well we have to write a 3 minute piece for 3 instruments as an end of the year project. In my effort to get more organized I'm trying to plan things out now so it wont be a huge rush then.
i want to do something very melodic and relaxing but I'm not really sure what instruments i should use. I'm thinking of using a violin and a piano but as for the third instrument ???

**if it makes a difference: we will be using keyboards with tons and tons of settings that can be set to sound like any instrument in the world**

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Paddle faster! I hear banjo music!

I would either go for a tenor saxophone or a bass guitar. a lower, more mellow tone always helps in an ensemble such as that.

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Get a Duncan Hot Rails and wire it to the middle position. Now isntead of screwing it to the pickguard in the middle, put it in the bridge slot and the bridge pickup in the middle.

cool...I haven't worked much with a sax but I'll defiantly give it a try tomorrow.

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Paddle faster! I hear banjo music!

I would use a Clasical Guitar.

+1, or three classical guitars as four or five would be a typical string ensemble and you could check out some string ensemble stuff for ideas.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

How about a Chello? Bowed like the Violin or plucked like a Bass it lends itself to the other instruments as a support as well as a lead voice.

Good luck,
John.E

saxes are pretty cool to work with, they're in kind of a weird key but so is everything else.

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Get a Duncan Hot Rails and wire it to the middle position. Now isntead of screwing it to the pickguard in the middle, put it in the bridge slot and the bridge pickup in the middle.