What instruments have the most relaxing timbre to you?
Harp
Especially in the lower range
Vibraphone
Same
Theramin
Absolutely gorgeous in its own wobbley way. There is something profoundly soothing about this thing that I cant really explain but its otherworldy, almost utopic and chronotopic
Glass Marimba
Soft mallets
Bass Marimba
Extrapolating here but I cant see how it wouldn't
Rhodes
Let my add a bit of love for the wurlitzer too :)
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I like the cello a lot.
Bari sax
Gotta listen to some Morphine
Church organ. The larger, the better.
…and playing Bach at almost deafening levels! I literally can (and will) sleep during a soundscape like this.
Oboe.
Wow, you’re a monster! 😳
Cello for me
My favorites are eastern instruments that have a meditative quality, like the Indian tanpura.
Also whatever instrument this man is playing.
But I think above all I'm a fan of the American steel guitar. That wailing sound evokes nostalgia and melancholy like nothing else.
Cello and steel tongue drum
Steel tongue drum is so mystical to me. Amazing, relaxing sound.
French horn and glockenspiel.
I’m shocked no one else has said the horn. It was the first thing I thought of.
Found the Mike Oldfield
Organ (powerful deep tones, not the high whistles)
Very bassy bamboo flutes
Listen to a lot of renaissance lute music. Very mellow.
Im a jethro tull fan and im not sure if that is why im partial to the flute or the other way round.
Yes!
Handpan, just so mellow sounding.
Love me a clarinet. Also a muted trumpet is pretty pleasing. I think though the most across the board genre neutral pleasing instrument timbre is the piano. It does it all.
Tuba.
Gotta have that sweet bass. Maybe some Flight if the Tuba Bee or Tuba Polka by Canadian Brass. Chef's kiss.
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Oboe, and Bassoon.
Get me a good Rhodes and I'm in bliss. A good horn section can squeeze a beautiful chord melody. And a bagpipe is what I send to my enemies.
Firstly, this assumes that "timbre" is a fancy word for "sound characteristics". I would definitely have troubled defining it.
Piano.
For me no contest.
Marimba
Violin. Cello. Basically any stringed instrument played by rubbing a bow across the strings, actually.
Does that include electric guitar?
slide whistle
Do synth pads count?
Ur goddamn right they do :)
Zurna. Definitely Zurna.
Definitely the cello; especially when played like Zoe Keating.
I don't know the name of the instrument but its the one playing the main melody in the credits of The Legend Of Korra. Brings tears to my eyes with how expressive it is.
Theremin is beautiful too when played well.