THE MOST ANNOYING INSTRUMENT

[Jon223]

oh... OK, i know what you mean then.
theres some good examples of how it can sound when played well on the web, but neway.
Those hand drums are still bad. haha.

 

[Leinad]

oh... OK, i know what you mean then.
theres some good examples of how it can sound when played well on the web, but neway.

Can you link me please? I'd be interested in hearing how it's meant to sound.

Those hand drums are still bad. haha.

Yeah I've heard bongos and the like played with no/bad rythm, sounds horrible! Can't even tap your foot to it!

 

[knight]

I would say the banjo, without a doubt. And I say this as someone who actually really likes bluegrass, especially the bluesier version of it played by the Del McCoury band, for example.
But there is something about having a banjo player close to you that just wants to make you kill him/her. Perhaps it's the sheer volume of the bastarding instrument, perhaps the frequencies, perhaps the frenetic cascade of notes, but there's something that really bothers me about having a banjo played at me at close quarters.

 

[IAMERICCOCHRANE]

I love the sound of Acoustic guitars, but I absolutely cannot stand the sound of a screechy, super distorted Electric guitar played by a crappy player.






The Theremin(sp?) is kind of annoying too.

 

[clef360]

eh, i think in the right hands, banjos, all guitars, tinwhistles, and even accordians can sound really really great. One instrument that just inherently has a really annoying tone is the shawm (ancestor to the oboe). Sounds like a dying duck.

 

[P. Aaron]

FIeldy

 

[Cambass]

I really don't like violins, to me they usually sound awful.

 

[baba]

Play an accordian, go to jail.

 

[LoJoe]

Bagpipes.

While I appreciate the sound of Amazing Grace played on the pipes, anything else is downright painful. I once watched a bagpipe performance at an outdoor festival. The guy just kept very slowlly walking around in a circle while playing what sounded like one continuous never changing main notes accompanied by some high pitched alternating notes every 30 seconds or so. It seemed endless....

 

[Hellsgamerz]

I hate keyboards made to sound like an existing instrument. There's nothing wrong with keyboards, but only if they sound like keyboards (eg 'Child in time' by deep purple), not like a guitar, drum or whatever.

 

[Stubb]

Seems like a lot of people (not here though) think that the Oboe and Bassoon are annoying. I like the duck-like tone.

Come to think of it, I like the tone of most instruments in the right hands. My big gripe is the Vibra-slap.

 

[canopener]

The rommel pot:


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[Dee Wurthy]

E - Drums....I hate those things and their fake-butt crash cymbals.

 

[Jimbo]

MIDI!

 

[Stingraymund]

I used to think that, untill i watched 'scratch,' a hip hop documentary...

Turntables can be annoying if it's some 16-year old kid incessantly making noises at every opportune moment. But it's an awesome instrument if the turntablist uses it at the right moment. Turntables can also play dum fills, for example.

I do think turntables are a legitimate instrument. Maybe cos I grew up with a lot of hip-hop people. Maybe cos Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" rocked my world back in '84. I do know that turntables outsell electric guitars, and that music chains like Guitar Center, Sam Ash, etc. in the past few years have added DJ departments to their stores.

I also remember when certain people didn't consider the synthesizer to be a legitimate musical instrument.

 

[Richard Lindsey]

Yep. Then again, I've never heard it played well. It's a traditional instrument here, and it's one most kids seem too pick up, mess around with for a few weeks, then decide they hate the thing. I've never heard it played by anyone who's been whistling for much longer than a few months.

You ought to hear it played by someone who knows how. One of my favorite whistle players is Joanie Madden of Cherish the Ladies, an Irish-American all-women trad group. When she plays, she gets a tone like a silken blowtorch (a good thing, in case you were wondering!).

 

[Richard Lindsey]

Any instrument is annoying if it's played badly; no instrument is annoying if it's played well.

I used not to like accordion until I was in a band with a great accordionist. Real-world experience tends to temper your prejudices somehow. Besides, accordionists know a lot of accordion jokes. I guess they need to.

Q: What's the difference between an accordion and a '57 Chevy.

A: You can tune a '57 Chevy.

I even like bagpipes when well played, though I must say, I think Highland pipes are best experienced outdoors.

 

[snapple]

Put me down for saxamaphone

 

[Against Will]

Obviously no one here's ever heard a BANJO-MANDOLIN

It has to be experienced to be truly (un)appreciated. Even while I'm playing it I feel sick.

I think it has to do with the way you play an instrument. Accordian, banjo, tin whistle, hand drums, all of these instruments have been made awesome by Flogging Molly, Swingin' Utters, The Pogues and Ozomatli. I think every instrument has potential, if it doesn't rock, it's probably because you don't.

Except, of course, if you are playing a banjo-mandolin.

 

[silentstranger]

I was awoken today via my clock radio by the sound of elephants bashing pieces of metal together. According to the DJ, it was supposedly some sort of massive xylophone. While the idea of elephants making music is interesting, to actually hear it is an extremely annoying and nonmusical experience...and they had no rhythm either It easily beat out my previous choice, oboe...then again, so did the rommel pot, which is now a close second behind the elephant xylophone.

... I do know that turntables outsell electric guitars ...

I find this very hard to believe, do you have sources to back it up?