BeBop Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 I have lived for quite a while in places where musical skills were not well-developed, mostly due to economic conditions. Still, I enjoyed children "doing their thing". Now quarantined in the United States, things are different. Part of the difference is the instruments. Broad generalizations, high pitched instruments seem to bother me more, but not exclusively. Middle-pitched and instruments less. (Perhaps just the state of my hearing, but very low pitched I can't hear.) Instruments with variable pitch production more than a simple drum or drone instrument, maybe for obvious reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 High-pitched instruments make sense. Less room for "error" in the waveforms, like if you drive a big car on a narrow dirt road, gotta look out, shoulder, what shoulder, right? Then, road, what road? Then oh shit, broke that axle, why is this thing still moving? But move it does, until somebody makes it stop oh PLEASE GOD make it stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 For me, clarinet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 All instruments .... but the violin excels .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 I once heard a trumpeter butcher Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare For the Common Man” in a small town orchestra concert. It was so bad, my friend and I were trying to control our laughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 41 minutes ago, mikeweil said: For me, clarinet. The top half, for sure. But in the right hands, I rather like the bottom half (meaning everything below where you have to use the register key). I could do without the top half — and then there’s like a whole NOTHER half (the altissimo register, which truly is above what I call the top half) — which I find excruciatingly difficult to listen to. The bottom of the bass clarinet is usually divine, and even the rarely played alto clarinet’s lower register is very nice (taking about the standard alto, not the contra-alto). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonnymax Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 3 hours ago, mikeweil said: For me, clarinet. and the soprano sax is not far behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 Bagpipes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 This question calls to mind every middle school band teacher that's ever existed. God bless 'em, and sainthood for the ones that were able to pull off cohesive concerts with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted March 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 Bagpipes, absolutely. Clarinet, yes. (Worse, for me: oboe.) I'm really pitch-sensitive, so trombone is "vulnerable" and somehow bothers me more than, say, cello. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 Just now, BeBop said: so trombone is "vulnerable" and somehow bothers me more than, say, cello. My neighbor plays trombone professionally in the local symphony. Tone for days. Always nice to hear him practicing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 Bassoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 Count me in with the bagpipes crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 I would think it would be any thing you play yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 my upstairs neighbor, who sadly just moved out, is learning clarinet at 26 inspired by Eric Dolphy. I gotta say I'm pumped and it was cool to hear him practice. He's a very hard worker and a sweet guy, so I'm sure he'll have fun with it. He was already a musician (electronics and guitar, mostly) but had not done anything with reed instruments as far as I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milestones Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 I find a place for just about all instruments, except bagpipes. Yeah, that one is mighty tough. I think they have appeared in jazz, although I'm pretty sure not in my large collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 1 minute ago, Milestones said: I find a place for just about all instruments, except bagpipes. Yeah, that one is mighty tough. I think they have appeared in jazz, although I'm pretty sure not in my large collection. No Rufus Harley in your collection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 I'm also fond of Ayler on bagpipes. Quite fond, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 Bagpipes are great. I'm all about some traditional highland piping, and Yoshi Wada as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 I am not a fan, My closest neighbor is 92 and blasts them occasionally. He doesn't hear very well and when he plays I wish I too didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonahan Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 Oboe, absolutely. Played badly (and it is tough to play well) it makes finger nails on a blackboard sound soothing. gregmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 I've never liked the sound of the recorder, regardless of how well it's played. Fortunately, it's never been a problem in jazz listening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 Theremin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonahan Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 On 3/4/2021 at 11:18 AM, Larry Kart said: Theremin? Given the correct cheesy sci-fi movie, the Theremin is a thing of beauty!! gregmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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