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
a hurdy gurdy
A trumpet properly played cuts directly to that bittersweet, blue part of my soul.
Accordion… I love the sound of it, especially the Italian ones with chambers.
Accordion is an unusual choice, but in Karla Bonoff’s “Water is Wide” the accordion is essential and beautiful. James Taylor sings back up.
Do synthesizers count?
Dont let anyone ever tell you
theyitthey don’t ;)
pedal steel or any sort of slide guitar
Here if you haven’t heard Blind Willie Johnson you are going to die when you hear this song
Especially played by David Gilmour
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.
instrumental music can also be emotionally charged, no?
Certainly, but if you hear a crying person, for instance, many (though, not all) people will instinctively feel for that person. Instrumental music can invoke similar feelings, either through associatation or because certain sounds hit those same chords, so to speak (I’m thinking the difference between major and minor chords, or when something is off key).
Vocals, like acting, can have that more direct line to your empathy. At least, that’s my thinking. A really good song can give me goosebumps too, though.
Pedal Steel. First time I saw one played live was at a Bright Eyes show when I was in high school. I know they’ve been around for a long time and are prominent in country music, but watching and hearing it played in person just blew me away. I feel like the instrument conveys so much emotion in its sound
I have three.
Piano -> Violin -> Cello
Isnt there an instrument called violincello or something?
Violoncello is the proper full name of the Cello! They’re the same thing.
The technical name of the cello, yes, I think so…
Haha I forgot about that, I was never into the strings section
Cello is a shortened version of violoncello.
That’s just the full “official” name for the cello.
I’ve been at least quadrully chastised 🤣
Cello for me. Hnnnggg
Pipe Organ. The only instrument with the versatility of an orchestra at your fingertips. It can make the room shake or fill it with quiet whispers.
Sadly, Churches are one of the few places, in the US at least, where you can hear the organ regularly. Ones that can afford to maintain such a large instrument and pay an organist.
I’d go to church if… Cory Henry played the organ.
I posted a similar response. There is a huge Casavant in KC at Helzberg Hall. I heard it when Dr Jan Kraybill was the conservator; may still be, and it was incredible. Worth a trip, and not a church.
synths, especially when using longer stretched out notes like in Kavinsky’s Outsider
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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Drums, but I may be slightly biased because I play them
The french horn gets me in the feels every time. I think it’s because it reminds me of dressing up fancy and going to the symphony with my aunt as a school aged kid, as well as candle lit Christmas eve services that heavily featured them.
The french horn is the feelings guy in the horn section. The trumpet is often used to shout the main idea at the audience, and then the french horn lays back on the couch and tells us how that makes him feel.
😂 I love it!
Clarinets. Absolutely love those when played right.
