The Question: What do I say to the chap in the airplane seat beside me?

Question: What is the least talented music instrument heard in church today?

Answer: “The tambourine. People think it’s worship, but too many of them are off beat, making noise only to be seen.”

Answer: “It depends on who is playing it. They can all be wonderful, but any can be horrible. My choice is drums. Some people that think they are sooooooooo good are only loud and stupid on the drums.”

Answer: “Hard to choose: all those untalented keyboards, banging bongos. Oh, to hear a little melody again.”

Answer: “Tambourine.”

Answer: “The triangle.”

Answer: “Accordion.”

Answer: “There isn’t a least... what kind of question is that? God doesn’t call the able, He calls the available!”

Answer: “I didn’t know that musical instruments actually had talent. This site is increasingly irrelevant as evidenced by the questions.”

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Answer: “Tambourine! Otherwise known as “worship killer.”

Answer: “Ummm... Musical instruments do not have the ability to be talented or not. Only the “musicians” who attempt to play them. Right?”

Answer: “What kind of a question is that?”

Answer: “Drums.”

Answer: “Drums! I can’t stand the tribal chants most drummers use. It’s distracting from the rest of the worship.”

Answer: “This question is poorly worded. If you mean, what musical instrument is currently being played most often by untalented people, then here is my answer: as a musician, I am aware that playing any instrument well, including voice, takes talent. Some people are still developing. I have not witnessed an overabundance of ‘underdevelopment’ in any specific instrument.”

Answer: The Tambourine…’nuff said.”

Answer: “The kazoo.”

Answer: “Assuming that you’re not personifying the instrument itself, which it appears from your question, I’d say vocals. So few are called—so many think they are called.”

Answer: “The drums.”

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