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Instruments Prompts

Led by the sound of a single instrument — the best guitar solo, filthiest bassline, a song carried by piano.

205 Instruments aux battle prompts to pick from. Use them for a song battle with friends, an aux war, or your next round in Aux Battles.

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Best Guitar Riff

02

Best Bassline

03

Best Drum Fill

04

Best Saxophone Solo

05

Best Violin Feature

06

Best Piano Ballad

07

Best Trumpet Moment

08

Best Use of a Harmonica

09

Best Banjo Track

10

Best Cello Feature

11

Song That's Basically Just Bass

12

Best Use of Strings (Orchestral)

13

Best Flute Moment

14

Best Use of a Sitar

15

Best Use of Bagpipes

16

Best Acoustic Guitar Fingerpicking

17

Best Use of a Synthesizer Lead

18

Best Use of Handclaps as Percussion

19

Best Use of a Choir

20

Best Use of a Vocoder

21

Best Use of a Brass Section

22

Best Use of a Turntable Scratch

23

Best Use of a Talk Box

24

Best Use of Bells or Chimes

25

Best Use of a Drum Machine

26

Best Use of an Organ

27

Best Use of a Kalimba

28

Best Use of a Handpan or Steel Drum

29

Best Use of Congas or Bongos

30

Best Use of a Whistle Hook

31

Best Use of a Slide Guitar

32

Best Use of a Ukulele

33

Best Use of an Accordion

34

Best Use of Finger Snaps

35

Best Use of a String Quartet

36

Best Use of a Xylophone

37

Best Use of an Electric Guitar Solo

38

Best Use of a Double Bass

39

Best Use of a Marching Band

40

Best Use of a Theremin

41

Best Use of Layered Vocals as an Instrument

42

Best Use of a Clarinet

43

Best Use of a French Horn

44

Best Use of a Tambourine

45

Best Use of Reversed Instruments

46

Best Use of a Vinyl Crackle

47

Best Use of a Distorted Guitar Tone

48

Best Use of Hand Percussion

49

Best Use of a Music Box Melody

50

Best Use of an 808

51

Best Use of a Fiddle

52

Best Use of a Didgeridoo

53

Best Use of an Autoharp

54

Best Use of a Steel Guitar (Country)

55

Best Use of a Cowbell

56

Best Use of a Gong

57

Best Use of Layered Guitars

58

Best Use of a Bass Drop

59

Best Use of a Vocal Sample as an Instrument

60

Song Where One Instrument Steals the Whole Show

61

Best Use of a Mandolin

62

Best Use of a Vocal Harmony Stack

63

Best Use of a Hi-Hat Pattern

64

Best Use of a Guitar Pedal Effect

65

Best Use of a Live Horn Section

66

Best Use of a Timpani

67

Best Use of a Snare Roll

68

Best Use of a Kick Drum

69

Best Use of a Rimshot

70

Best Use of a Cymbal Crash

71

Best Use of a Hand Drum

72

Best Use of a Djembe

73

Best Use of a Cajon

74

Best Use of a Taiko Drum

75

Best Use of a Steel Pan

76

Best Use of a Marimba

77

Best Use of a Vibraphone

78

Best Use of a Glockenspiel

79

Best Use of a Celesta

80

Best Use of a Harpsichord

81

Best Use of a Clavinet

82

Best Use of a Mellotron

83

Best Use of a Rhodes Piano

84

Best Use of a Wurlitzer

85

Best Use of a Moog Synth

86

Best Use of an Arpeggiator

87

Best Use of a Sidechain Compression Effect

88

Best Use of a Filter Sweep

89

Best Use of a Riser Effect

90

Best Use of a White Noise Sweep

91

Best Use of a Vinyl Scratch Effect

92

Best Use of a Sampler Chop

93

Best Use of a Loop Pedal

94

Best Use of a Beatbox

95

Best Use of a Human Voice as Percussion

96

Best Use of a Whistle

97

Best Use of a Kazoo

98

Best Use of a Harp

99

Best Use of a Lute

100

Best Use of an Oud

101

Best Use of a Sarod

102

Best Use of a Tabla

103

Best Use of a Santoor

104

Best Use of a Shamisen

105

Best Use of a Koto

106

Best Use of an Erhu

107

Best Use of a Pipa

108

Best Use of a Guzheng

109

Best Use of a Dizi Flute

110

Best Use of a Pan Flute

111

Best Use of a Recorder

112

Best Use of a Piccolo

113

Best Use of an Oboe

114

Best Use of a Bassoon

115

Best Use of a Contrabassoon

116

Best Use of a Euphonium

117

Best Use of a Tuba

118

Best Use of a Cornet

119

Best Use of a Flugelhorn

120

Best Use of a Trombone

121

Best Use of a Bass Trombone

122

Best Use of a Sousaphone

123

Best Use of a Bugle

124

Best Use of a Baritone Horn

125

Best Use of a Zither

126

Best Use of a Dobro

127

Best Use of a Resonator Guitar

128

Best Use of a 12-String Guitar

129

Best Use of a Baritone Guitar

130

Best Use of a Bass Ukulele

131

Best Use of a Charango

132

Best Use of a Cuatro

133

Best Use of a Requinto

134

Best Use of a Bouzouki

135

Best Use of a Balalaika

136

Best Use of a Hurdy-Gurdy

137

Best Use of a Concertina

138

Best Use of a Melodica

139

Best Use of a Pump Organ

140

Best Use of a Pipe Organ

141

Best Use of a Church Organ Swell

142

Best Use of a Vocoder Choir Effect

143

Best Use of a Vocal Chop Melody

144

Best Use of Beatboxed Percussion

145

Best Use of a Handbell Choir

146

Best Use of a Music Box

147

Best Use of a Wind Chime

148

Best Use of a Rainstick

149

Best Use of a Shaker

150

Best Use of a Guiro

151

Best Use of Claves

152

Best Use of a Cabasa

153

Best Use of a Triangle

154

Best Use of a Woodblock

155

Best Use of a Slit Drum

156

Best Use of a Frame Drum

157

Best Use of a Bodhran

158

Best Use of a Talking Drum

159

Best Use of a Log Drum

160

Best Use of a Conch Shell Horn

161

Best Use of an Alphorn

162

Best Use of a Jaw Harp

163

Best Use of a Musical Saw

164

Best Use of a Glass Harmonica

165

Best Use of Tuned Wine Glasses

166

Best Use of a Typewriter as an Instrument

167

Best Use of Body Percussion

168

Best Use of a Stomp-and-Clap Beat

169

Best Use of a Field Recording as an Instrument

170

Best Use of a Sample Pad

171

Best Use of a Drum Pad Fill

172

Best Use of a Modular Synth

173

Best Use of a Granular Synth Texture

174

Best Use of an FM Synth Bell Tone

175

Best Use of a Pitch-Shifted Vocal

176

Best Use of a Formant-Shifted Vocal

177

Best Use of a Robotic Vocal Effect

178

Best Use of a Megaphone Vocal Effect

179

Best Use of a Radio Filter Vocal Effect

180

Best Use of a Telephone Filter Effect

181

Best Use of a Reverse Cymbal Swell

182

Best Use of a Tape Stop Effect

183

Best Use of a Tape Warble

184

Best Use of a Vinyl Crackle Intro

185

Best Use of a Detuned Piano

186

Best Use of a Prepared Piano

187

Best Use of a Toy Piano

188

Best Use of a Music Box Outro

189

Best Use of a String Section Swell

190

Best Use of a Solo Cello Line

191

Best Use of a Viola

192

Best Use of a Double Bass Slap

193

Best Use of an Upright Bass

194

Best Use of a Fretless Bass

195

Best Use of a Bass Solo

196

Best Use of a Slap Bass Line

197

Best Use of a Chapman Stick

198

Best Use of a 7-String Guitar

199

Best Use of a Nylon String Guitar

200

Best Use of a Classical Guitar Passage

201

Best Use of a Flamenco Guitar Rasgueado

202

Best Use of Guitar Harmonics

203

Best Use of a Wah Pedal

204

Best Use of a Whammy Bar Dive

205

Best Use of a Guitar Feedback Squeal