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This is the first in a 3 part series, which started when I was listening to a piece I felt was 'the saddest concerto of all time. Part 1 here looks at which instruments are saddest, part 2 looks at the concerto and why it's not particularly well suited to sadness, and part 3 will introduce the piece that started this journey off - the saddest concerto of all time. Can you guess which one it will be?
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I agree, Cellos definitely seem to me to be the saddest of instruments - as it is the most human in its sound. But, I would argue that Piano is a close second ;)
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For me, the Chinese erhu has always had a very sad and mournful sound. It's so beautiful
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I don't necessarily think recorders sound the saddest. but I do have to shout out the 'voice flute' or 'flute de voix' - a tenor recorder in D from 18th century France. It was closest to the human voice (hence its name) and used for a lot of heavily ornamented French baroque music, as well as some of the really weird harmony stuff going on in England at the time. It is a gorgeous sound!
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I've always found the French horn incredibly sad in a lonely kind of way.
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Vaughn Williams, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - breaks my heart every time. All strings with a zillion cellos (roughly).
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The saddest instrument is the one, alone in its case and hardly ever played or looked after as the decades go by......
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Speaking of Celli, I can't believe you didn't mention Barber's Adagio for Strings... perhaps one of the most cathartically mournful pieces ever written.
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I think the English Horn can sound so sad, sentimental and comforting all at the same time. Like an elderly grandmother laying her hand on your shoulder, comforting you as you both go through the same grief.
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I noticed the enjoyment of wallowing sadness and greif when I was listening to Pink Floyd album "The Wall". As a former cellist i agree with your analysis of the cello's emotional capabilities. For another sad instrument is the fretless guitar ancestor, the Oud.
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Who else already want this serie to continue with "the happiest instrument/concerto of all time", "the most frightening instrument/concerto" etc? 🤩
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I think the human voice is by far the most emotionally expressive monophonic instrument. So i consider it the be the one with the most potential to be sad. as you said most sad music sounds like human sounds of distress, so what could be more well suited then the original?
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I never felt the Smiths were miserable, or even that sad. It was a juxtaposition of often melancholic lyrics with sometimes the most beautiful, jubilant and uplifting guitar lines from Jonny Marr. I never wallowed in misery. I wallowed in dark humour, beautiful imagery and in sparkling production.
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I really have to mention Faure - elegie. that piece literally makes me go through this stages in order (much like going through someone's death): sadness, sorrow, anger, exhaustion, disappointment, hope, commemorate and finally acknowledgement.
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My money's on the duduk. It has that sighing, breathy quality to it. Not weeping loudly, but rather suffering with a wimper. Just heartbreaking.
Great video as always! 👍😘
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Strange, my first instinct for a sad-sounding instrument was the accordion, which has the same issue as fretted instruments in that not much variation can happen in a single note, but I think the reedy sound coupled with its range and the feeling of breathing in and out as it's played gives it a very sad tone.
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Speaking of cello, your segment on klezmer reminded me of another piece of traditionally Jewish music that to me totally embodies “sadness through an instrument”, and that’s Max Bruch’s Kol Nidrei. The cello’s main melody has this haunting quality to it that feels really introspective - “existentially sad” is an excellent way to put it. That fits well given that Kol Nidre is part of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, a serious, melancholy day focused on atoning for your sins. It’s one of my favorite pieces of music.
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A solitary cello is pretty sad when expressed correctly. Oboe is a contender as well. A violin and Chinese fiddle weeps too in the right hands.
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As a longtime western musician I walked into a store that was playing sarangi music and fell in love. Found out one of the most famous sarangi players Pt.Ramesh Mishra lived near by and away I went. Nowadays I’ve adapted a style on guitar using a slide that lets me merge what Ive learned in sarangi in any key on guitar. Many guitarists switch to slide to imitate vocal inflections. Similar to a cello guitar has a great range. I’m far from the only one to discover using a slide on electric guitar fusing Indian classical music techniques for more emotion. Derek Trucks is one the best guitarists ever at simulating vocals and playing with overwhelming emotion. Trucks is especially gifted at imitating church gospel singing. It’s incredibly moving and powerful style of guitar playing fusing gospel vocal lines. To this day sarangi is by far my favorite instrument to listen too and Derek Trucks is my favorite all time guitarist
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Hi, I'm Portuguese, I have to say "saudade" isn't what you think it means, it means "homesick" but more universal, like being homesick of a person (the most common one).
It is also not a positive emotion, just like homesickness.
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@Roonagu
2 years ago
Cello and Oboe, their timbre is most associated with sadness. Piano and Violin also works due to its expressivity, but they are not "inherently" as sad. And my "odd" personal choice is probably Erhu.
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