Y'all a bunch of squares for hating on the triangle.

The worst instruments are those of torture

Deee-lite’s smash hit “Groove is in the Heart” Is right fucking there, Anthony. Elite level slide whistle implementation.

Deee-Lite’s “Groove is in the Heart” makes excellent use of the slide whistle.

Not having it Anthony. The glockenspiel is a top tier instrument.

It is situational, the guitar is the worst instrument when my brother is playing it in the middle of the night when I'm trying to sleep

Whatever synth was used on Wonderful Christmas Time

"There's nothing quite like a bad vocal performance" **transitions to Anthony singing nasally in a super high pitch**

The hurdy-gurdy is the working man's instrument. You till the fields, drink your ale, and play your hurdy-gurdy. It is the instrument which will lift us from our serfdom, and bring about the end of the tyrannical monarchy. Power to the people! And long live the hurdy-gurdy!

But the kalimba has such a sweet sound...

Fantanto closes the fridge with his hips.

They actually make Bass ukelele's that can be amplified to achieve some pretty interesting results. Because of the rubbery nature of the strings they can actually do a way better job of mimicking and upright bass than most normal electric basses if you dial in the tone right (which is hilarious to see people react to considering how much smaller it is). I knew one guy a few years ago who had a fretless one and it was like the main focus of his band, he put it through a bunch of pedals and did a ton of really interesting shit with it.

I’m just sayin, whoever’s out here hatin on the kalimba needs to relisten to the Avatar and Korra soundtracks and come back to apologize.

Saying mayonnaise isn’t even an instrument and laughing for 9 minutes isn’t a Let’s Argue video Anthony!

I'm surprised nobody said melodica. I can think of at least one of my favourite songs that I turn off every time when the melodica part kicks in at the end

whoever said the kalimba has never experienced the joy of watching AcousticTrench

Whoever’s hating the Hurdy Gurdy can fight me in the streets. That shit sounds fucking fantastic

Let's agree: the hurdy gurdy is the BEST instrument ever made.

There's some great theremin on the Beach Boys' I Just Wasn't Made for These Times and Good Vibrations

4:25 funny you say that, I’ve got a buddy that has an electric triangle hooked up to a shitload of pedals and it kinda kicks all the ass

It warms my heart to see so many people defending the hurdy-gurdy. Wonderful instrument.

What the hell. I looked up the Hurdy Gurdy and it’s actually fucking sick.

Fantano talking so nicely bout the piccolo was quite wholesome

The melon is the worst instrument, it just makes one hollow sound

I can never forget the sweet somber kalimba notes from Avatar: The Last Airbender

Let's Argue: Melon chooses Piccolo over Vegeta for best dad.

Melon: "Can't hate on the oboe." Every oboist in existence: *challenge accepted*

I have never in my life heard anyone not like the Hurdy Gurdy. One of the coolest and most sophisticated instruments in the world.

The guy hating the Oboe has clearly never heard Ennio Morricone’s “Gabriel’s Oboe”. It’s a masterpiece.

There’s some decent slide whistle on the Beach Boys’ song “Holidays” from Smile.

To everybody shitting on the triangle, should be hearing Baião from Brazil, the triangle makes the rhythm of the genre. Listen to some Luiz Gonzaga.

I was VERY impressed by your impromptu Melt-Banana showcase at 7:31. Been really getting into them lately. Good man.

Has anyone heard that song where the authors polled the most hated instruments and musical elements and made it into a ten minute epic featuring bagpipes, recorders, children's choirs, opera singers etc

Don’t diss the recorder... Hot Cross Buns slaps, don’t lie.

Most of these are "yeah, fine, whatever, I guess I can see being annoyed by this", but the oboe one made me angry. Such a great instrument.

If I woke up tomorrow and the accordion was wiped from history, I wouldn’t miss it.

Fun fact: the theme song to The Mandalorian was played with a recorder.

Groove Is In The Heart, the only song with slide whistle in existence Also Sufjan Stevens discography singlehandedly justifies the recorder for me

7:36 damn thats fire how could you give it a 6

Literally exactly what you said about the theremin happened at my music school, this crazy theremin composer legend visited with a million guitar pedals and played for over an hour and it was honestly great.

You guys should check "baião" or "arrastapé", this are brazilian rythms that uses the triangle in a great way.

LET'S AGREE: Someone should write a piece of music with all of these instruments in it

The feet and hands in “We Will Rock You” By Queen are my favorite instruments

The triangle hits in the last bit of Sleep by Godspeed You Black Emperor beg to differ

Let’s Ask: Why hasn’t Anthony changed his legal name to Melon

I LOVE THE OBOE. It is BEAUTIFUL. My fave instrument I’ve ever played because it’s a combo of clarinet & flute (both I played).

5:20 Hurdy Gurdy is one of the best Instruments and I will pursue one someday,fight me 😡😡😡😡

Melon killed that noble interpretation. RPG DM material

Let’s agree: Fantano has a lot of hair

Yesssss love that you used Keiji Haino for the Hurdy Gurdy picture

The bass ukulele is actually a very impressive instrument! It definitely serves a purpose since it basically gets the pitch and tone of a double bass in a really portable instrument. The intonation on them has improved a lot in the last decade too.

There’s something unbearably funny about Davie504’s eyes and mouth enlarged as he’s gawking at Fantano

The kazoo and slide whistle deserve more implementation in metal

1:20 counterpoint: swans - i was a prisoner inside your head

the slide whistle in brian wilson's heroes and villains is perfect

That person with the oboe take hasn't listened to Ennio Morricone's "Gabriel's Oboe".

For me, my bass ukulele was a much cheaper way for me to start playing acoustic bass compared to buying even a used acoustic bass. Also, I love how portable it is, and it’s very convenient for small gigs and jam sessions!

I will always love "music is happiness" by Octopus Project and its theremin solo.

I was hoping for a joke throwback to the hurdy gurdy during the human voice part, maybe after 8:28 "actual use or application" "...like the peasant-favorite HURRRRDY GURRRRRDY"

There was a theremin player named Clara Rockmore, who played UNBELIEVABLY exquisitely. There’s an album of short pieces she recorded, and everything in it is so beautiful it melts your face off

Let's Agree: Anthony always pumps out thought provoking and interesting content and we love him for that.

Anthony rocking the curb your enthusiasm reference at the end!

"Even a bad voice can have purpose and functionality" Listen to Yoko Ono and repeat that

Anthony completely forgot about the slide whistles peak: Groove is in the Heart

Didn’t expect a second review for Corey Feldman’s album but I’m cool with it

You wouldn’t have a proper orchestra without these instruments… oboe, piccolo and the triangle are vital

Can't wait till 100 gecs use all these instruments in a one minute 15 banger next week.

Dude, Stevie rocked the slide whistle on Sir Duke. Gotta drop that one off the list

I can’t believe no one mentioned bagpipes

I own a kalimba, I think they are neat, I love how portable they are, it's a cool little toy to pick up and mess around with when you're bored.

The slide whistle was very effectively used as a narrative device by Oliver Postgate in the tv show the clangers.

I’m ashamed nobody mentioned the “rusty trombone”

the hurdy gurdy cannot be the worst instrument because donovan made a ballin' song abt it

Congotronics by Konono No1 is a crazy good "kalimba" record. They use some kind of electrified, distorted thumb pianos to make basically the punk version of congolese folk musik.

Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire elevated playing the kalimba to a high art form.

I bring my ukulele bass onto smaller jazz gigs that I don’t want to bring the upright out for and jam sessions. Anthony must hate jazz, a black art form.

If Logan Rock Witch didn’t have the slide whistle it wouldn’t be the same

I think the YES song "And You and I" has the otamatone and that's one of the best yes songs ever. Possibly one of the best prog songs.

Talking about theremin There’s this guy MEZERG that uses his theremin as an organic lfo / cutoff modulator really nice!

"There's probably someone out there who hooks up their theremin to a bunch of guitar pedals and goes wild" Anthony, his name is Rob Scallon.

Gonna throw hands with whoever said kalimba was the worst.

Theremin is really just a volume and pitch control. The timber you often hear is standard but it can make some other awesome synth sounds

The bass ukulele does serve a purpose: it sounds like an upright bass but is much more convenient than it for bringing to gigs and the like.

Let's argue, all drum kits should have triangles

I once went to a percussion ensemble recital in college where a visiting musician treated us all to a *20 minute long* berimbau solo. It has been my least favorite instrument ever since.

Nothing good ever came from the recorder? John Williams would bury you alive in his yard with that attitude.

that apprehension engine seems like 2-3 spooky instruments put together. I'm a big fan of the spring reverb with a magnet sound lmao

“This Dying Fetus album is rock” I see now that Anthony fears no one

Anthony, tapping your head and calling a "melon drum" does not make in an instrument

You should do best instruments next. I love the jaw harp or Jew's harp and mukkuri (a similar instrument used by the Ainu people). Can't get enough of that boingy sound.

Where would J P Sousa be without the piccolo, the hurdygurdy is unbelievable, how 'bout Tiny Tim playing "On the good ship lollipop" on the ukulele, truly remarkable and memorable, listen to Karen Carpenter and tell me the human voice is anything but 1st class. Sincerely The old Northwoods RN

No mention of the accordion or bagpipes? I was actually expecting Anthony to defend them if someone had mentioned them

How did he not mention the kazoo?!.... oh wait, that’s the BEST instrument

The vuvuzela is easily the worst. The sound of being attacked by a swarm of killer bees.

Obviously Fantano has never heard Darwin's slide whistle solo in The Amazing World of Gumball

Saying that every instrument from MBDTF is by default the worst instrument ever doesn't really seem like a real argument, Anthony.

Okay, but “Highway 61 Revisited” nails the slide whistle.

No bagpipes, I'm impressed Anthony. Expected them to be low hanging fruit but they rock

Counterpoint for slide whistles: phone phreaking

the only bass ukulele ive ever played produced a much richer and deeper tone with its fat spaghetti nylon strings than any actual bass i've ever played, essentially sounded like a stringed sub to me in terms of tone