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Songs Where an Unexpected Instrument Makes Perfect Sense

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1980s Pop Songs With Production Details Worth Hearing Again
1980s Pop Songs With Production Details Worth Hearing Again
by record_digger  • 
In common: Sledgehammer
These are songs you can know by heart and still hear differently on the next play. Start with the space where a bass part might have been in Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” the moment the room seems to...
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Songs with Percussion Details You Start Waiting For
Songs with Percussion Details You Start Waiting For
by record_digger  • 
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A well-placed drum fill can change what you expect from a whole song. So can a few stick clicks, a handclap, or a drummer briefly taking the band’s place. Start with Phil Collins for the big...
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Songs Where Strings Add Tension as Well as Beauty
Songs Where Strings Add Tension as Well as Beauty
by record_digger  • 
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A string section can make a song feel unsettled before you can say why. Listen for the clipped strokes in “Eleanor Rigby,” the close, hanging notes in “It's Raining Today,” and the way the bows...
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Horror Score Albums for Listeners Who Enjoy Musical Unease
Horror Score Albums for Listeners Who Enjoy Musical Unease
by record_digger  • 
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Some horror scores make a tune feel unsafe by keeping it going a little too long. Others do it with bent strings, voices that almost whisper, or a bass note that leaves more empty space than you...
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Games About Music That Let You Take Part
Games About Music That Let You Take Part
by game_tinkerer  • 
On a similar theme
I like a music game that gives my hands something interesting to say, even when they are not saying it very well. These picks turn music into actions you can hear or feel: singing to a puzzle...
Games
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Music Books That Make Listening More Interesting
Music Books That Make Listening More Interesting
by book_guy  • 
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Put a record on while you read. These books give you something to follow on a second pass, such as a drummer who sits behind the beat, a voice that keeps going after the song seems to end, or a...
Books
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Traditional Musical Instruments Around the World
Traditional Musical Instruments Around the World
by record_digger  • 
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Most musical traditions have an instrument you could pick out from across a room: the big gourd of a kora, the carved horse head of a Mongolian fiddle, the hammered bowl of a steelpan. This...
Music
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Rock Songs Where the Bass Line Leads the Way
Rock Songs Where the Bass Line Leads the Way
by record_digger  • 
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Guitars get the glory in rock mythology, but in many great songs it is the bass that carries the hook, the momentum or the menace. Each song here earned its place because the bass line does far...
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Chamber Music Albums with an Unusual Instrumental Combination
Chamber Music Albums with an Unusual Instrumental Combination
by record_digger  • 
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The string quartet and piano trio are tried and tested, but chamber music often becomes most vivid when composers combine unexpected instruments: horn with violin and piano, trumpet with strings...
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Albums That Balance Experimentation with Great Songs
Albums That Balance Experimentation with Great Songs
by record_digger  • 
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For curious listeners who enjoy a memorable tune or groove and want to hear what can happen around it, these records offer adventurous sounds with something clear to hold. Strange voices, abrupt...
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Garage Rock Songs That Make Simplicity Feel Exciting
Garage Rock Songs That Make Simplicity Feel Exciting
by record_digger  • 
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Great garage rock proves you do not need elaborate arrangements or virtuoso technique to knock a room sideways. What matters is the spark: an immediate riff, a drummer pushing the beat and a band...
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