Favorite NON-GUITAR Music?

[darkshade]

what kind of music do you like that has no guitar or guitar is not the focus. Im kind of looking for new types of music too so I'm really curious to see what everyone says.

my favorite non-guitar album right now is:

Mark Farina - "Mushroom Jazz vol. 5"

[glaurung]

Bjork and Chroma Key would probably be my picks.

[Ultimetalhead]

Music without guitar is a sin.

[Arch Benemy]

Right now my favourite non-guitar music is dubstep, and my favourite artist is Downlink. So many cool sounds! This track in particuar is all sorts of awesome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVlTm6k7oMk

[Rina]

Dubstep is pretty great. 

[lateralus88]

I guess classical. Or smooth jazz (you know, with horns and junk).

[Portrucci]

I listen to a lot of guitar-less music actually. Probably owing to my interest in ambient/electronic as well as classical, jazz and hiphop.

According to last.fm the most poignant of this is probably psychill/psytrance which I've been digging lately. Great artists like H.U.V.A Network, Solar Fields, Shpongle and Carbon Based Lifeforms to name a few.

[Rina]

I guess classical. Or smooth jazz (you know, with horns and junk).

Oh, definitely this. And ambient music is really nice.

Actually, most of Volk's music is what I'd like. 

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

As far as classical, I usually lean more towards baroque era - Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Canon in D, etc.

[King Postwhore]

Ben Folds 5

[skydivingninja]

Most of the music I listen to features guitars/bass guitars in some way, but I'm really digging all this Chiptune that Sonata has told me about.  With the exception of Anamanaguchi and SadNES there aren't any guitars.

[King Postwhore]

Check out this band, the Crash Kings.  I love the new disk.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OvqpNP7dTI

[Jamesman42]

Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, there are probably others that I can't think of.

Oh, and Christian rap.

[Gadough]

Wu Tang Clan.

[Orbert]

Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Triumvirat
U.K.'s second album, Danger Money

[darkshade]

Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, there are probably others that I can't think of.

Oh, and Christian rap.

  Squarepusher is awesome! i only have Hard Normal Daddy but it's sick

[SoundscapeMN]

The Velvet Teen - Elysium would qualify

[Lowdz]

No guitar = no likey.
Unless it's some Paganini. Does Jim Steinman count? The emphasis is more on piano.

[Zantera]

I don't really care much about what instruments the music has as long as it's good, the artists/bands i love the most that don't have any guitars or so:

Björk
Bass Communion
Aphex Twin

I could also mention Ulver and Pendulum, even though both have guitars and such normally, there are songs that don't have them.

[Marvellous G]

Classical and jazz fo sho.

[73109]

Do Billy Joel and Elton John count. Sure they have guitarists but many of there songs don't have them. And, they are both geniuses.

[SoundscapeMN]

Judgement Day

although most wouldn't believe it hearing songs like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8UKn-sSqg4

"String Metal"
"there were no guitars used on the recording of this album"

[LudwigVan]

Solo piano music.   That includes both classical and contemporary new-agey type stuff like Jim Brickman and David Lanz. 

[Orbert]

Brubeck

[Rina]

Solo piano music.   That includes both classical and contemporary new-agey type stuff like Jim Brickman and David Lanz. 

Definitely. I've noticed that even when it comes to movies and heck video games- Volk and I like the quiet piano in the background.

[sonatafanica]

Chroma Key

He does use a good bit of guitar, but for the most part it's in the background.

[darkshade]

Do Billy Joel and Elton John count. Sure they have guitarists but many of there songs don't have them.

sure

[glaurung]

Chroma Key

He does use a good bit of guitar, but for the most part it's in the background.

When I think of Chroma Key, one of the first things that comes to mind isn't the guitar, so I think it qualifies.

[BRGM]

Notes on a dream!

[Lowdz]

van canto- Acapella Metal. No guitars. just voices and drums. Strangely good!

[Jakartabassplayer]

Dubstep is pretty great. 

yes!!

but also Cool Jazz, Big Band and Classical

[Darkes7]

I'm mostly guitar-oriented, but one band I know that almost doesn't use it and is based almost entirely on piano and drums is The Dresden Dolls. It's... unusual, but I've grown to like it a lot.

[Orbert]

Solo piano music.   That includes both classical and contemporary new-agey type stuff like Jim Brickman and David Lanz. 

I like Jim Brickman's style and his music, including his choice of covers, but after a while he gets pretty samey to me.  David Lanz is a little better; he seems to break things up a bit more.  But both of those guys keep things a little too safe for me in terms of chord choices and that kind of thing.  If I feel like listening to New Age piano, I go with Liz Story or Suzanne Ciani.  They both get just a little more adventurous and interesting, not afraid to throw in some wacky chords now and then.

Then there's good old George Winston.  When he's hot, he can play circles around any of them.

Keith Jarrett goes even further, gets even crazier.  Of course, at that point, it's full-on Jazz, not New Age.  The Keith Jarrett Trio will blow your mind.  Check out any vids of The Keith Jarrett Trio, with Jack DeJohnette and Gary Peacock, and prepare to have your mind blown.

[Ravenheart]

Depeche Mode and Ulver are the only bands in my library that don't regularly utilize guitars, although they do on occasion.

I should branch out to find some more guitar-less music.

[LudwigVan]

Solo piano music.   That includes both classical and contemporary new-agey type stuff like Jim Brickman and David Lanz. 

I like Jim Brickman's style and his music, including his choice of covers, but after a while he gets pretty samey to me.  David Lanz is a little better; he seems to break things up a bit more.  But both of those guys keep things a little too safe for me in terms of chord choices and that kind of thing.  If I feel like listening to New Age piano, I go with Liz Story or Suzanne Ciani.  They both get just a little more adventurous and interesting, not afraid to throw in some wacky chords now and then.

Then there's good old George Winston.  When he's hot, he can play circles around any of them.

Keith Jarrett goes even further, gets even crazier.  Of course, at that point, it's full-on Jazz, not New Age.  The Keith Jarrett Trio will blow your mind.  Check out any vids of The Keith Jarrett Trio, with Jack DeJohnette and Gary Peacock, and prepare to have your mind blown.

I have several music books for New Age piano that include pieces from every single composer you mention.  I find myself playing the Brickman and Lanz stuff the most because it's the easiest to play... the chord choices, the key changes, the 'bass' parts, melodies and motifs are all relatively simple stuff.  Safe and simple, but pretty.  And yes, sometimes they repeat themselves.

Then I get to Story or Ciani and their stuff gets to be real meaty.  Trickier rhythms, denser harmonies...  more challenging, but more rewarding musically as well.

I've barely cracked the Keith Jarrett numbers.    So you couldn't be more spot on with your assessment.