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Re: Favorite Musical Instruments
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2025, 11:21:14 AM »
I preface with the acknowledgement that I have ZERO musical ability ... I can't read music, I evidently have no ear for it (when I think something sounds good ... tonal wise ... musical friends say I'm crazy), I can play no instrument, and if I'm singing I keep it low.  With that out of the way ...

The organ is called the King of Instruments for a reason.  That term is reserved by some for the pipe organ (the sound is produced by wind passing through the pipes), but today the electric / digital organs with good speakers can be impressive, and most can't tell the difference.

I had trouble deciding which saved organ clip to share.  This young organist (he's starting his second year as a music major at Brigham Young University, he is LDS) visits organ lofts, and rather than play a  piece he demonstrates the qualities and abilities of the particular organ.  Below are two clips from Catholic churches.  It is great to see a young person develop an interest in the noble instrument.  I also pray this his playing in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament may expose him to graces that someday he may not be able to resist.





Re: Favorite Musical Instruments
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2025, 04:59:30 PM »
hurdy-gurdy
(St. Hildegard's medieval music used them, even though they have a Eastern/Indian sound to them.)


hurdy-gurdy
« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2025, 05:22:55 PM »
from Sequentia's O nobilissima viriditas - The Complete Hildegard von Bingen, Vol. 3

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Re: Favorite Musical Instruments
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2025, 12:58:20 PM »
How about a fretless guitar?

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Re: Favorite Musical Instruments
« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2025, 02:47:21 PM »
pipe organ and grand piano (love me my Beethoven pianowerks)