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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？
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Is there a generic word for a band/orchestra to "play" a song?
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.
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As [naruto mentioned](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/39759/11830),
"演奏する" sounds like a perfectly reasonable candidate, and is not too formal.

Another option is to use the "演" of "演奏"; "演じる". This is however perhaps most
commonly used in regards to theatrical pieces, such as opera and plays.
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楽器をなにか演奏しますか is what I found in jisho.
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