Classical Pianist ranks all the instruments (tier list)

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  • Опубліковано 9 чер 2024
  • What's the best S-tier instrument? What's the worst F-tier instrument? What's the most controversial ranking I made? Tier list made on my Twitch stream: / musicalbasics
    Timestamps:
    0:00 Trumpet
    0:44 Accordion
    1:22 Bassoon
    2:10 Bass Guitar
    3:18 Bagpipes
    3:50 Bongos
    4:32 Cello
    5:40 Clarinet
    6:45 Cowbell
    7:02 Cymbals
    8:34 Electric Guitar
    10:31 Flute
    12:17 French Horn
    13:40 Acoustic Guitar
    15:12 Harmonica
    15:55 Harp
    18:56 Maracas
    19:24 Oboe
    21:37 Ocarina
    22:41 Pan Flute
    23:41 Piano
    27:44 Piccolo
    28:49 Recorder
    29:34 Saxophone
    31:13 Tambourine
    32:04 Triangle
    33:44 Trombone
    35:56 Tuba
    37:27 Ukelele
    39:30 Upright Bass
    41:12 Viola
    43:10 Violin
    46:05 Xylophone
    49:50 Timpani
    51:23 Organ
    54:47 CONCLUSION

КОМЕНТАРІ • 112

  • @Lily-wd7dz
    @Lily-wd7dz 2 роки тому +32

    "Piano is probably the most difficult instrument, which is why pianists probably seem a bit more modest." How to contradict yourself in one sentence.

    • @JoJoshia
      @JoJoshia 2 роки тому

      nah the most difficult is probably bagpipes

    • @kw1776
      @kw1776 9 місяців тому

      organ is more difficult than piano and sounds better. it can basically play any and all wind instruments including the trumpet

    • @SarahLovesBoobahandErEr
      @SarahLovesBoobahandErEr 21 день тому

      Harp is the most difficult instrument to learn. Piano is underneath.

  • @PearlPaisley
    @PearlPaisley 3 роки тому +15

    Only millenials call harmonica a meme instrument
    Whole genre of blues: cries

    • @TerrellCooper
      @TerrellCooper 2 роки тому +5

      Hell yeah. Harmonicist will be heard!

  • @MusicalBasicsTV
    @MusicalBasicsTV  3 роки тому +34

    Timestamps:
    0:01 Trumpet
    0:44 Accordion
    1:22 Bassoon
    2:10 Bass Guitar
    3:18 Bagpipes
    3:50 Bongos
    4:32 Cello
    5:40 Clarinet
    6:45 Cowbell
    7:02 Cymbals
    8:34 Electric Guitar
    10:31 Flute
    12:17 French Horn
    13:40 Acoustic Guitar
    15:12 Harmonica
    15:55 Harp
    18:56 Maracas
    19:24 Oboe
    21:37 Ocarina
    22:41 Pan Flute
    23:41 Piano
    27:44 Piccolo
    28:49 Recorder
    29:34 Saxophone
    31:13 Tambourine
    32:04 Triangle
    33:44 Trombone
    35:56 Tuba
    37:27 Ukelele
    39:30 Upright Bass
    41:12 Viola
    43:10 Violin
    46:05 Xylophone
    49:50 Timpani
    51:23 Organ
    54:47 CONCLUSION

    • @escaramujo
      @escaramujo 3 роки тому +1

      Seriously, though. You are very biased towards folk instruments. They are real instruments, dude. Tambourine is very versatile and I'm very offended by your judgement as a 'campfire' instrument. You've clearly never heard Susana Seivane playing it. 🤦

    • @FranzArroganteDoPassado
      @FranzArroganteDoPassado 2 роки тому

      thanks

    • @JoJoshia
      @JoJoshia 2 роки тому

      Hey man ocarina deserves mid d tier you’re probably only considering the ocarina picture you got there but there are many different kinds of ocarinas the coolest one is probable dual chamber ocarinas you can play two notes at a time with a dual chamber ocarina I don’t think it’s right that the triangle is above ocarina that’s just messed up. edit: there's actually a triple chamber ocarina look at this ua-cam.com/video/2q2I2SxBQbg/v-deo.html

  • @fattburger6801
    @fattburger6801 3 роки тому +11

    I know this vid is for fun, but on a serious note i think the analysis of the bass guitar was kinda shallow. It’s just as crucial as electric guitar in the context of rock(and fusion jazz too). It’s certainly versatile in terms of tone. And a mix without a bass guitar is just awful. Yes I know bass synths exist but those dont fully replace the bass guitar imo.

  • @elochero10
    @elochero10 2 роки тому +4

    “accordion is corny”
    all of latin america and central europe: *visible anger*

  • @wampfinzlord8878
    @wampfinzlord8878 3 роки тому +13

    I think clarinet is much better than C tier. It has an enormous range and you can play everything. From Classical music over Jazz to modern stuff. As well, it is a good supportative instrument but it is also a great solo instrument. Your comment to the Cello about the human voice is actually what I heard about the clarinet.
    You put it in C tier because it is "a real instrument"? So C tier is the worst tier you could put a "real instrument" into. I think, the clarinet is at least A tier

  • @sophiereiing8965
    @sophiereiing8965 3 роки тому +44

    Saying some instruments are a ”joke” is an insult at every musician playing said instrument. It’s very supercilious and super hypocritical to say something like this. Typical pianist who things only the main orchestra instruments or the piano are “real” instruments, cause piano ain’t the most important instrument, their all in their way important. So please don’t be one of those pianists.

    • @rtellez19891
      @rtellez19891 11 місяців тому +1

      Sounds like we angered the cowbell and maraca enthusiast 😢

    • @lolstars8498
      @lolstars8498 10 місяців тому

      I'm a recorder player and he said it's garbish instrument

    • @SarahLovesBoobahandErEr
      @SarahLovesBoobahandErEr 21 день тому

      @@lolstars8498recorder music from the Renaissance period is fantastic. He’s a fool. Pretty sure the recorder has been around longer than any of these instruments. I like the lower key recorders, myself.

  • @bobbirdsong6825
    @bobbirdsong6825 2 роки тому +4

    i don't think this man has heard a single latin song in his life

  • @lilactic7597
    @lilactic7597 3 роки тому +24

    I bet Davie’s gonna start a war just like how he started a war with TwoSet

    • @basicalpianoyt9214
      @basicalpianoyt9214 3 роки тому +2

      yes

    • @fatrik1365
      @fatrik1365 2 роки тому +2

      yes the twoset army is every where first we take over youtube then the world

  • @mionwhatshisface526
    @mionwhatshisface526 2 роки тому +8

    Accordion is awesome!!!

  • @dylanparr4266
    @dylanparr4266 3 роки тому +2

    What are those lights that shine when you press a key, and where can I get one?

  • @txbooklvr
    @txbooklvr 12 днів тому

    Being a percussionist, I definitely have a different perspective on the ranking, especially with the triangle and bongos, I would actually put the triangle up next to the cymbal. It serves its own purpose in the orchestra, and has some noteworthy features in music, even though it doesn’t necessarily play a melody. Triangle technique is very difficult as well, hitting at the same place, and there is a lot of techniques you can use on triangle as well. Also check out Incantation and Dance by Chance, it has a really cool maraca part utilizing several cool techniques you can do on the instrument, and it also showcases the tambourine, bongos and an iconic slapstick part. Vibraphone is the best mallet percussion instrument, it is a lot of fun to play, xylophone music in orchestra is also lots of fun to play.

  • @ptitsushi331
    @ptitsushi331 2 роки тому +7

    C'mon, guys don't listen at this freaking ignorant. The accordion is fantastic ! Go listen to Richard Galliano and then, let's talk about it

  • @sergejvasiljevitsjrachmani2808
    @sergejvasiljevitsjrachmani2808 3 роки тому +7

    I just want to say to the violists that I absolutely love the sound that you can make on it :)

  • @grant8278
    @grant8278 3 роки тому +7

    I do thing piano is the best instrument
    It just sounds so beautiful

  • @musicislanguage8657
    @musicislanguage8657 3 роки тому +3

    Love the video.
    Can you write a piece for orchestra on stream, please? That would be awesome!!

  • @martineyles
    @martineyles 2 роки тому +3

    Horn is S tier!
    Organ beats Piano. It can harmonise with itself in multiple timbres. It has much more tonal variation than piano. It has a larger pitch range, and where it really beats Piano is dynamic range. The organ can play whispering soft sustained tones that you wouldn't manage on a piano, and can compete with a full orchestra when called to. It's also more powerful than an electric guitar. Listen to the soft organ parts in Richard Strauss tone poems like Also Sprach Zarathustra (against a small string group) and Alpine Symphony (against Horn, trumpet and woodwinds). Also, can't forget the trump card - many theatre organs also encapsulate a piano and every percussion instrument as part of themselves. And of course that's only acoustic organs. There's electric organs too.
    Also think you're a bit harsh on the recorder. Listen to the way Bach uses them in the Brandenburg concertos.
    Also, missed 3 important and confusingly named brass instruments - The Tenor Tuba (or is that Euphonium), the Tenor Tuba (or is that Wagner Tuba, or Tuben) and the Tenor Horn (or is it an Althorn or Baritone Horn). Not to mention the less important but still confusingly named Tenor Horn (or is it the Alto Horn).

  • @KaasIsLekker
    @KaasIsLekker 3 роки тому +5

    Imagine Lionel saying *PIANO IS A MEME INSTRUMENT*

    • @lyricishaan2880
      @lyricishaan2880 3 роки тому

      pro tip : watch series on InstaFlixxer. Been using them for watching lots of of movies during the lockdown.

    • @benedictsincere7366
      @benedictsincere7366 3 роки тому

      @Lyric Ishaan yup, I have been watching on InstaFlixxer for months myself :)

    • @KaasIsLekker
      @KaasIsLekker 2 роки тому

      @Jacob H Haha hello :D

  • @eleanor8196
    @eleanor8196 3 роки тому +5

    i think cello is gonna be in s tier entirely just because i play cello and i think cello is cool
    edit: YES YES YEEESSSS i think its the best s tier.

  • @liliaye8183
    @liliaye8183 3 роки тому +4

    Piano is definitely the best instrument, otherwise there is no MUSICALBASICS channel existing!

  • @joshuaoleson7167
    @joshuaoleson7167 3 роки тому +6

    CELLO GANG LETS GO

  • @emmagottlieb9379
    @emmagottlieb9379 2 роки тому +2

    Ugh...you DARE crush the VERY emotions of the Pipe Organ?! The KING OF INSTRUMENTS HIMSELF?! UNACCEPTABLE!

  • @hehaksk
    @hehaksk 2 роки тому +2

    Oboe but no bassoon?

    • @woutvanostaden1299
      @woutvanostaden1299 Місяць тому

      Bassoon got B tier. Seeing how others have cra**ed on it (twoset violin), it's in a place that doesn't hurt too much. (On 12 may I get my first bassoon lesson)

  • @miguelpalma9517
    @miguelpalma9517 3 роки тому +3

    As a tubist, I feel completely overrated. A tuba can be a good soloist and can also make good high tones(there are tuba players who can, in a tuba, sound like a trombone, for example, what means pretty high notes). Tuba an also make good multiphonics, a trick that is WAY better in a tuba/euphonium/trombone than in any other instrument. And can also make a cool beatbox, that gives a nice vibe in a piece(simple beatbox, still, faaar away from a beat boxer, but cool even so). I can give you examples in any of this.

  • @KaasIsLekker
    @KaasIsLekker 3 роки тому +2

    Me realising iam rewatching a video of 1 hour *again* I loved it tho xD

  • @jt-la777
    @jt-la777 3 роки тому +2

    I understand that you don't like the pan flute, but listen to "The Lonely Shepherd" interpreted by Gheorghe Zamfir and Andre Rieu, maybe you will change your opinion.

    • @Discobobulated
      @Discobobulated 2 роки тому

      Ikr Lionel underrated the pan flute so much

  • @HelloKitty-sd9vs
    @HelloKitty-sd9vs 3 роки тому +2

    Dude you’re just ROASTING these ppl I feel attacked

  • @runh1699
    @runh1699 Рік тому +1

    As a someone who’s trying to learn ukulele I’ve never been offended by something I 100% agree with

  • @lantan8022
    @lantan8022 5 місяців тому

    As a ocarina player I have never been so attacked

  • @jcz1203
    @jcz1203 3 роки тому +6

    “Accordion is not a musical instrument”. - Unsubscribe lol

  • @ligetimoment2524
    @ligetimoment2524 Рік тому +1

    “Clarinet sounds boring by itself” has this guy heard of klezmer music?? Or jazz?? It’s an incredible soloistic instrument as it is an orchestral

  • @HelloKitty-sd9vs
    @HelloKitty-sd9vs 3 роки тому +3

    Accordion is amazingggg

    • @ptitsushi331
      @ptitsushi331 2 роки тому +2

      Oh my god, I found someone who knows too !

  • @delorean1278
    @delorean1278 3 роки тому +2

    Ahahahaha yesss you started with trumpet. Trumpet is the most important

  • @freddybuster1013
    @freddybuster1013 3 роки тому

    3:29 that swallow tho

  • @nathanwilbrink2444
    @nathanwilbrink2444 3 роки тому +1

    Petiotion for lionel to make a piece with only d/e/f tier (all instruments if posible have to play a decent role and have to play for most of the piece) instuments and uplpad it to youtube
    (This was meant to be a joke but it would be fun if you did this)

  • @woodenmonkeyfox
    @woodenmonkeyfox 3 роки тому +1

    Ocarina, E...
    R.I.P Link...

  • @koifish4276
    @koifish4276 3 роки тому +2

    i remember in primary school, this kid was given the cowbell to play at a performance. and it was just b a n g i n g the whole time lmao XD
    edit: as a clarinetist, i would choose flute to be the best woodwind any day- kinda wanna learn flute but i can’t play it sadly

  • @aisuiro.cellist
    @aisuiro.cellist 3 роки тому +4

    Yes, cello is the best string instrument, this man knows what's up XD

  • @arronwong418
    @arronwong418 3 роки тому +7

    Environmental Activists: no more instruments made of wood.
    Lionel: *plays piano in anger*

    • @Indecisive4734
      @Indecisive4734 Рік тому

      Literally every instrument with a reed: joins

  • @spenceredwards3224
    @spenceredwards3224 3 роки тому

    Where is the euphonium?!

  • @teeropita3208
    @teeropita3208 3 роки тому +2

    I love violin if I didnt start piano 100% violin btw u r very talented i love u

  • @johnmurfadevera
    @johnmurfadevera 2 роки тому +1

    Piano cannot play vibrato. Piccolo, voice, and the high pitch recorder perform well as the lead in an ensemble, the same as the violin because of vibrato. Piano makes a good accompaniment. The guitar has vibrato and it makes an amazing accompaniment for voice. What is this shade coming from the piano?

  • @theamericandiary
    @theamericandiary 8 днів тому

    If you have an experienced Violinist that really knows how to play, then on the E string, no matter how you go, it really doesn't sound too metal. (Speaking from experience)

  • @tribaltreegoat
    @tribaltreegoat 11 місяців тому

    bro has never heard a bass guitar in his life

  • @davidcoulombe2000
    @davidcoulombe2000 Рік тому

    I actually have way more range with my panflute than a transverse flute.

  • @Dilllie
    @Dilllie 3 роки тому +1

    I think trumpet is s tier for shure!

  • @FranzArroganteDoPassado
    @FranzArroganteDoPassado 2 роки тому +1

    26:43 i guess not
    just joke

  • @bernardofernandes1089
    @bernardofernandes1089 2 роки тому

    Flute should definitely be in A, because (if played well) it has a beautiful sound, and has a really good repertoire... much better than trumpet or oboe for instance. Flute has Bach's sonatas and partita, Telemann' fantasias, 3 Mozart concertos, and so on.

  • @devkotecha9417
    @devkotecha9417 3 роки тому +1

    Only thing I disagree with is that violin should be above cello

  • @JoJoshia
    @JoJoshia 2 роки тому

    i think bagpipes deserve C tier they're really nice in marching bands.

  • @SarahLovesBoobahandErEr
    @SarahLovesBoobahandErEr 21 день тому

    Have u EVER heard of Victor Wooten, Les Claypool?? Famous bass players who are front and center in their shows. Guitars are in the background. There are so many others I could name but it would be pointless. You’re wild.

  • @zoomerbeats628
    @zoomerbeats628 2 роки тому +1

    Piano would be S+ if it could do crescendos.

  • @therobloxspectrum6666
    @therobloxspectrum6666 10 місяців тому

    bruh he did not just dis keyboard percussion like that

  • @GeometryDasher2024
    @GeometryDasher2024 22 дні тому

    Epic

  • @ballshd68419
    @ballshd68419 Рік тому

    Bass guitar cannot be replaced

    • @tribaltreegoat
      @tribaltreegoat 11 місяців тому

      he has not heard an actual bass guitar to think it can be replaced

  • @ianwidick87
    @ianwidick87 3 роки тому

    wait my chats aren't popping up wth

  • @masturchief
    @masturchief Рік тому

    2 years too late, but the song “I wanna be your dog” by the stooges has a cowbell in it and it’s not a meme. It’s a good song.

  • @teeropita3208
    @teeropita3208 3 роки тому +2

    Im with you😂Ily

  • @ericacallisen1267
    @ericacallisen1267 Рік тому

    proud to be a cellist

  • @connorbetancourt5605
    @connorbetancourt5605 3 роки тому

    I play clarinet to

  • @ethansilverstein26
    @ethansilverstein26 2 роки тому +3

    Wow this list is not good at all...

  • @nate-ox5lw
    @nate-ox5lw 10 місяців тому +1

    Man just disrespected every musician ever

  • @kw1776
    @kw1776 9 місяців тому +1

    nah the organ is better than the piano. it existed before the piano, and was first to implement a keyboard. it is also more difficult than a piano, and there is no way a piano sounds better than an organ. trumpet is literally A tier and the organ can play a trumpet voice louder. keep in mind the organ is basically all wind instruments combined. it is definitely above piano

  • @hadihawwa3443
    @hadihawwa3443 3 роки тому +1

    I love you

  • @GeneralCatDad
    @GeneralCatDad 2 роки тому

    where in the frick is the baritone

  • @fjsjgdjgdgdjgdjhgdj
    @fjsjgdjgdgdjgdjhgdj 11 місяців тому

    i agree with s rank

  • @cintom8454
    @cintom8454 Рік тому

    When you call mellophone an idiophone -_-

  • @tanker9764
    @tanker9764 Місяць тому

    POV: "organ is just a piano ripoff" it was made 800 years BEFORE pianos lol

  • @dasoupsoup
    @dasoupsoup 3 роки тому

    Trombone below woodwinds?
    *BLASPHEMY!*

    • @dieyproductions4403
      @dieyproductions4403 5 місяців тому

      He doesn't appreciate glissando prob. because he can't do it on his own instrument and is arrogant AF.

  • @jacob_sieger
    @jacob_sieger 2 роки тому

    Xylophone is the least fun percussion instrument to play, even worse then the bells.

  • @grant8278
    @grant8278 3 роки тому

    Hi

  • @ot44eto
    @ot44eto 2 роки тому

    Bass guitar is D-tear? Dave504 is pissed and wants to slap you. :)

  • @babym4r2
    @babym4r2 2 роки тому

    Tamborine is cheesy F Tier

  • @austininflorida
    @austininflorida 3 роки тому

    Ban the Piccolo!

  • @maxwellkowal3065
    @maxwellkowal3065 2 роки тому +2

    An ignorant interpretation of the trombone

  • @qwerty-hp6kq
    @qwerty-hp6kq 3 роки тому

    bruh trombone is S tier

  • @lest6590
    @lest6590 3 роки тому +1

    Sax, trumpet, and piano are all S tier in my opinion.
    A tier would be Piano
    None in B tier
    C tier would be Drums.
    These are all the instruments I care about.

  • @kyosis2734
    @kyosis2734 3 роки тому +1

    piano rating seems kinda bias

  • @galsina
    @galsina Рік тому

    "Cello is S tier" - okay, where's the upvote button

  • @samy3125
    @samy3125 3 роки тому +1

    cimbalom is the best instrumet sorry:)

  • @danownes
    @danownes 2 роки тому

    Trombone should be lower than B tier, support instrument, no versatility, pain to play.

  • @babym4r2
    @babym4r2 2 роки тому

    He forgets banjo even though is cheesy and utter garbage 🗑️