History Main / InstrumentalWeapon

-->-- ''[[https://youtu.be/55fmNwCgf1M "tchaikovsky no,"]]'' a {{Website/Tumblr}} post narrated by '''Creator/ProZD'''

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' has the Hunting Horn, which can provide various status buffs to the player and the rest of the party through playing various melodies. [[CarryABigStick It can also pack quite the wallop]].

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has the rare (and no longer available) Arcanite Ripper item which is an axe in both senses of the word. The handle is a spinal column attached to the skull in the middle of the blade, and has a use ability that turns you into a member of the Elite Tauren Chieftains, where you play a short solo.
* The Pyro from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' taunts with his melee weapon by strumming it as if it were a guitar while making guitar-esque sounds. If the Medic has a melee weapon that isn't the Ubersaw or Solemn Vow, he will play the weapon as if it were a violin. A Medic with a Vita-Saw will play a slightly different sound when he taunts, while a Pyro with a Third Degree or Neon Annihilator will play a shredding guitar riff and bass guitar riff (while making guitar sounds), respectively.
* In ''VideoGame/LEGOStarWars II'', when infiltrating Jabba's palace, you can build several stereos throughout the level that blast a rock version of the Imperial March theme, to which the Gamorrean guards will drop their fighting and rock out, playing their battle axes like guitars. The guards are also playable and you can do the same thing with the press of a button.
* There's at least one ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' game where you can unlock [[VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} Frostmourne]] and use it as a guitar.

* There's a glitch in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' that allows Link to play his sword as an ocarina. This can be applied to any item used while back-flipping after dropping and recapturing a fish.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'', Rath's "The Artist" taunt has him play one of his two main swords like a violin via using the other sword as its bow.

* The Shadow Axe from ''VideoGame/TheBardsTale'' can be played like an [[{{Pun}} electric guitar]] in lieu of one of the eponymous Bard's equipped instrument to [[MagicMusic summon helpers.]] The [[TalkingWeapon Ego Sword]] can be used in a similar fashion, only by singing instead of being played.

The inverse of InstrumentOfMurder and MusicalAssassin, Instrumental Weapon is where someone uses his or her weapon as if it were a musical instrument. In rock music, the guitar is nicknamed the "axe", so this idea has some foundation. In a comedy, it may be PlayedForLaughs.

Compare AirGuitar. If you ''pack'' your weapon as if it were an instrument, that's SenselessViolins. If your weapon IS an instrument, you're an ImprobableWeaponUser. SubTrope of EverythingIsAnInstrument.

The inverse of InstrumentOfMurder and MusicalAssassin, Instrumental Weapon is where someone uses his or her weapon as if it were a musical instrument. In rock music, the guitar is nicknamed the "axe", so this idea has some foundation. In a comedy, it may be PlayedForLaughs. In zombie horror, if the horde is swarming our heroes, they may grab any ImprovisedWeapon that comes to hand in a LastStand.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', Marceline plays an Axe-Bass, which is a [[AnAxeToGrind war axe]] converted into an electric bass guitar.

The inverse of InstrumentOfMurder and MusicalAssassin, Instrumental Weapon is where someone uses his or her weapon as if it were a musical instrument. In rock music, the guitar is nicknamed the "ax", so this idea has some foundation. In a comedy, it may be PlayedForLaughs. In zombie horror, if the horde is swarming our heroes, they may grab any ImprovisedWeapon that comes to hand in a LastStand.

The inverse of InstrumentOfMurder and MusicalAssassin, Instrumental Weapon is where someone uses his or her weapon as if it were a musical instrument.

* The Pyro from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' taunts with its melee weapon by strumming it as if it were a guitar while making guitar-esque sounds. If the Medic has a melee weapon that isn't the Ubersaw or Solemn Vow, he will play the weapon as if it were a violin. A Medic with a Vita-Saw will play a slightly different sound when he taunts, while a Pyro with a Third Degree or Neon Annihilator will play a shredding guitar riff and bass guitar riff (while making guitar sounds), respectively.
* In ''VideoGame/LEGOStarWars II'', when infiltrating Jabba's palace, you can build several stereos throughout the level that blast the Imperial March theme, to which the Gammorean guards will drop their fighting and rock out, playing their battle axes like guitars.
* There's at least one ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' game where you can unlock [[VideoGame/WarcraftIII Frostmourne]] and use it as a guitar.

** Played with in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV: A Realm Reborn''; Archers/Bards use their bows as instruments to "play" their various song buffs; however, the Relic weapon Artemis Bow has an actual harp built in, and Heavensward introduces Berimbau and the Anima weapon Gandiva, both of which look less like bows that can be used as harps and more like [[InstrumentOfMurder harps that can be used as bows.]]

* Shaw from ''WesternAnimation/OpenSeason'' often plays AirGuitar with his gun [[ICallItVera Lorraine]].
* Brook from ''Manga/OnePiece'' uses his sword as a bow for his violin.

-->-- ''[[https://youtu.be/55fmNwCgf1M "tchaikovsky no,"]]'' '''Creator/ProZD'''

'''Someone:''' Tchaikovsky no!
'''Tchaikovksy:''' Tchaikovsky YES!

* ''Film/KungFuHustle'' have the musicians, a pair of MusicalAssassins whose harps can ''decapitate'' their opponents and summon skeleton warriors.

-->-- ''"[[https://youtu.be/55fmNwCgf1M tchaikovsky no]]"'', '''Creator/ProZD'''

* Shaw from ''WesternAnimation/OpenSeason'' often plays AirGuitar with his gun [[ICallItVera Lucille]].

* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'', Ravess uses an arrow to play her theme on her bowstring as if it were a violin.

* From ''Anime/SDGundamWorldSangokuSoketsuden'', both Da Qiao Gundam Artemie and Xiao Qiao GN Archer wield guqins (Which is a plucked seven-string instrument of Chinese origin) that double as rifles.

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-> '''Someone:''' Tchaikovsky, cannons are not instruments.\\
'''[[Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky Tchaikovsky]] probably:''' Yes they are and I'm going to use 21 of them.
--> --''"[[https://youtu.be/55fmNwCgf1M tchaikovsky no]]"'', '''Creator/ProZD'''

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* ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger''[=/=]''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': The Green Ranger calls his Dragonzord using his sword as a flute.
** One episode had a monster was defeated by Tommy playing his dagger and Kim playing on her bow (with extra strings to turn it into a makeshift harp.)

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* The Franchise/FinalFantasy series frequently includes harps and bells as the primary weapons of [[QuirkyBard Bards]] and [[GeoEffects Geomancers]], respectively. Flutes are also a recurring weapon type, showing up in several installments.

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