Dumb question for any music fan

[Mikey]

Ok, now get ready for a really dumb question

I always wondered what musical instrument made this sound ... 00:14 --- 00:18

It usually appears after he sings the main title throughout the song.

Is it a keyboard or somekind of a blow instrument ?

Thanks

m

[Werewolf]

A Melodica?

[Blue Meanie]

See Kenny G. I think it's the same that he plays on ALL of his albums. Great song BTW.

[EmergencyIan]

I can't find any specifics on the internet as to what specific instruments were played on this song. it sounds like a wind instrument to me, but I really don't know.

- Ian

[enyawd72]

It's a bass oboe. No doubt whatsoever.

[emeraldknight47]

Great song and, yeah, I'd say it's a wind instrument of some sort. If you could find the credits for the album that song is on, it might verify what instrument it is...

Hmmm. Googled it and it doesn't list any credits for any type of wind instrument, but it was likely something being played by one of the nameless studio musicians that worked in those days.

[Brazoo]

It's a bass oboe. No doubt whatsoever.

Yeah, oboe was my first thought. That penetrating vibrating sound, right?

I'm no expert though. enyawd probably knows best. Maybe it could be a different wood instrument, like a sax with a higher pitch and a mute on it or something - which I think would probably be closer to what Kenny G plays, from what I've heard (as Blue Meanie suggested).

[enyawd72]

^I only know because my sister was in band for six years. She played soprano sax and her BFF played bass oboe. They used to practice together constantly and drove us all nuts. It sounded like a goose having violent sex with another goose.

[Brazoo]

^I only know because my sister was in band for six years. She played soprano sax and her BFF played bass oboe. They used to practice together constantly and drove us all nuts. It sounded like a goose having violent sex with another goose.

[Mikey]

Thanks guys !!!

All these years I thought it was a keyboard

Oboe, hmmm

gunna have to look it up --- heard of them but don't think I've seen one

[J.B.]

"Cowbell."