What unusual musical instrument do you enjoy listening to?

[Archae]

For me, it's the "glass armonica."

Even Mozart wrote music for it.

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[Easterncedar]

1. Oud

Al Gardner Bardezbanian was a genius.

[Kali]

22. yes

and saz

[Ocelot II]

2. The lute, especially the archlute and theorbo.

Lute music of the Renaissance is extremely relaxing.

[Archae]

3. I agree, I like lutes also.

[Aristus]

19. I love the theorbo!

I have an entire album of theorbo music that I love listening to. I heard the theorbo for the first time during a performance of Handel’s “Semele” at Seattle Opera.

[Ocelot II]

20. A friend of mine plays it, as well as several types of lutes. I think he has nine of them.

I sing with a choral group that does mostly early music. At one concert he was accompanying a piece on the theorbo, and the thing is so damn big that he could hardly turn without nearly whacking one of us. Love the sound. Here's a video of a voice recital, he's the guy in the middle (obviously):

[SupportSanity]

30. That musical instrument is called a theobro. I've heard them in concert.

Before wound strings were used for the lower tone notes, they had to go for length.

Can't take it to gigs in a compact car.

[Ocelot II]

31. Exactly - a theorbo is a giant bass lute.

They were used for continuo parts for awhile in the early Baroque era until ensembles started getting bigger. It's a great sound but not very loud.

[Lonestarblue]

4. That's amazing. I've never even heard of a glass armonica. Thanks for broadening my knowledge!

[FalloutShelter]

5. cello

[XanaDUer2]

6. Theramin

[90-percent]

14. Agreed

I recommend listening to it on Captain Beefhearts song "Electricity"


-90% jimmy

[SupportSanity]

17. Theramins give me good vibrations.

[Figarosmom]

7. Sitar

Appalachian dulcimer, harp, violincello piccolo and mandolin. Oboe too.

[Dale in Laurel MD]

8. Highland bagpipe

(I also play it, and a bunch of other woodwinds.)

[Archae]

11. I bet your neighbors have bought lots of earplugs...

[Dale in Laurel MD]

12. It's a free-standing house on 2 acres.

And most of the things I play are much softer.

[Ocelot II]

26. A college friend played bagpipes. I recall one fine day

when he walked around the block dressed in full Scots regalia playing "When The Saints Go Marching In."

[Dale in Laurel MD]

28. I've been known to regale people with "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"

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[Archae]

35. The funniest part about you playing that Stones song...

One of the earlier AC/DC songs had bagpipes in it too.

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[walkingman]

9. Tongue-alina

Tongue-alina - a musical instrument native to Texas that is played by stretching a horsehair over a dog's ass and plunking it with your tongue. It makes a unique sound but leaves a terrible aftertaste.

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[DesertRain]

10. The Glass Armonica - That's a good one

Invented by Benjamin Franklin.
Like FalloutShelter already said, I'd go with the Cello.

[choie]

13. It's not terribly unusual

the harpsichord

[SupportSanity]

15. Lute. Here's Jan Akkerman, the guitarist from the group called Focus (remember Hocus Pocus?) playing lute:

[SupportSanity]

16. Working man's glass armonica. I've seen street performers like this (and it always sounds magnificent!)

[Brother Buzz]

18. Musical saw

Here is Robert Armstrong playing the saw. He taught me how to play the saw, and explained, “If you can whistle it, you can play it on a saw”.

[Archae]

21. Frank Zappa played a bicycle, once.

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[electric_blue68]

23. At the time: The Concert for Bangladesh; Ravi Shanker on the sitar.

[Marthe48]

24. Maybe not what you mean but

My grandaughter practices piano on a baby grand that belonged to her Dad's parents. The pedals have developed a squeak. But if I am at their house and she is playing, I love to hear her music.

[Emile]

25. Steel Guitar

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[Walleye]

27. Melophone in marching bands

Looks like a big old trumpet that sounds like a French horn

[justaprogressive]

29. Kora (African harp)

[Judi Lynn]

32. So glad to have heard this instrument, and these amazing musicians.

Wonderful. Thank you.

[ProfessorGAC]

34. That's Cool

Requires really good fingernails, which I don't have, so I could never replicate their tone.

[SupportSanity]

36. They sound great. Nice playing. Beauiful speed runs.

[ProfessorGAC]

33. Anything That Drones

Bagpipes, sitar, theobor, ...
I even focus my acoustic guitar playing on moving chords to have different drone strings. That's how much I like that effect.

[Wolf Frankula]

37. Txistua

A Basque flute.

Wolf