Between the piano and the cello. The piano for its orchestral properties, and the cello for its extreme lyricism and its softer and more masculine tone than the violin. My favorite instrumental ensemble is the string quartet.
I Mean come on, how can you not love the bassline in songs like these?
Parandrus
Solo bass is best bass. What kind of bass is that? Where is the neck? it sounds more like a guitar. Anyway i like the bass too, and i love it in this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgvK78jHUnA&ob=av3n its sick.
[QUOTE="Drakes_Fortune"] What kind of bass is that? Where is the neck? it sounds more like a guitar. Anyway i like the bass too, and i love it in this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgvK78jHUnA&ob=av3n its sick. That's a Zon VB4. The tuning pegs are on the body and it sounds like a guitar because he's using piccolo strings which allow you to tune your bass up to the first four strings of a standard guitar.
I Mean come on, how can you not love the bassline in songs like these?
Drakes_Fortune
Solo bass is best bass. What kind of bass is that? Where is the neck? it sounds more like a guitar. Anyway i like the bass too, and i love it in this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgvK78jHUnA&ob=av3n its sick.
He's using Piccolo strings, which allow for tuning in the bass up to guitar strings(i believe only the first four)
and he's using a reverb very heavily, which gives it a slightly different tone.
I'm quite fond of the flute, piano, viola, cello, trumpet, saxophone, and guitar. I like most instruments, to be honest. There are only a few (like the oboe, for example) which I don't really care for, but I can still see their worth in certain genres or pieces.
In terms of overall complexity, depth of sound and sheer massive possibilities of composition, it would have to be the piano. I took lessons as a kid, and appreciate it more as an orchestra unto itself rather than an "instrument". But I tend to be more partial to simpler instruments for everyday listening, and very much enjoy heavily distorted electric guitars/basses, strong/fast drums and non-clean vocals (both on the low guttural and high screeching end, even better when mixed). Extreme metal and symphonic orchestral arrangements are my two favorite "genres" of music. And it wasn't until a couple months ago that I discovered there was actually attempts to combine the two (Fleshgod Apocalypse for instance). With varying degrees of success in regards to both sides. I learned long ago, and I am constantly reminded of it on a regular basis, that nobody will like the same things I will, so there is no reason to try to convince others that my tastes are "the best" or that what they listen to is "bad". Music is self-expression at the deepest level, and people find different ways of putting it out there. I should celebrate my tastes as unique because they make me who I am, and I should recommend genres, bands or artists to others who ask, to give them more options to discover. Edit: I have to throw the human voice in as well. Trying my hand (vocal cords?) at guttural octaves has really opened my eyes (ears?) to the versatility of what the human vocal system is capable of... and makes me sad when artists limit themselves to a single type (either clean, harsh, or percussive).
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