When I was playing a while back, a guy told me that there was a folk instrument like bones in Switzerland, where he was from, called "chlefeli." I had him...
Jeff, I'm very excited that you found these sites, too! I've been corresponding with several Chlefeli and Klepperle players (Klepperle is the same traditional...
Well, actually, now that I'm looking a little more closely, I see that the www.klepperle.de site and and the www.klepperle-narro.de site are *both* in the town...
The sad thing is, that while I meant this announcement to be useful to all of us, I neglected to actually include the dates for the Bones Fest!! And nobody...
Vash recently put some nice pictures of his bones (and spoons) on the photos page of the mailing list site. And never said a word! To see these, go to...
Sorry John I didn;t mean to be sneaky, just wasn;t sure that everyone'd be interested in my pics :) As to gigs and whatnot, sadly, The Bringers aren;t together...
Hey, as some of you know I'm also a member of the Bodhranii online community, and one of the things that they do is open their YAHOO! chatroom once a week for...
Hey Vash, I would defer to Jon on this, but realize we are not nearly as active as the bodhran group. I'm certainly up for it, but not on a weekly basis, I...
Like many of you I'm sure, I sometimes have to endure people calling what I'm playing "spoons" when I'm actually playing bones. They can sound similar, and do...
Excellent spoon instruction site. Thanks for putting that together. Its inspiring. I think I'll give it a try, the spoons, and the web site stuff. Mike...
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Bones6300@...
Feb 24, 2004 5:57 pm
I can also play spoons but haven't for years - unless someone has some at a festival or somewhere we are performing. I love the website on spoons - look ...
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Bones6300@...
Feb 24, 2004 7:05 pm
There are also instruments called "catpaws" for sale in the Elderly Instruments catalog that are called wooden spoons. I have a pair of those & they are played...
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crackerbrl@...
Feb 24, 2004 7:48 pm
Your website is most interesting, but as with most things, everybody's got his/her own way of playing. I would caution on the use of words like "must" and ...
Thanks a lot for the feedback, guys! Now I'm motivated to go on and make it even better. Maybe a link to hear what each individual technique sounds like by...
... You mean these? http://www.elderly.com/new_instruments/items/CP1-WAL.htm I've tried them...they're fun, but I prefer having the bowls facing out so you can...
Spoons: This whole discussion of Spoons is pretty interesting (and would also be well received on the folk-percussion yahoo list, if any of you are also part...
... I posted a review there yesterday on a video by virtuoso player, Artis The Spoonman, who Pete Seeger calls the "best spoonplayer in the whole damn...
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crackerbrl@...
Feb 25, 2004 4:37 am
Greetings again - It seems that my attachment didn't go through, so it's printed below. Feel free to reproduce it, if you find it helpful. Best - Tom C. <A...
Hey Jon, At one of the sessions I used to attend, an old Celi drummer would take a couple of butter knives and play them on the top of the table like a snare...
Love the tech support for holding./playing spoons. I agree 100% with the advise. However, in my expereince with playing two "loose" or seperate spoons in this...
Steve's mention of knives made me think. Everyone's used silverware, right? It's time for everyone to pitch in: What are the strangest/funniest things that...
I've played a pair of clavicals, plastic forks at a picnic, stainless forks (they have a nice ring to them that knives don't), spoons, dowel rods and air bones...
... The strangest/funniest thing I successfully played as bones is an old dried-out pumpkin stem. I only have one pumpkin stem. So I play it in combination ...
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crackerbrl@...
Feb 25, 2004 11:42 pm
In a message dated 02/25/2004 5:53:10 PM, rhythmboard4u@... writes: << However, in my expereince with playing two "loose" or seperate spoons in this...
Jon, at bones fest IV Steve Wixon had a great big basket of shells, all the same type, oyster I think. We could each go through it and pick out our own pair...
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crackerbrl@...
Feb 26, 2004 12:46 am
In a message dated 02/25/2004 7:10:50 PM, mikepasserotti@... writes: << What are the strangest/funniest things that you've ever (successfully?) played...
Forks, Butter Knives, Pie Servers, Metal and Plastic Spatulas, Marks-A-Lot Permanant Markers, Bodhran Tippers... I've tried it with damn near everything that I...
