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wat is your favorite melodic idiophone

Poll Results

Option	Votes
marimba	18
vibraphone	13
glockenspiel	4
xylophone	1
steel drum	1
balafon	1

― Curt1s Stephens, Sunday, 4 November 2007 21:01 (eighteen years ago)

watching a really good marimba player is pretty mesmerizing.

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 4 November 2007 21:04 (eighteen years ago)

dave pike ftw

― El Tomboto, Sunday, 4 November 2007 21:08 (eighteen years ago)

vibraphone with marimba close second

― ciderpress, Sunday, 4 November 2007 21:15 (eighteen years ago)

OTM.

I was watching the Zappa episode of "Classic Albums" this week and there's a LOT of focus on and interview time with Ruth Underwood. Really good stuff.

― Rock Hardy, Sunday, 4 November 2007 21:37 (eighteen years ago)

Well technically they're all struck idiophones.
I voted for Marimba, although the Xylophone as played by Patrick Moore comes a close second.

― snoball, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:26 (eighteen years ago)

totally vibes

the last time i really enjoyed a ninetynine show was when lora still played the big vibraphone.. looks awesome and sounds beautiful

― electricsound, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:27 (eighteen years ago)

the vibes is the champion of all time

the only instrument that tops it in any context whatsoever is the pedal steel guitar

― doctorfunktronic, Sunday, 4 November 2007 23:05 (eighteen years ago)

Steel drums in the hands of experts can be astonishing in terms of pitched interlocking polyrhythms.

― snoball, Sunday, 4 November 2007 23:13 (eighteen years ago)

Marimba. For Japan and Thompson Twins alone.

― Geir Hongro, Monday, 5 November 2007 03:16 (eighteen years ago)

marimba!

― Jordan, Monday, 5 November 2007 06:03 (eighteen years ago)

Marimba over Vibraphone here

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, 5 November 2007 06:06 (eighteen years ago)

balafon looks like it should be quarantined :/

― sleepingbag, Monday, 5 November 2007 06:13 (eighteen years ago)

Vibraphones are too awesome.

― St3ve Go1db3rg, Monday, 5 November 2007 08:44 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/images/large/snelson2006.jpg

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 5 November 2007 14:50 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.pattofan.com/OllieHallsall/Images/ollie_plumpton.jpg

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 5 November 2007 14:51 (eighteen years ago)

I made "balafon" up

― Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 06:49 (eighteen years ago)

congrats you fooled "sleepingbag"

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 6 November 2007 06:52 (eighteen years ago)

that wasn't a zing btw.

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 6 November 2007 06:53 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― ILX System, Friday, 9 November 2007 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

Marimba because of all that classic Steve Reich stuff. (Those are marimbas right?)

― Rockist Scientist, Friday, 9 November 2007 00:43 (eighteen years ago)

TABLA TARANG!

okay, well, it's tuned percussion anyway.

― Oilyrags, Friday, 9 November 2007 01:32 (eighteen years ago)

I made "balafon" up

-- Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 06:49 (3 days ago) Link

the wikipedia entry was a nice touch!

― sleepingbag, Friday, 9 November 2007 13:28 (eighteen years ago)

marimba is the most fun to play, vibes are kind of a bitch

― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 9 November 2007 19:27 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― ILX System, Saturday, 10 November 2007 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

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