I also play guitar and mandolin.

'Bone!

 

[Ouabache]

'Bone!

yessir!! ...(a.k.a. sackbutt, slush pump...) Also comes in handy as a siphon. It pulls a nice vacuum.

 

[Evo]

You have to listen to this. My favorite and Astronuc loves it too. The instrument she's playing is the hammered dulcimer. The whole song is beautiful and worth a listen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itwL5y0He-k&mode=related&search

 

[Ouabache]

Hammered Dulcimer

Yes they have a beautiful & distinctive sound.. I remember hearing a hammer dulcimer playing the intro song on Crockett's Victory Garden.. The first one I'd seen up close, was in Indiana (1983) at a Fiddler's Gathering.. The dulcimer player was sitting on a stump and hammering some enchanting sounds. I hear they're a bear to tune.

You did not put down a jews harp, my grandad used to play one, i think one must have false teeth.

:rofl: false teeth :rofl: this is an inside joke to anyone who has ever attempted to play one of these. The first time, invariably the metal bar will snap against your teeth... No fun...

 

[Andre]

four other instruments

 

[Ouabache]

Hammered Dulcimer

What do you think of this Persian instrument? santur
(some dating it back to ancient Assyria and Babylon)

four other instruments (citer, erhu, bamboo flute & plucked gourd)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiOgOQc

i applaud your direction of thought, i've also enjoyed this clip before.

 

[Danger]

I couldn't vote, because my favourite isn't listed.
To me, there's nothing quite so awe-inspiring as the sound of a hippopotomus farting in a kettle drum.

 

[CompuChip]

a hippopotomus farting in a kettle drum.

I can't believe that was not in the list. Is this even a serious poll?

 

[Danger]

Apparently not. The sound of a rooster being raped by a cement mixer, which quite accurately describes my wife's singing voice, is also not on the list.

 

[Ouabache]

This is a seriously biased list. Even within western music, we should have tuba, euphonium and trombone added to the poll.