Is there a generic word for a band/orchestra to "play" a song?


Since different instruments use different verbs for "play" (弾く、叩く、吹く、even 歌う),
is there one nice word to wrap them up? [奏]{かな}でる and its variants (演奏、合奏)
sound too formal to me. プレイする？

The scenario would be interviewing the members of the band, asking their
most/least favourite of their songs to play.

> <The "play" verb> の（が）好き[な、じゃない]曲は？




演奏していて楽しい曲 doesn't sound overly formal to me, but you can also say やっていて楽しい曲
or 弾【ひ】いていて楽しい曲. The generic word you can use with 楽器 is 弾く (i.e., 楽器を弾く). A
drummer won't complain if you ask this to multiple members in a band
simultaneously. When you want to include a vocalist, too, probably やる is the
only possible choice. 奏でる would sound needlessly poetic when an interviewer
asks something like this.




演奏していて楽しい曲 doesn't sound overly formal to me, but you can also say やっていて楽しい曲
or 弾【ひ】いていて楽しい曲. The generic word you can use with 楽器 is 弾く (i.e., 楽器を弾く). A
drummer won't complain if you ask this to multiple members in a band
simultaneously. When you want to include a vocalist, too, probably やる is the
only possible choice. 奏でる would sound needlessly poetic when an interviewer
asks something like this.

