... quieter than ... "performance ... much any ... amazing ... Thanks. I did check out the website you mentioned, and their selection of bones is amazing. I...
What are some good practice materials for the bones, in terms of CDs and DVDs? Also, any music genres that are great with the bones? I've got two bluegrass...
The best music is the loud music so you can play loud. You pick what you like and make your performance personal. The more popular performances at bones fest...
... specific music so you can be ready for anything, then I recommend that you play with it all. Fast, slow, jazz, blues, bluegrass, dixieland, rock, soft...
3/3, 9/4, 10/7, 14/2, whatever you want. You can play to every beat. Most think only triplets work. Most Irish, Celtic is in 3 like waltzes. But, you can...
... It's a good point, but still a bit confusing. In Time Signature nomenclature, the top number tells the number of beats in a measure, the bottom number is...
You might get the idea that I have a limited understanding of key signatures, time signatures and such notation. Accurate. But I have fun. I recommend fun....
... Sorry about that. I guess I was humor impaired. But if you can have fun on rhythm, more power to ya! ... -- Doras Cúil Travel--Your one-stop travel source...
This has been a truly fascinating and enlightening discussion about bones and musical time signatures. Clearly worthy of its own topic thread. But can anyone...
... I can only speak from my own experience, and that's been entirely in Irish music. I've never played bones with any other genre. I find lively tunes easiest...
Hi Folks, I have been following the thread with interest, both for materials and possible injuries from playing or practice. In the early years I started with...
Hail to the Original Question. Sorry I didn't chime in earlier but ... Practice material Number One: play with live human beings. A fiddler, an old-time banjo...
Hi everyone Michael Thompson's message about time signature notation was perfectly clear, and I'm not writing to criticize it at all, or for that matter to say...
... Nice post Adam, much more detailed than I could have done. I was especially interested in your explanation of the separation between the nomenclature of...
I had a great time over at Murphy's Law in Sunnyvale, CA last Monday. They had a house band that opened up the mic to other musicians all through the night....
In the last Rhythm Bones Player newsletter, Steve Brown gave a summary of this board's history, and ask more Rhythm Bones Society members to join in. I had...
This is great news, Steve. I have been wishing for a searchable version of the "Rhythm Bones Player" for years. Scott Miller Saint Louis, Missouri .....
Greetings Fellow Bone Heads, The reason I am posting this crass commercial message is because after letting things slide for more than a year, I just deleted a...
I've just read Steve Brown's call to action and thought I'd join the discussion group tonight. 66 RBS members down from 116? Sounds a bit like the trade union...
I almost forgot about the anual washboard festival in Columbus Ohio: http://www.columbuswashboard.com/festival.htm I hope to make the trek there next year,...
Hey gang, long time no post. Reading this thread I was reminded that I haven't ever gotten around to actually JOINING the society (d'oh!). I keep trying to...
Hey there Vash, Thanks for thinking of us, you would be suprised how many folks who are out there haven't joined yet. In fact the fluctuating membership was a...
Hello Vash and Group, For what it is worth, I recently stumbled across a powerful yet low-cost membership solution for small clubs and groups like RBS. Among...
Anyone have experience on scrimshawing real bone? I did some plastic scrimshaw once and found it easy to ink versus real bone. The real bone fibers draw the...
Hi all, I have some simple wood bones and would love to learn to play. I have a vague sense of how to do it from following Scott Miller's suggestions to watch...
Hey Scott, I'm not in Boston, but with the Irish music scene there you should run into someone who plays. As to "getting it", keep practicing and literally...
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