Between a trumpet and a saxophone, which has more capacity to appeal to the soul?

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This is from a Quora music question that I answered some years back. The answer is highly subjective, but I do believe that the saxophone is one of the closest musical instruments to the human voice. The voice is arguably (entirely dependent on the musicality and ability) the most appealing to the soul. The trumpet in the hands of a very skilled musician is highly appealing to the soul based on his own capacity to make the trumpet his voice and to be able to express emotion through the instrument. Having said that, it’s the same for the saxophone player, he’s only as good as his ability to express emotions with the saxophone. In my experience, having played with a lot of trumpet players, I think that most trumpet and saxophone players would agree that the saxophone is probably a little bit easier instrument to express emotion, because of the ease of being able to manipulate the sound i.e. bend notes and add colors that are similar to the human voice. So based on that fact, I would say that the saxophone is a little more appealing to the soul, but the caveat is that there are plenty of trumpet players who appeal to MY soul more than a lot of saxophone players because they have learned how to express their emotions through their instrument more effectively.

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