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Blaqua
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Topic: Instruments that should be more present Posted: December 05 2017 at 11:14 |
Which of these instruments should be more present?
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progmatic
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Posted: December 05 2017 at 12:04 |
Well I thought you could vote for multiple choices, so I started with flute but wasn't able to vote for others. If so, I would have added all except organ and saxophone the use of which is quite common.
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Jeffro
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Posted: December 05 2017 at 12:30 |
I would think the harpsichord would be a good one. The accordian would only work if you were doing Prog Polka ;)
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Hrychu
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Posted: December 05 2017 at 13:05 |
The Mellotron should always be more present.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: December 05 2017 at 13:06 |
Oboe
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Mascodagama
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Posted: December 05 2017 at 14:25 |
Shoulda been multiple voting allowed
I voted accordion. But given a free choice, my answer would be the hurdy gurdy - of course.
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Rednight
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Posted: December 05 2017 at 14:52 |
What about the French horn, for Crissakes?!
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twosteves
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Posted: December 05 2017 at 15:29 |
Organ
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Squonk19
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Posted: December 05 2017 at 15:43 |
Saxophone - not necessarily for prog - although often works. Year of the Cat and Baker Street...... Enough said! and of course Coltrane, Cannonball etc......
Edited by Squonk19 - December 05 2017 at 15:44 |
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Magnum Vaeltaja
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Posted: December 05 2017 at 15:55 |
Of those listed, oboe, but in general I think I'll have to side with Rednight on this one and say French horn. Both are very beautiful instruments that I think fit into prog quite well but aren't very commonly used.
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rushfan4
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Posted: December 05 2017 at 15:59 |
The PA forum used to have a pretty significant oboe fan club at one point in its history. I'm not sure how many of those folks still remain.
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maryes
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Posted: December 05 2017 at 16:15 |
Harpischord
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Mascodagama
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Posted: December 05 2017 at 16:21 |
Indeed! Rodolfo Maltese made a little use of it in Banco, but I could stand to hear a lot more of its wonderfully plaintive yet plangent tones in a prog context.
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Mascodagama
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Posted: December 05 2017 at 16:22 |
A lot of them went to the DARK SIDE and transferred their allegiance to the bassoon.
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Mascodagama
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Posted: December 05 2017 at 16:28 |
They call this a prog site, and yet nobody loves the crumhorn? For shame. Somewhere Brian Gulland is crying into his beer. Or, more likely, mead.
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axeman
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Posted: December 05 2017 at 19:36 |
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Atavachron
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Posted: December 05 2017 at 19:41 |
Seems most or all of these are represented in the greater prog/fusion spectrum. I'd say voice should be more present, I miss the sophistication and complexity Yes or Gentle Giant put into their vocal arrangements. Voted 'none of those' .
Edited by Atavachron - December 05 2017 at 19:42 |
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: December 05 2017 at 20:17 |
I don't know specifically what we're talking about but I went with saxophone. It seemed to be used a lot in the fifties then early sixties then sort of faded away and came back in the late sixties and early seventies(in prog)then faded away again. Also, a lot of avant garde and RIO bands seem to use the others but not so much the sax(based on what I've heard).
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Dellinger
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Posted: December 05 2017 at 21:22 |
In general, any extra instrument to give a fresh sound to the music is welcome. I guess the "obvious" choices are flute, sax, and violin (even though they are actually used often enough). I guess I would like to hear more Harpischord, and even more so, more organ, in prog, so I might just as well vote for that one. Another one I love, and sounds particularly nice with metal, is the bagpipes.
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bertolino
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Posted: December 06 2017 at 01:17 |
I voted for oboe; keeping in mind this would be the nearest of french horn; so i absolutely agree apart of the fact i would change the swearing for "câlisse" I actually enjoy those small colors added by such instruments in an unconventional brass section, mainly in symphonic prog. After Crying comes to my mind at first; refering to the first era , this would be KC "Islands", or Mcdonald and Giles, then Chris Squire's "Fish out of water", not forgetting Banco's Di Terra , a truly underrated classic, which i find an absolute must, as long as we talk of orchestral prog. In this case it's the trumpet which comes out of the lot.
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