Musical Instrument Madness Round Four

The Game Room
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Aerophone bracket:

  1. Clarinet (Apparently, I am to die :smiley: )
    Idiophone/Membranophone (still one of each left!) bracket:

  2. Drumkit

Chordophone bracket:

  1. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar

Electronic/Mechanical bracket:

Can I write in “Pipe Organ”? No? sighs

  1. Acoustic Grand Piano
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Aerophone bracket:
2. Clarinet
Idiophone/Membranophone (still one of each left!) bracket:
3. Vibraphone
Chordophone bracket:
3. Cello
Electronic/Mechanical bracket:

  1. Acoustic Grand Piano
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No-brainer. Clarinet, vibes, cello, piano. Chuck out the vibraphone and you’ve got quite a nice ensemble ready for a podium finish :slight_smile:

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Aerophone bracket:

  1. Trumpet

The trumpet rocks. I love the Clarinet, but it does not rock. The choice was simple.
Idiophone/Membranophone (still one of each left!) bracket:

  1. Drumkit
    Ouch, this is hard…I am going with drumkit. It uses all four limbs, and there is something kinda cool about that.

Chordophone bracket:

  1. Cello

Again, guitar player here. You were wrong not to send the Banjo into this round. But the Cello is possibly the sexiest instrument in the history of music. MAYBE the electric Bass guitar is sexier. Maybe. No contest.

Electronic/Mechanical bracket:

  1. Electric Guitar

I am probably going to lose this one. But once again, I can not in good conscience vote against the guitar twice in one round. Besides Electric Guitar is crazy versitile. What can the piano do that a guitar can’t? Play 10 notes at once? (Ok, that is actually kind of cool) Guitar gets it in a walk.

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Results:

Aerophone bracket:

1. Trumpet - 12
vs 2. Clarinet - 11
Idiophone/Membranophone (still one of each left!) bracket:

1. Drumkit - 12
vs. 3. Vibraphone - 11
Chordophone bracket:

  1. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar - 9
    vs. 3. Cello - 14
    Electronic/Mechanical bracket:

1. Acoustic Grand Piano - 16
vs. 2. Electric Guitar - 7

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I’ve made a few tries, but they keep saving me. I would have voted for the saxamaphone, but somebody cast a bad deciding vote.

Aerophone bracket:
2. Clarinet

Idiophone/Membranophone (still one of each left!) bracket:

  1. Drumkit

Chordophone bracket:

  1. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar

Electronic/Mechanical bracket:
2. Electric Guitar

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I’m starting a ska band, I guess.

  1. Trumpet
    vs 2. Clarinet

  2. Drumkit
    vs. 3. Vibraphone

  3. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar
    vs. 3. Cello

  4. Acoustic Grand Piano
    vs. 2. Electric Guitar

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Hey guys, voting’s over. You want to go to the Final Four here: Musical Instrument Madness Round Five - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board