*"Instruments already talk. They tell so many things during any performance. If they did talk like us, imagine what they could say. The prospect feels me wonder and terror at the same time."*

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Instruments are a weird thing. Wood living after a tree has been cut. Maybe it was made into furniture or a house. Then, after years, timber was reshaped into a tool. A tool which purpose is to translate into sounds emotions.

That's the weird thing about instruments. As a musician, once you have heard s lot of them played, you can spot the differences between the same instruments and some of other family. However, imagine something like this little box with strings, or that drum, a piano or else could actually talk.

For starters, it would be hilarious. I image instruments as cranky old people. Why? Simple. Wood had to spend years drying in order to be suitable for this. A lot of other materials used in luthierie follow the same pattern. So, the first thing that comes to mind is an instrument at a music school complaining about being played too hard. And most likely, they would complain at how much we suck when we start learning to play. 🤣

They could do stand alone shows. A stand-up comedy about instruments complaining about the stereotypes of musicians. Maybe these ones are annoyed of all the smoke from weed and else. Others about their drunken owners. Pawnshop instruments complaining about being too much time in a shelf. Luthier-made instruments feeling themselves fancy and factory instruments talking about the former. So many things that could be hilarious!

I also imagine the love they would be able to express. Imagine an old guitar telling the story about their first owner. How many road trips, adventures, and gigs, love stories, tears and else. Imagine this being told through generations as the lifespan of a well-made instruments goes far beyond human expectancy.

They could also share some knowledge of thing we aren't aware about vibrations and else. Bet you they would tell you the stories about that time they had a repair that didn't work. And also about the first time they talked just fresh about of the workshop or factory.

I imagine their voices would be similar to their timber. For strings instruments, that would mean having bright voices if their tops are made of Spruce and deep rich voices if Red Cedar is on display. And also, luthier-made instruments growing nostalgic and asking to call their parents to cure their homesickness.

It sounds lovely. 

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Now imagine if they could only talk in the sound they actually made. Don't know about you but that would be terrifying. Imagine going back home and listening to some ominous cello or violin sounds coming from your bedroom. Drums playing during siesta time. What about metals? Those things wouldn't be able to talk in any other volume than high or higher. 

I think this could make the job of musicians pretty difficult. Because instruments could complain about being touched too much among so many other things.

Fortunately, this isn't the case. But the pros and cons would be hilarious and nightmare fuel altogether.

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This has been my entry. Do you think instrument would do other things if they could talk? Do you think it could be a good or bad thing? Let me know in the comments and as always, have a great weekend!