lucifer_sam

Nope.

A computer is as much a musical instrument as a ream of paper is a novel. I'd say it's a great tool for writing & recording music but I think what identifies something like a guitar as an instrument is its intentional purpose of producing musical sounds.

But interesting argument.

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first.am

Go!Love

For the sake of argument, I would say that I'm being very intentional in my use of the computer, to create music. Just because it's not its only use doesn't diminish its capabilities to create sound.

someonecompletelyrandom

To counteract that,

a guitar is just a hunk of wood until somebody who knows how to use it comes along. I could use a guitar as a door stop or a chopping board if I wanted to. Something like a washboard is... well used for washing clothes until some smart feller figured it made some neat percussive sounds. I think it's all about context really. If you use the computer to make the majority of your music, you could say the computer is your instrument.

Just my thoughts.

lucifer_sam

We've been through this already, if you apply that same logic then every concrete object is capable of being a musical instrument. It's an argument that defeats itself, and it doesn't address the OP. At all.

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someonecompletelyrandom

Well then i'll give that argument rest. But I do agree that anything can be an instrument if applied in that way.