Most important instrument in a band (track, quote)

**Urban Hatemonger** · 09-29-2006, 01:05 AM

Chaz & Dave?

**boo boo** · 09-30-2006, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sainthood

How can anyone think a keyboard is the most important in a band....

It is the most important for the majority of Disco bands, and while Prog makes use of many instruments, keyboards play a very important part in it, same goes for Funk, where the keyboards compliment the bass & drums to make a groove that is just right.

Yeah, I know it's not the 70s anymore, just saying.

*Proud owner of a Casio CTK-411"

acoustica · 10-30-2006, 03:32 AM

I say drums are more important as it gives the beat to the rest. But each instrument or vocalist is equally important to make i a complete band-so AMOF, you cnt say which is important

Trauma · 05-08-2007, 12:12 AM

The drums are most important in a band, in them lie most of the rhythm and tempo that determine the groundwork for a piece of music.

In most rock bands, vocals are the center of attention, but I still stand to say drums come before, by building a basis for the vocals to tread on.

Although drums aren't used in every genre as a means of keeping a beat, I'd say it's true for the majority of music.

655321 · 05-08-2007, 07:00 PM

i good band can lack just aobut anything but drums(like you can be missing any given instrument but drums)

tdoc210 · 05-08-2007, 08:58 PM

no
drums don't have to present
in fact their over used
sometimes

sarxist · 05-09-2007, 05:07 PM

As important as the guitar and bass are in a rock band you can't really be considered hard rock and roll without a drummer. However, there are plenty of good musicians and guitarists out there who only need themselves, Bob Dylan in his early days is a prime example.

655321 · 05-09-2007, 05:08 PM

ooo yeaht thats true

Alexander the Grape · 05-09-2007, 07:23 PM

No instruments are necessary for any band. I would say guitar is the most important, but only for the music I listen to. I can't think of a single song without guitar from any of the bands I like, but I can think of plenty without other instrumernts (acoustic stuff). I'm not downplaying the importance of drums, though, because I don't think I could just listen to acoustic music.

A_Perfect_Sonnet · 05-09-2007, 07:42 PM

No instrument can be the most important, seeing as every instrument you add to a piece of music makes it just as important as the rest.

View Poll Results: whats the most important instrument in a band
guitar	28	28.57%
bass	18	18.37%
drums	35	35.71%
vocal	14	14.29%
piano/keyboard	3	3.06%
Voters: 98. You may not vote on this poll

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10-30-2006, 03:32 AM
acoustica Groupie Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 14	I say drums are more important as it gives the beat to the rest. But each instrument or vocalist is equally important to make i a complete band-so AMOF, you cnt say which is important __________________

05-08-2007, 07:00 PM
655321 i ruin threads Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: littleton newhampshire Posts: 222	i good band can lack just aobut anything but drums(like you can be missing any given instrument but drums) __________________ Well there's one thing to know about this town Not a person doesn't want me underground

05-08-2007, 08:58 PM
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	no drums don't have to present in fact their over used sometimes __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

05-09-2007, 05:07 PM
sarxist Groupie Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 20	As important as the guitar and bass are in a rock band you can't really be considered hard rock and roll without a drummer. However, there are plenty of good musicians and guitarists out there who only need themselves, Bob Dylan in his early days is a prime example. __________________ I'm not black people, but there are a whole bunch of times I wish I could say I was not white. -Frank Zappa

05-09-2007, 05:08 PM
655321 i ruin threads Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: littleton newhampshire Posts: 222	ooo yeaht thats true __________________ Well there's one thing to know about this town Not a person doesn't want me underground

05-09-2007, 07:23 PM
Alexander the Grape Un****withable Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wyoming Posts: 175	No instruments are necessary for any band. I would say guitar is the most important, but only for the music I listen to. I can't think of a single song without guitar from any of the bands I like, but I can think of plenty without other instrumernts (acoustic stuff). I'm not downplaying the importance of drums, though, because I don't think I could just listen to acoustic music.

05-09-2007, 07:42 PM
A_Perfect_Sonnet Dinosaurus Rex!!! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Winchester, VA Posts: 892	No instrument can be the most important, seeing as every instrument you add to a piece of music makes it just as important as the rest.