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The Spoons
From: Program 16 of Old Music for New Ears
Length: 00:01:18
Description:
Folk singer Malcolm Dalglish shows how to play the spoons and explains downbeat in this excerpt from Program 16 of the KET series Old Music for New Ears. The series brings top folk and traditional musicians into the studio to perform for a young student audience. Designed to introduce the pure and simple forms of traditional music to today’s generation, the series includes 22 15-minute programs featuring a wide variety of traditional instruments and musical styles.
Suggested uses:
- to explain downbeat
- to compare/contrast to another form of rhythmic accompaniment, the body percussion on “Hambone” and/or “So Go Rabbit”
- as a demonstration/inspiration for students to try their own spoon playing, make music on “found” instruments, and/or create rhyming verses
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