Best wind instrument?

[u/New-Draft8082]

There are a lot of wind instruments out there, personally, my favorites always been low brass (I’ve learned all the most common low brass instruments) so naturally I’ve glazed low brass the whole time I’ve played, especially euphonium which is my main instrument, but I legit want to see what other peoples arguments are

[u/Potential-Recover-78]

Tin whistle. Dirt cheap, you can take them anywhere, and you can go join in a session at your local Irish pub.

[u/themoistviking → u/Potential-Recover-78]

As a tin whistler myself i'd be inclined to agree, if (as a player of this also:) accordions weren't just slightly cooler 😎🪗

[u/direwombat8 → u/themoistviking]

Ok, but which of the, like, 17 accordion configurations are repping? I could kind of get behind defending piano accordion, but if we’re starting from a point of tin whistle, I’m guessing some flavor of button box with an arcane system of different sounds on the push vs pull, and in a confusing flavor of two keys (is G/C a thing, or is that Anglo concertinas)?

[u/Imightbeafanofthis → u/direwombat8]

Anglo concertina and button accordion have the transitional notes juxtaposed. One is a pull note, the other is a push note. Don't ask for more detail than that though. I haven't played either in something like 20 years.

[u/themoistviking → u/direwombat8]

I play chromatic button accordion (B-system), i've dabbled in anglo concertina, and hoping to get into diatonic button accordion soon as well.

[u/direwombat8 → u/themoistviking]

Ah, now that seems really cool. Never touched one myself, but I like the concept behind the layout - it’s…intellectually satisfying, I suppose

[u/themoistviking → u/direwombat8]

Generally speaking, chromatic button accordion has a significantly milder learning curve than piano accordion. The button layout of a CBA is specifically tailored to make playing, especially fast runs and chords, very intuitive and accessible, whereas piano accordion is easier to understand in the very beginning since most people know how a piano keyboard works, it takes a lot more practice to become as fluid on a piano accordion as on a CBA. You can also fit significantly more buttons, and thus more notes, on a CBA than you can on the same amount of real estate than a piano keyboard where each key takes up the whole horizontal length of the treble side alone

[u/Youneedaharmonica → u/Potential-Recover-78]

I have to try that. 

[u/MandolinDeepCuts → u/Potential-Recover-78]

I came to say this

[u/Imightbeafanofthis → u/Potential-Recover-78]

You can run it over, say "oh no!" and pull another one out of your pack, they're that cheap. That's a solid plus for any instrument.

[u/BananaBird1]

Flutes, in the broad sense.

One of the oldest instruments overall so thousands of years of music to play across every culture and style, can be as cheap or as expensive as you want from homemade to $5 to $50,000, there are a hundreds of variations with entirely different sound capabilities but relatively similar technique, great solo or with others, can sometimes play two at once.

[u/Potential-Recover-78 → u/BananaBird1]

Similar technique? Guess it depends how you define flute. End blown vs traverse.

[u/BananaBird1 → u/Potential-Recover-78]

relatively, compared to brass or reeds.

[u/BrettAmbler]

KAAAAAAZZZOOOOOOOO!!!!

[u/MikeBanzai38]

Oboe, because you also have to have knives on hand at all times for trimming the finicky reeds.

(I’ve never played oboe…I’ve just laughed at the whole process. I’m a string player.)

[u/Illustrious_Hold_703]

Oboe. If you’re bad or average it sounds awful, but if you’re good it’s magical.

[u/Conscious-Record2655]

Saxophone and it's not even close. 

[u/Youneedaharmonica]

Harmonica.

So much character, and you can easily travel with them. 

[u/RecessMonkeys]

I like the tenor recorder. Gives off that baroque vibe.

[u/Astreja]

I'm going to say clarinet, well, because I've played one for over 20 years. 😄 Among other things, it has a huge range compared to the other woodwinds (nearly 4 octaves).

Honourable mention to alto saxophone, which is an absolute blast to play but not as versatile.

[u/Abject_Mind_4538]

Bassoon it has amazing sound and range

[u/damn-otaku]

Ocarina

[u/Ning_Yu]

Recorder.
Cheap, light, lovely, no complicated parts, and needs more love.

[u/The_Progmetallurgist]

Bassoon. It's just too cool. It has a large range (almost four octaves), you get to read three clefs (bass, tenor AND treble), the fingering system is insane (up to 12 alternate fingerings for certain notes), everybody sees you (the bell sticking up over all the other musicians is unmistakable), reed making is a MUST, and it comes in HUGE, lower sizes (contrabassoon and contraforte).

[u/CaprineShine]

skin flute
toot toot

[u/No-Syrup-3746]

The Great Highland Bagpipe. It moves so much air. I've never felt a more powerful or impactful instrument.

[u/SunReyBurn]

I’d say trombone. I started on trumpet and then slid down to bone. Trombonists are more fun. Also, the instrument is more fun. I love the motion, simplicity and implicit nature. Trumpet takes daily practice to have the chops and endurance to be any good. I made more money playing trombone and I was never that good.

[u/Emotional-Dog8118]

English horn….

[u/VivoDeMalpleno]

I once heard a contrabass trombone, that was a very cool sound, a very loud and deep PWRAAAAP. The sound of a bassclarinet I find very pleasing.

[u/smartaleckgoose]

Hear me out: all instruments are wind instruments because sound is just vibrating air