It's gotta be the Harmonica. Not bad on television and stuff, but live they are, like, anti-sonic.
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^^ Recorders are awesome when played in their proper context, i.e. Renaissance classical music.
I vote for Panpipes.
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Tromboon takes the cake. No, that isn't a misspelling of "trombone"
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I want to say the human voice is the most annoying just because I encounter terrible singing more often than, I don't know, harmonicas, but I've never had my listening experience enhanced by banjos so I'm gonna go with them.
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The Chapman Stick™ and its derivatives. Seems to only exist for frustrated bass players to indulge in a-musical noodling.
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Oh god, the tromboon is one of the most hilariously horrid things I've ever heard.
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Penguin: On a related note, did you know that there's enough people that play jazz banjo to form a convention?
edited 4th Oct '10 1:26:39 PM by Solstace
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On a related note, did you know that there's enough people that play jazz banjo to form a convention?Suddenly I am reminded of this Far Side comic
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edited 4th Oct '10 2:15:52 PM by Penguin4Senate
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I disagree.
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Bagpipes are awful awful awful instruments.
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In the wrong hands, perhaps.
I've actually gotten pretty fond of ukulele, mainly thanks to Julia Nunes and Dent May.
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Bagpipes are awful awful awful instruments.Sorry, I don't think I heard you. Care to say that again?
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I don't think any instrument is inherently bad. Any kind of sonic texture can be used correctly in music.
And I don't get why most of the instruments here are listed.
I'd go with drum machines and synth drums however. Absolutely horrid. :P
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^I used to think that before I heard the tromboon... Yikes. Also, I don't really get why the ukelele is listed. It sounds cool enough, and they're so cute! They're like tiny, tropical guitars! ^_^
So, yeah, my vote is for the tromboon.
Seriously, what the hell is this thread about? I think you can make great sounds from all the things listed here, depending on where and how you use them. Especially bagpipes and drum machines (FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF).
I actually think some treated vuvuzela drone would be great in an ambient track. Not kidding. Vuvuzelo)))
edited 5th Oct '10 9:56:12 AM by Litis
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SHOFAR. There was ONE non-annoying performance I've heard, everything else... no. Just no.
EDIT: Just heard the tromboon... hmm, in a Sunn-like drone metal band, careful uses of the tromboon could be pretty darn epic.
edited 5th Oct '10 11:16:15 AM by Muzozavr
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Okay, ladies and gentlemen, here is your chance to vote for the most annoying musical instrument of all time! The first round will consist of voting for the nominees.
I think the Ukulele, the Bongos, and the Thumb Piano are pretty annoying, but I've seen people play them really well on Youtube, so they can be redeemed.
But the Recorder, the Recorder was clearly forged by Lucifer himself, it produces not melodies, but auditory TORMENT. So I'm going to vote for the Recorder for this round's nominees. The next round will begin soon, so vote early!
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