What is the most cheerful musical instrument?

[123everton]

I think the xylophone is the most cheerful musical instrument as it's impossible to play a sad tune on one (ask Patrick Moore if you don't believe me) instead of prozac manic depressives should be given xylophones and a "How to" DVD.

[cazzz1975]

I think a piccalo is quite cheerful

[Abdulmajid]

I think the acoustic guitar when played with happy chords.

Can't remember if they are major or minor ones. One is sad the other is quite happy.

[whiffey]

If by cheerful you mean trippy-trippy then the xylophone fits the bill. My own preference is for a variety of instruments at different times in the hands of a master. So Mozart can move your heart on the piano, Brahms can break it with a human voice, and Sibelius can fill it with a violin.

[123everton]

Ah but you can play a sad tune on a guitar, I dunno about the piccolo, can you imagine "The Last Post" on the xylophone? Or "Unchained Melody"?

[Abdulmajid]

That's what I mean. A sad song is played in minor and a happy song played in major (just googled)

Play "Thinking of You" by the Colourfield on youtube and you will see the happy power of the major chord, even though the song is about a relationship breakdown.

[ChuckFickens]

I've said on here before but the saddest song ever, in my opinion, played on a guitar is...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRsJlAJvOSM

[joggerjayne]

What's a "pink oboe" ??

[whiffey]

There are wonderful places in music when your brain thinks it knows what is coming next, for example a 7th will often resolve down to the dominant, but there are priceless places where those innate rules of human anticipation appear to be broken. Brahms Violin Concerto is a lovely example, oh I know what's coming next, and Brahms says oh no you don't, stick with me and I'll rip your heart out.

[ChuckFickens]

oh sorry, just realised you asked for cheerful

BRB with cheerful

[dustypuss]

flute

as often used by the moody blues

[mightyWBA]

Ukelele
1234
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kNFpOh2seqo

[Abdulmajid]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Er-8lG6wYdk

Just for interests sake, the above song has been voted by Rolling Stone magazine as the most depressing song EVER from a poll of over 12,000 people.

Cohen has only ever sang it once on stage after which a member of the audience slit his throat in front of 3500 concert goers. He has since refused to perform the song again.

Further out of interest, I think our resident goodsoulette likes it.

[joggerjayne]

Whiffey ... tell me more.

[bobtheturkey]

you should be used to depression :)

[joggerjayne]

Fiddles are quite cheerful.

And cazoos (not sure of spelling of those)

[madboutcats]

going off on a slight tangent i find the sound of a saxaphone very sexy.....thinking of the film the lost boys and the chap on the beach playing....(yum)

[123everton]

You can play a sad tune on a fiddle, the same goes for the gazoo(sic?), but the mightyWBA has made a wise observation with the ukelele

[Abdulmajid]

Tis true.

Love him or hate him, you can not help smile at George Formby. I think he played the ukelele anyway. If not a banjo.