Harp
Especially in the lower range
Vibraphone
Same
Theramin
Absolutely gorgeous in its own wobbley way. There is something profoundly soothing about this thing that I cant really explain but its otherworldy, almost utopic and chronotopic
Glass Marimba
Soft mallets
Bass Marimba
Extrapolating here but I cant see how it wouldn’t
Contra Bass Clarinet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-aqcHlSFEI&list=RDQM1rbFoJYEB5E&start_radio=1
Do synth pads count?
Ur goddamn right they do :)
Rhodes
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Slut
Let my add a bit of love for the wurlitzer too :)
Im a jethro tull fan and im not sure if that is why im partial to the flute or the other way round.
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.
Very bassy bamboo flutes
Cello and steel tongue drum
Steel tongue drum is so mystical to me. Amazing, relaxing sound.
Organ (powerful deep tones, not the high whistles)
Handpan, just so mellow sounding.
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Oboe, and Bassoon.
Zurna. Definitely Zurna.
Violin. Cello. Basically any stringed instrument played by rubbing a bow across the strings, actually.
Does that include electric guitar?
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.
Cello for me
