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    Favorite instrument solo in a song?

    What song has your favorite instrument solo? it could be a guitar solo, a saxophone solo; any kind of section where a particular instrument shines!

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    That epic, badass, awesome guitar solo at the end of We Will Rock You. That's what dominating and partying hard sounds like. >:3

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    The harmonica is the star in "Turn it Loose"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neo Emolga View Post
    That epic, badass, awesome guitar solo at the end of We Will Rock You. That's what dominating and partying hard sounds like. >:3
    I loved that solo when I was kid! Not to say I don't anymore, but it's really awesome!

    I gotta check out that harmonica solo. I haven't found a super cool one, yet.

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    Band nerd warning. Most of my picks are gonna be band/movie.

    Piccolo: Stars and Stripes Forever (more of a soli, but ssh)
    Flute: Zelda Symphony: Wind Waker Movement
    Oboe: Oh man, lots of good ones out there. Blanking on specific ones today.
    English Horn: Zelda Symphony: Twilight Princess Movement / Cajun Folk Songs II
    Clarinet: One Last Shot (Pirates of the Caribbean)
    Bass Clarinet: Blanking but I know there's good ones out there
    Bassoon: Zelda Symphony: Zelda Symphony: Twilight Princess Movement
    Saxophone: All of them.
    French Horn: Most John Williams solos. Noteworthy ones include Jurassic Park Theme and one of the many Star Wars F. Horn solos.
    Trumpets: I'm angry at the trumpets in band right now. No picks. xD
    Trombone: Blanking on this today
    Baritone: October
    Tuba: First Suite in Eb (It's a solo if your band has one Tuba. =P )

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nekomata View Post
    Band nerd warning. Most of my picks are gonna be band/movie.

    Piccolo: Stars and Stripes Forever (more of a soli, but ssh)
    Flute: Zelda Symphony: Wind Waker Movement
    Oboe: Oh man, lots of good ones out there. Blanking on specific ones today.
    English Horn: Zelda Symphony: Twilight Princess Movement / Cajun Folk Songs II
    Clarinet: One Last Shot (Pirates of the Caribbean)
    Bass Clarinet: Blanking but I know there's good ones out there
    Bassoon: Zelda Symphony: Zelda Symphony: Twilight Princess Movement
    Saxophone: All of them.
    French Horn: Most John Williams solos. Noteworthy ones include Jurassic Park Theme and one of the many Star Wars F. Horn solos.
    Trumpets: I'm angry at the trumpets in band right now. No picks. xD
    Trombone: Blanking on this today
    Baritone: October
    Tuba: First Suite in Eb (It's a solo if your band has one Tuba. =P )
    That's a lot of listening for me! :o

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    The sax solo at the end of the Cowboy Bebop intro TANK! is so hard hitting, I love it

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    I'll pick the obvious one and say the guitar solo in Free Bird. I can't help but stop and listen or speed up my car whenever it plays. It's amazing as it's always been and the reason I love that song.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sojiro View Post
    I'll pick the obvious one and say the guitar solo in Free Bird. I can't help but stop and listen or speed up my car whenever it plays. It's amazing as it's always been and the reason I love that song.
    If you haven't heard of them, check out Green Grass and High Tides by the Outlaws, and Highway Song by Blackfoot. They are similar arrangement-wise.

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    So this is sort of a solo and sort of not, since it's just beneath a long, shouting vocal. But one of my favorite instrumental... somethings I've ever heard is the string in The Curse of the Sad Mummy, right here at 2:59 (volume warning since the song gets loud). It's so chillingly powerful and explosive.

    One of the things that made me really appreciate it is Frequencies, League of Legend's documentary on their music. It's a great watch, but this one part that really singled out those sounds and presented them in such a powerful way was this part, all the way up to about 42:00. It's just so raw and rough and powerful and pained, and really drives home the song.

    Great documentary, would really recommend it to anyone who loves music.

    On another note, I played bass clarinet in band, and their solos are rare, so a duet: the bass clarinet/flute duet in Africa: Ceremony, Song and Ritual by Robert W. Smith, in the first two minutes of this song have always been my favorite. I remember watching the upperclassman bass clarinetist get to play that and I was sooooo jealous, haha.

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