I don't know the name of the instrument but its the one playing the main melody in the credits of The Legend Of Korra. Brings tears to my eyes with how expressive it is.
Theremin is beautiful too when played well.
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The Kalimba/Mbira, maybe? That's at the start, or did you mean the zhonghu?
What a nice track, thanks for mentioning it!
Cello for me
Love me a clarinet. Also a muted trumpet is pretty pleasing. I think though the most across the board genre neutral pleasing instrument timbre is the piano. It does it all.
Tuba.
Gotta have that sweet bass. Maybe some Flight if the Tuba Bee or Tuba Polka by Canadian Brass. Chef's kiss.
Fantasie impromptu
Rhodes
Let my add a bit of love for the wurlitzer too :)
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Slut
Absolutely
Handpan, just so mellow sounding.
Organ (powerful deep tones, not the high whistles)
Cello and steel tongue drum
Steel tongue drum is so mystical to me. Amazing, relaxing sound.
Do synth pads count?
Ur goddamn right they do :)
Bari sax
Gotta listen to some Morphine
Church organ. The larger, the better.
…and playing Bach at almost deafening levels! I literally can (and will) sleep during a soundscape like this.
Violin. Cello. Basically any stringed instrument played by rubbing a bow across the strings, actually.
Oboe.
Wow, you’re a monster! 😳
A monster that loves the warm, woody sound of the oboe.
Get me a good Rhodes and I'm in bliss. A good horn section can squeeze a beautiful chord melody. And a bagpipe is what I send to my enemies.
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Oboe, and Bassoon.
Very bassy bamboo flutes
My favorites are eastern instruments that have a meditative quality, like the Indian tanpura.
Also whatever instrument this man is playing.
But I think above all I'm a fan of the American steel guitar. That wailing sound evokes nostalgia and melancholy like nothing else.
French horn and glockenspiel.
I’m shocked no one else has said the horn. It was the first thing I thought of.
Found the Mike Oldfield
Im a jethro tull fan and im not sure if that is why im partial to the flute or the other way round.
Yes!
Listen to a lot of renaissance lute music. Very mellow.
Firstly, this assumes that "timbre" is a fancy word for "sound characteristics". I would definitely have troubled defining it.
Piano.
For me no contest.
Zurna. Definitely Zurna.
slide whistle
Marimba