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View Poll Results: whats the most important instrument in a band
guitar 28 28.57%
bass 18 18.37%
drums 35 35.71%
vocal 14 14.29%
piano/keyboard 3 3.06%
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Old 05-10-2007, 04:37 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by A_Perfect_Sonnet View Post
No instrument can be the most important, seeing as every instrument you add to a piece of music makes it just as important as the rest.
So I could write a song with a 5 second kazoo intro and it would be as important as 4 minutes of guitar and drums?

Another example is bass. In lots of music the bass is so low in the mix that you can only hear it clearly through a good stereo or live. Although when you do hear the bass it can add a whole new angle to the song, you can also listen to the song hundreds of times through cheap iPod headphones and not even know the bass is there. On the other hand I don't think many people could listen to their favorite songs if the guitar was cut out.

Like Snickers said, its nice to think that all instruments contribute an equal and unique aspect to every song, but its just not true.
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