Wooden spoons are a percussion musical instrument in Slavic culture. The game kit consists of 3 to 5 spoons of ladles, one of which is large. A large spoon is clamped by the handle in the bootleg, the rest is held between the fingers of one or both hands [1] . Sound is extracted by striking the convex sides of the scoops. The sound timbre depends on the method of sound extraction. In Belarus, the game traditionally uses only two spoons [2] .
| Cooking spoons | |
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 Cooking on Spoons | |
| Classification | Percussion Instrument , Idiophone |
| Related tools | bones , castanets , clave |
Usually one artist uses three spoons, two of which are laid between the fingers of the left hand, and the third is taken in the right. Blows are made by the third spoon on two spoons in the left hand. Typically, for convenience, strikes are made on the arm or knee. Sometimes bells are hung on spoons. The first mention of spoons in 1259.
In addition, spoons are widely used in American folk music and minstrel shows . Duncan Campbell of UB40 is a professional musician-lover in the UK. British art rock band Caravan uses electric spoons (spoons equipped with an electric sound amplification device), played by Jeff Richardson, in their performances.
See also
- Castanets
- Bones
- Clave
Notes
- ↑ Musical Encyclopedia, 1976 .
- ↑ Ethnographic Belarus: Encycl. (Belarus. Sav. Entsykl .; E91 Redcal: I.P. Shamyakin (gal. Red.) І інш. - Мn .: BelSE, 1989. - 575 p.: Il. ISBN 5-85700-014-9
Literature
- Vasiliev Yu.A., Shirokov A.S. Spoons // Stories about Russian folk instruments. - 2nd ed. - M .: Soviet composer, 1986. - S. 13-14. - 88 p.
- Budankov O.A., Vakhutinsky M.B., Petrov V.K. Spoons // Practical course of playing the Russian folk wind and percussion instruments. - M .: Music, 1991 .-- S. 78-83. - 189 p.
- Rytov D.A. Russian spoon. Musical and game encyclopedia. Teaching aid. - SPb. : Composer, 2011 .-- 224 p.
- Spoons // Musical Encyclopedia. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1976. - T. 3. - S. 315. - 1104 p.