Musical Instrument Madness Round Three

[NAF1138]

I am a little sad I missed the first couple of rounds, oh well.

[QUOTE=fusoya]
There was some tight competition in round 2, including two ties which I had to break (I casted my vote for French Horn and Harpsichord, two instruments which I have sitting within sight of my computer),
[/quote]

Before I vote. You have a harpsichord? Within sight of your computer? :eek:

You are officially the coolest person I have ever met.

Aerophone bracket:

1. Trumpet

I like the sax, but sax players really take it down a notch for me. Trumpet for the win!
2. Clarinet

All about the Clarinet
Idiophones/Membranophone bracket:

1. Drumkit

Drumkit can mean so many things. Timpani are always Timpani.
3. Vibraphone

Hard, but Steel drums are almost never used well.
Chordophone bracket:

5. Banjo
   As a guitar player I will let you know that deep down we all want to play banjo.
6. Cello
   No comment for this one, I just like the Cello

Electronic/Mechanical bracket:

4. Harpsichord

See my comment at the top of the thread re: Harpsichord and coolness.

2. Electric Guitar

Ok, my real answer is probably pipe organ, but since I chose banjo over acoustic guitar I feel I have to stand up for my primary instrument.

[OtakuLoki]

1. Trumpet

2. French Horn

3. Drumkit

4. Steel Drums

5. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar

6. Violin

7. Acoustic Grand Piano

8. Pipe Organ

[fusoya]

[QUOTE=NAF1138]

Before I vote. You have a harpsichord? Within sight of your computer? :eek:

You are officially the coolest person I have ever met.

[/QUOTE]

Indeed. A Chickering upright, which has been in my family for the last 4 or 5 generations. Unfortunately not all of the keys work, and I have been warned that replacing the parts (strings, hooks, etc) would make it lose its antique value. Still, you have got to love the response action of a harpsichord, which operates by plucking strings, rather than hammering them. I also believe it to be a CARDINAL SIN for anything originally composed for Harpischord to be recorded and published while playing a Piano (which is unfortunately true for almost every Bach sonata out there…)

Oh uh. If anybody else wants to vote Harpsichord, be my guest.

[MrSquishy]

1. Trumpet

2. Clarinet

3. Drumkit

4. Vibraphone

5. Banjo

6. Cello

7. Harpsichord

8. Electric Guitar

[Oredigger77]

Aerophone bracket:

1. Trumpet

2. French Horn
   Idiophones/Membranophone bracket:

3. Drumkit

4. Steel Drums
   Chordophone bracket:

5. Banjo

6. Cello
   Electronic/Mechanical bracket:

7. Acoustic Grand Piano

8. Electric Guitar
   I played Saxaphone so it was hard to pick the trumpet over it but I think the trumpet is more fun to listen to.

[Balance]

Aerophone bracket:

1. Trumpet

2. Clarinet
   Idiophones/Membranophone bracket:

3. Timpani

4. Steel Drums
   Chordophone bracket:

5. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar

6. Violin
   Electronic/Mechanical bracket:

7. Acoustic Grand Piano

8. Pipe Organ

[Dead_Cat]

Aerophone bracket:

4. Saxophone

5. French Horn
   Idiophones/Membranophone bracket:

6. Drumkit

7. Vibraphone
   Chordophone bracket:

8. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar

9. Cello
   Electronic/Mechanical bracket:

10. Acoustic Grand Piano

11. Pipe Organ

[pulykamell]

4. Saxophone

5. French Horn

6. Drumkit

7. Vibraphone

8. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar

9. Cello

10. Acoustic Grand Piano

11. Electric Guitar

[MovieMogul]

Aerophone bracket:

1. Trumpet
2. French Horn

Idiophones/Membranophone bracket:

4. Timpani
5. Steel Drums

Chordophone bracket:

5. Banjo
6. Violin

Electronic/Mechanical bracket:

1. Acoustic Grand Piano
2. Electric Guitar

[Zebra]

[
Aerophone bracket:

1. Trumpet
   vs 4. Saxophone

2. Clarinet
   vs 6. French Horn

Idiophones/Membranophone bracket:

1. Drumkit
vs 4. Timpani

10. Steel Drums
    vs 3. Vibraphone

Chordophone bracket:

1. Steelstring Acoustic Guitarvs 5. Banjo

2. Violin
   vs 3. Cello
   Electronic/Mechanical bracket:

1. Acoustic Grand Piano
vs 4. Harpsichord

2. Electric Guitar
   vs 3. Pipe Organ

[Hal_Briston]

Huh…must’ve missed Round 2. Ah well…

Aerophone bracket:
4. Saxophone
2. Clarinet

Idiophones/Membranophone bracket:

1. Drumkit
2. Steel Drums

Chordophone bracket:

1. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar
2. Cello*

Electronic/Mechanical bracket:

1. Acoustic Grand Piano
2. Electric Guitar

*Good thing I previewed…I had accidentally picked Violin. A fine instrument, no doubt, but I’m looking for the Cello to win the whole shebang.

[GorillaMan]

[QUOTE=Hal Briston]
*Good thing I previewed…I had accidentally picked Violin. A fine instrument, no doubt, but I’m looking for the Cello to win the whole shebang.
[/QUOTE]

I like that spirit. I feel like I’m going out to Brazil in the quarter-finals.

[picker]

Aerophone bracket:

4. Saxophone

5. Clarinet

Idiophones/Membranophone bracket:

1. Drumkit

2. Vibraphone
   Chordophone bracket:

3. Banjo

4. Violin

Electronic/Mechanical bracket:

1. Acoustic Grand Piano

2. Electric Guitar

[JoseB]

My votes follow below.

Aerophone bracket:

1. Trumpet (I am learning to play it now, as a matter of fact)

2. Clarinet (Definitely prefer the sound of this one)
   Idiophones/Membranophone bracket:

3. Drumkit (Rock all the way, baby!)

4. Vibraphone (I prefer the sound of this one)
   Chordophone bracket:

5. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar (This one was easy to decide).

6. Cello (But this one was REAL HARD… I ended up going with the cello for its sound).
   Electronic/Mechanical bracket:

7. Acoustic Grand Piano (Another hard one! But the piano is more expressive).

8. Pipe Organ (No contest here, though. Pipe Organ FTW!)

Just my 2 eurocent!

[NAF1138]

It looks like the banjo is going down in flames. Let me take a moment to tell you all how wrong this decision is. I am a guitar player. I play steelstring acoustic easily as often as electric, and while it is cool…the banjo it totally awesome! Not as awesome as mandolin, and nowhere near as killer as the ukelele, but still totally awesome. Steelstring isn’t even as cool as nylon string (though infinitley more useful).

So what I am saying is…vote banjo, because it’s just cool and steelstring acoustic is really kind of a boring instument.

[Doctor_Who]

Aerophone bracket:

1. Trumpet
2. French Horn

Idiophones/Membranophone bracket:

1. Drumkit
2. Steel Drums

Chordophone bracket:

1. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar
2. Violin

Electronic/Mechanical bracket:

1. Acoustic Grand Piano
2. Electric Guitar

[Little_Nemo]

Saxophone

Clarinet

Drumkit

Steel Drums

Banjo

Violin

Acoustic Grand Piano

Electric Guitar

[bundykala]

Aerophone bracket:

1. Saxophone

2. French Horn - I am amazed that so many people picked the clarinet over this.
   Idiophones/Membranophone bracket:

3. Timpani

4. Vibraphone
   Chordophone bracket:

5. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar

6. Cello
   Electronic/Mechanical bracket:

7. Acoustic Grand Piano

8. Pipe Organ

[MsWhatsit]

1. Trumpet
2. Clarinet (aiee! This match-up killed me! But I had to go with the clarinet mostly because of the intro to “Rhapsody in Blue”.)
3. Timpani
4. Vibraphone
5. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar
   Cello (Agh! Impossible to choose! But went with cello as it is less whiny.)
6. Acoustic Grand Piano
7. Pipe Organ (my pick to win the whole shebang)

[Parthol]

Aerophone bracket:

1. Trumpet
   vs 4. Saxophone

2. Clarinet
   vs 6. French Horn
   Idiophones/Membranophone bracket:

3. Drumkit
   vs 4. Timpani

4. Steel Drums
   vs 3. Vibraphone
   Chordophone bracket:

5. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar
   vs 5. Banjo

6. Violin
   vs 3. Cello
   Electronic/Mechanical bracket:

7. Acoustic Grand Piano
   vs 4. Harpsichord

8. Electric Guitar
   vs 3. Pipe Organ