Top Ten Atypical Instruments That Would Make a Rock/Metal Song Interesting
You know how there's drums, bass, and guitar, but what other instruments would make a rock or metal song interesting?
The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. I listened to a death metal song recently that had a HARP as a dominant instrument.
Mellotron is incredible. Listen to King Crimson's debut if you're into prog and want to hear this.
I've heard a good number of songs where a mellotron is used. It's some kind of keyboard.
Bagpipes are a wind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag.
The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed brass instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues.A number of rock and metal bands have used a sitar. Example: "Wherever I May Roam" by Metallica, you can hear it at the beginning.
I hear the sound of this thing a lot, and have been pleasantly surprised even by its uses in electronic music, where it is associated. A rock song with it might well be intriguing.
This instrument was used in the Pixies song "Velouria", to great effect.
A certain Linkin Park song had this!
The saxophone is a family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet.
This instrument was used prominently on the album "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea", by Neutral Milk Hotel.