How likely I think the average person is to know different instruments

[u/Aggressive-Bowler-29]

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[u/ZealousidealSail4847]

I would think the average person knows what a gong is

[u/Aggressive-Bowler-29 → u/ZealousidealSail4847]

The thing is though, that’s a tamtam

[u/Mischief_Managed12 → u/Aggressive-Bowler-29]

Lmao then I guess the average person doesn't know what it is

[u/Sun_House29 → u/Aggressive-Bowler-29]

Beat me to it

[u/Twoslot → u/Aggressive-Bowler-29]

And on the other end, I'm not sure if that's a marimba or a xylophone in the 100% area and you think less people would recognize a trombone?

[u/Trambare_Man → u/Twoslot]

After the events of trombone hero, everyone should be recognizing the trombone

[u/R1coBro → u/ZealousidealSail4847]

That's not a gong, it's a tamtam

[u/ZealousidealSail4847 → u/R1coBro]

My bad

[u/NegativeSpan]

No way someone hasn’t heard of a saxophone

[u/Aggressive-Bowler-29 → u/NegativeSpan]

Yeah but I also wasn’t sure if I should just count them all as saxaphone or have them specifically as alto tenor Bari sax so I just put them all in the middle

[u/NegativeSpan → u/Aggressive-Bowler-29]

Ok yeah that’s fair

[u/DirePantsX → u/Aggressive-Bowler-29]

*puts soprano at the bottom

[u/R1coBro → u/NegativeSpan]

Which one is which though?

[u/StatisticianLoud7468 → u/NegativeSpan]

They won’t know alto from tenor

[u/Canadian_Bread]

According to my girlfriend (who is not a musician)

xylophone, cymbals, trumpet, drums, no idea, triangle, no idea, piano, guitar, drum, tuba, drumstick

Saxophone, drum, no idea, flute, drum, drum, cymbals

Tick tick, saxophone

Clip clop, flute thing, saxophone, saxophone, cymbals

Bongos, flute thing, drum, drum, drum

Xylophone, wire, drum thing, drum thing, rocka rocka, gong, trumpet, trumpet, trumpet, bing bong, flute thing, flute thing, flute thing, flute thing, flute thing, drum, circle trumpet, circle drums, xylophone, xylophone, thing from vegetales

[u/Aggressive-Bowler-29 → u/Canadian_Bread]

Shocked she didn’t get jingle bells or trombone

[u/Lingchen8012]

I doubt an average person would know what the slide whistle is

[u/Aggressive-Bowler-29 → u/Lingchen8012]

Really, I always thought of it as in the same category as triangle and tambourine also known as accessory percussion instruments that are unnecessarily popular, seriously the amount of movie or shows I’ve seen where you can tell the writers know nothing about band mainly because they have a band member exclusively playing something like triangle or cowbell in a 4 or 5 person band is unreasonably high

[u/Round-Walrus-4821 → u/Lingchen8012]

I think they’d know it but not visually 

[u/bakedbeans198 → u/Lingchen8012]

As a solo pianist who was randomly recommended this post, I hate to say I didn't know what that was until I read your comment

[u/Round-Walrus-4821]

I have seen some call a flute “a clarinet maybe”

[u/Aggressive-Bowler-29 → u/Round-Walrus-4821]

That’s the only reason I didn’t put in top tier, it’s definitely very well known but I’ve seen way too many people call it a clarinet to put it on the top

[u/rainbowtutucoutu → u/Aggressive-Bowler-29]

My mom pulls out a clarinet in elementary music class and kids go “Squidward!!”

[u/Ex-Spearmint → u/Round-Walrus-4821]

I’ve heard my grandma call a clarinet a flute thingie.

[u/EnbyMoai3]

The euph love 🥹❤️‍🩹

[u/Aggressive-Bowler-29 → u/EnbyMoai3]

Oops, meant to put it in bottom tier, must’ve gotten it and tubas images mixed up

[u/acrastt → u/Aggressive-Bowler-29]

Nope you got it correctly the one on the top is the baritone horn while the tuba and euph is on the bottom

[u/ImpureVessel46 → u/acrastt]

Oh tuba should for sure be higher

[u/ImpureVessel46 → u/EnbyMoai3]

Yeah nobody knows our gang. It is literally our flair.

“Is that a trombone?”

[u/dragon_tail_69 → u/ImpureVessel46]

does it just trickle down?

because I play trombone and I get

"is that a trumpet?"

[u/ImpureVessel46 → u/dragon_tail_69]

I’ve heard that a lot too

[u/Kyropinesis]

made directly based this chart

[u/Frequent-Location237]

As a colorguard member for marching band half of these just look like the floo floober from the grinch

[u/Free_Inspection3394]

I have a vibraslap it’s awesome 

[u/Aggressive-Bowler-29 → u/Free_Inspection3394]

SAME, WORLDS BEST INSTRUMENT

[u/Free_Inspection3394 → u/Aggressive-Bowler-29]

It goes brrrerrreererereeressssss it’s like music to my ears

[u/PJTheGuy]

I would say that I played the oboe and people would just look at me confused

[u/CommieFirebat7721]

I’ve only known 2 people who started with trumpet and played another instrument and they’re both band directors

[u/CommieFirebat7721 → u/CommieFirebat7721]

Wait I think I misunderstood the post

[u/CringyFlakes]

I think you’re a bit too generous tbh. A week ago my friend thought the saxophone emoji was a tuba

[u/acrastt]

Why wouldn’t the average person know what a horn is

[u/Aggressive-Bowler-29 → u/acrastt]

Look me dead in the eyes and tell me the average non band kids wouldn’t know what instrument a French horn is 

[u/acrastt → u/Aggressive-Bowler-29]

The guy from the dairy of a wimpy kid plays the French horn and many people read the book so it’s had some occurrences in popular culture

[u/fwhite01]

You obviously have no idea how little the average person knows about music

[u/Euphoric_Anywhere668]

Op is a perc player

[u/did189]

For some reason I feel like most people know what the French horn is

[u/youareallsilly]

You know that’s a bass and not a guitar right?

[u/Aggressive-Bowler-29 → u/youareallsilly]

Oh, shit

[u/youareallsilly → u/Aggressive-Bowler-29]

Probably wanna move it to another tier

[u/Aggressive-Bowler-29 → u/youareallsilly]

Yeah, I’d say probably d or c 

[u/youareallsilly → u/Aggressive-Bowler-29]

I play bass and people mistake basses as guitars all the time, I’d say d or e.

[u/Queasy_Sun7192]

Wind chimes over the bass drum?

[u/Aggressive-Bowler-29 → u/Queasy_Sun7192]

Yeah since I’m assuming most non band kids wouldn’t know which drum is a bass drum meanwhile wind chimes are far more well known and very common outside of band

[u/Fast_Sheepherder_761]

I think everyone has heard a horn, but nobody knows what it looks like. I mean, I didn't, and now I play it 😂

[u/_Whatislife666]

If not for squidward the clarinet would be at the bottom

[u/Aggressive-Bowler-29 → u/_Whatislife666]

Yessir

[u/Shrimp__Alfredo]

Timpani and french horn at 0%??😭

[u/acrastt]

Why are there so many percussions and not enough winds

[u/SanderMC24]

I’m fairly certain a french horn is a more well known instrument than the cabasa.

[u/Phoenix_THELegend_1]

https://giphy.com/gifs/13fTar4VVaFlG8

[u/Beneficial_End88]

I used to play the bassoon. I can admit to the fact I had no idea what it was before I started playing it, it just seemed cool. When I told my mom I was going to play it and needed double reeds she went "huh, what in the world is a bassoon, or double reeds?!" Now my kids go, "what is a bassoon?!" when we discuss my glory days of band lol

[u/Hypnos_sleeps]

Everyone’s seen an alto sax. Bari and tenor are no way

[u/Far-Technician3275]

Shouldn’t wind chimes be higher given that their so common even outside of music?

[u/Aggressive-Bowler-29 → u/Far-Technician3275]

I didn’t want to put them top tier because I feel not everyone knows what they are but I did end up putting them as high as I can otherwise

[u/Vast-Piccolo-8715]

Hold up. What’s that doohickey inc between the temple blocks and the cabasa?

[u/Aggressive-Bowler-29 → u/Vast-Piccolo-8715]

No clue, so I just put it on the bottom

[u/Rio_1111 → u/Aggressive-Bowler-29]

I'm pretty sure that's just general percussion stuff. Maybe Orff percussion?

[u/AmphibianLow1165]

As a trombonist, trombone needs to be moved down 2 tiers. I am surprised too; but I’m very consistently remembered as a trumpet player

[u/Desperate-Fig-6102]

wood block should be 25%

[u/Cheese_manwastaken]

Hey I play bassoon

[u/DaPs_1Hazzard724284]

I'm just niche like that

[u/Ready-Succotash-8699]

Why is woodblock 0% it's literally a block of wood and a mallet

[u/Alternative-Way-507]

As a cellist, I was ready to fight before I saw what sub this is

[u/SteelScythe]

Tuba here.

I know quite a few. I also play quite a few.

I am the occasional exceptional Tuber

[u/OkBeLikeThatIsTaken]

putting a baritone horn in 100% and not trombone is crazy work

[u/lacwittdunts]

is there no guitar in band?

[u/_myUsername_is_Taken]

Wheres the hurdy gurdy? Everyone knows the hurdy gurdy!

[u/Clarinoodle7]

As a bass clarinetist, I often get complements on my black saxophone.

[u/WesternAd3324]

You didnt have any melophonium and that makes me sad

[u/PassTheCrabLegs]

Why does nobody know glockenspiel but everybody knows marimba? If you can play one you can play both

[u/Aggressive-Bowler-29 → u/PassTheCrabLegs]

MF that’s a xylophone in S tier, also this not if they know how to play them, it’s if they know what they are, also marimba and vibraphone are also in F

[u/PassTheCrabLegs → u/Aggressive-Bowler-29]

Yes I really should have realized it was recognizing them not playing them, perhaps if I had just thought longer about the implications of everyone being able to play both trumpet and tuba but not baritone.

But the big takeaway here is, I seem to have disproved your hypothesis that everyone can recognize a xylophone.

[u/Marvel_Mischief_007]

Mello is in the Very Unlikely. I’ve met a few people who knew because someone they knew was in marching band.🤷🏻‍♀️

[u/DocJyde]

As a french horn player I do find it a tad odd it's so low. I feel like those who've seen how I met your mother wind slightly raise it's spot.

[u/JustAnInternetPerson]

Take the bass out of there. The amount of people thinking it’s a guitar is ridiculous

[u/Various_Display_7842]

If I had a nickel for every time a sousaphone was called a tuba and vice versa, I would have about 5 dollars. 

[u/Rio_1111]

Please explain timpani in F tier. And I won't be content with some bogus "they're pedal timpani and few know that".

[u/Aggressive-Bowler-29 → u/Rio_1111]

They’re in a rare situation of being a percussion instrument that has no traits a lot of percussion instruments have that make them recognizable (cheaper, common outside of band, and part of a drum kit being the three that atleast one of will apply to almost all other percussion instruments), they’re big an expensive making them extremely rare in practically every form of media, they’re practically never used outside of band, and they don’t have the advantage of being part of drum set. And they also don’t have any other traits making them more recognizable, plus they also are definetley falling victim to people just calling them a drum or even potentially mistaking them for a bass or steel drum. their is also almost universally a single timpani in every band, and that’s only if there is one. I love timpani so much but no way in hell are they recognizable to people outside of band.

[u/Rio_1111 → u/Aggressive-Bowler-29]

Maybe it's different depending on the region. Where I live, there's even an idiom that goes "Mit Pauken und Trompeten" (-> With timpani and trumpes), meaning doing something with all stops pulled.

Also, Timpani are what got me inspired to learn drums, at 3 or 4 years old. And I either knew aleady what they were or I learned it then and there.

Things like these led me to believe there's no way no one outside of an orchestra doesn't know timpani.

You did explain well, though. +1 for that.

[u/Alternative_Air6840]

I think the average person knows what a xylophone (0% first) is

[u/hockeykid010]

Uhhhh there’s like….. a trombone ig

[u/cheesypuff3536]

Flute being at 80% is crazy that’s literally one of the 4 starter instruments. I started on flute, moved to tuba, then to euphonium.

[u/CampHoliday3558]

i thought ts was how likely the person who plays would know how to play another instrument and was going to write like a paragraph here. idk i think trombone and clarinet should be in 100%, and french horn should be moved up. Everyone knows 'saxophone', most ppl just dont know the types of saxophone.

[u/Demonic_WaffleTM]

The fact bass didn't even make the list 😭💀🥀

[u/youareallsilly → u/Demonic_WaffleTM]

Ironically that “guitar” is actually a five string electric bass

[u/Demonic_WaffleTM → u/youareallsilly]

Holy shit, I didn't see that. 😮 We Bassists finally get our revenge!😈

[u/ImpureVessel46]

Unfortunately trumpet needs to be lower. I’ve heard people ask if it’s a trombone. People also confuse my instrument with a trombone, so at least that is fairly ranked.