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What is an instrument?
Johnny C:
I think piano is A-OK.
While an electric/digital piano does not technically have the aural properties of a "real" piano, keep in mind that there are lots of "real" pianos with different aural properties and that the electric/digital piano probably can mimic one rather effectively. Even if not, the notes on the scale remain the same, so from a compositional point of view, it's pretty much the same instrument.
c1utch:
so this topic was referring to musical instrumants, but instruments in general:
--- Quote --- in·stru·ment (n.): An implement used to facilitate work. (See Synonyms at tool)
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anyway, the next definition was:
--- Quote ---(Music). A device for playing or producing music: a keyboard instrument.
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I thought it was funny they used keyboard as the example
festerius:
Being the grand son of a piano teacher, and the son of a quite accomplished piano player and being raised with a piano in our home...
An electric keyboard is not a piano, the same way that a computer keyboard hooked up to a computer hooked up to an inkjet printer is not a typewriter.
The terms are for distinct objects.
A keyboard is played like a piano (for the most part) but it is it's own musical instrument. It is not a piano.
I can play the keyboard some what, but I've never learned to play the piano (which involves knowing how to use the peddles)
MilkmanDan:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---Turntables are instruments if you're doing scratches and whatnot, or playing samples off them
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Yeah, that's my view, but I wanted to see if I could drag the argument into 'turntables just play records, duh!' area, as the keyboard/piano one was exausted about 20 posts ago.
oddball318:
heh, dont worry, I'm wirth ya Dan.
Some cats can even do scales with scratching.
I have an album compiled of remixes of Charlie Parker songs done by various artists such as Donk, the RZA, Dan the Automator. One of the songs done by the X-ecutioners features a scratching pattern that approximates the main sax riff (moreso in rhythm than pitch, but things are getting there). By the by, the album is okay.
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