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Offline Bouter Boogie

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Favorite instrument besides piano?
on: May 22, 2005, 02:57:12 PM
What's your favorite instrument (besides piano of course ;D)?
Me's curious..

Mine is definitely violincello.. I even think I luv it more than piano :-[
(To listen of course.. I prefer piano to play ;))
"The only love affair I have ever had was with music." - Maurice Ravel

Offline Chrysalis

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Re: Favorite instrument besides piano?
Reply #1 on: May 22, 2005, 03:07:09 PM
Violin, Cello, Organ, Oboe, Flute, Harpsichord
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Offline dave santino

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Re: Favorite instrument besides piano?
Reply #2 on: May 22, 2005, 03:58:03 PM
Definitely electric guitar. I'm about equal on both piano and guitar, but if I had to say, I'm better at guitar. Still a virtuoso though!! ;D
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Offline Bouter Boogie

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Re: Favorite instrument besides piano?
Reply #3 on: May 22, 2005, 04:20:00 PM
sh*t, I forgot to mention electric guitar  ;D
I luv electric guitar  ;D
Actually I only think it sounds cool  :P
If I wud judge instruments on the music itself I wud probably stick to violincello  ;)
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Offline thalbergmad

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Re: Favorite instrument besides piano?
Reply #4 on: May 22, 2005, 06:02:49 PM
I play a pretty mean 5 string banjo. What a great instrument. Tears your fingertips up though.
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Re: Favorite instrument besides piano?
Reply #5 on: May 22, 2005, 06:22:12 PM
harp.  i am always in awe of harpists.
do you know why benches fall apart?  it is because they have lids with little tiny hinges so you can store music inside them.  hint:  buy a bench that does not hinge.  buy it for sturdiness.

Offline nicko124

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Re: Favorite instrument besides piano?
Reply #6 on: May 22, 2005, 08:51:50 PM
harp.  i am always in awe of harpists.

Yes i am planning on starting to play the harp soon. I actually made a thread asking for help from anyone who knows about it but unfortunetely got no responses.

Offline minimozart007

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Re: Favorite instrument besides piano?
Reply #7 on: May 22, 2005, 09:16:11 PM
any string instrument.   ;D
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Offline cadenz

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Re: Favorite instrument besides piano?
Reply #8 on: May 23, 2005, 02:00:59 AM
cello. it has my favourite range and sound of all the kind of string instruments, violin, viola, etc. one of my favourite pieces is shostakovich's 1st cello concerto

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Re: Favorite instrument besides piano?
Reply #9 on: May 23, 2005, 05:58:24 AM
'Cello, definitely.  Followed by violin, oboe, French horn, and glockenspiel (not!)   ;)

Offline Bouter Boogie

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Re: Favorite instrument besides piano?
Reply #10 on: May 23, 2005, 12:33:42 PM
For all the ppl who answered violincello:
Try to find a record of Cellosonate op. 65 - Chopin.
I've got a record of it played by Argerich and Rostropovich, it's beautiful  :-*
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Offline Lance Morrison

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Re: Favorite instrument besides piano?
Reply #11 on: May 23, 2005, 02:34:54 PM
too many!

harpsichord
chamber organ
harmonium
clavichord
ondes martenot
quarter-tone piano
justly-tuned piano

sarangi, sitar/surbahar, rudra veena, tabla (wish someone would write great composed music for these instruments)

gamelan (group of instruments)

oboe, violincello, horn, bassoon. harp

soprano saxophone (as played with the tone-colour of Coltrane)

I'm forgetting some.

Offline pianonut

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Re: Favorite instrument besides piano?
Reply #12 on: May 23, 2005, 05:02:25 PM
dulcimer?
do you know why benches fall apart?  it is because they have lids with little tiny hinges so you can store music inside them.  hint:  buy a bench that does not hinge.  buy it for sturdiness.
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