| | |  | FOLK MUSIC | Home » » DVD-Folk Rhythms-Learn To Play Spoons,Bones,Washboard,Hambone and the Paper Bag | | | | | | | Description: | | Anyone can learn to play spoons, bones, washboard, hambone - even the paper bag! No music lessons, note reading, or expensive instruments are neccesary! | | | Features: | |
• Instructional DVD
• Artist: David Holt
• Level 1
• Learn various Folk Instuments
| | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| David Holt | | Director:
| Happy Traum | | Format:
| Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Homespun Tapes | | Run Time:
| 50 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| June 01, 2004 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 10 reviews |
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13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Great Introduction to Early American MusicJan 01, 2006
By fiber farmer
My children and I are studying early America and this DVD has been a wonderful addition to our understanding of early American music. Mr. Holt's teaching is descriptive, simple, clear and entertaining. He goes through a logical teaching progression both in the order of instruments taught, and in the way he teaches the techniques. My 9-year-old is playing the spoons after only a week of practice and my 11-year-old was playing the washboard in just a few hours.
We were introduced to David Holt through the "Live and Kickin'" storytelling CD just a few weeks ago and fell in love with his style and sense of humor. His personality on this DVD is just as comfortable and friendly as his storytelling style, and his sense of humor comes through nicely without being overbearing. He seemed as if he were a neighbor of friend. That was a great motivator to my children to continue with the instruments after the first viewing.
The supplies needed are inexpensive and easily found--most people have spoons, thimbles, paper bags, tin cups, etc. around the house. You are encouraged to improvise if you don't have something called for on the DVD. Anyone with musical aspirations, regardless of previous experience or exposure, can find a fine beginning here with little to no investment. We actually found the best price for a washboard on Amazon, and opted for that, rather than rummage through thrift stores and relatives' basements.
I can't recommend this DVD more highly. If you're interested in traditional American folk music, this DVD will help you learn by doing. You'll gain a great appreciation for our American musical history through playing these simple, improvised instruments. If you're interested in rhythm instruments and don't have a lot of money to spend in order to find out if you're any good, this DVD fills the bill.
11 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 David Holt - Folk RhythmsFeb 21, 2006
By Mr. Ian J. Aldridge
The DVD is short at only about 50mins and it covers a lot of topics: Spoons, Bones, Washboard, Hambone and Paper Bag. Therefore, it can only be regarded as introductory. However, it does it quite well and David presents the material in a easy-to-understand and affable manner.
I bought it because it was the only DVD (or book) that I could find on washboards and it served its purpose well.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Great way to introduce rhythmDec 09, 2010
By oddtime
I got this video for a bluegrass thing I'm starting, and it really fits what I need. I want to be able to introduce music to some people very green to music and as I was sampling it my kids started to join in with the techniques as they watched. This is really a great way to get involved with that hootenanny feel and not get overloaded. Thanks Homespun for producing such great stuff.
Folk Instruments and RhythmsFeb 20, 2012
By hamsterdance
Even if someone never intends to learn any of the techniques Mr. Holt teaches on this video it is worth owning simply because it is SO entertaining. My friends and I sat around and watched the entire video with delight as Mr. Holt gave detailed instructions, slow demonstrations and then performances of each folk instrument. Mr. Holt is a professional musician (his preferred instruments are an open-back banjo and harmonica), folk historian and storyteller. He has spent a good part of his life traveling all over the U.S. and the world interviewing, documenting and learning folk music traditions and stories from elderly people (one woman was 123 years old!) in an effort to preserve their music traditions and stories for posterity. The National Endowment for the Arts has sponsored many of his trips to foreign countries by sending him as a sort of cultural envoy to represent American folk music traditions to countries as diverse as Nepal, Thailand, South America and Africa. Many of the songs and tales he has collected over the past 20 years are now part of the permanent collection of the Library of Congress.
On this video he starts off teaching how to play the spoons including how to hold them properly, the best kind of spoon handles (for better grip), the rhythms, etc. My friends and I were surprised to see how really easy it is to play spoons and get various rhythms and sounds from them - especially with wooden spoons which definitely sound the best. Spoons are so easy I think everybody who wants to learn to play them will have no trouble at all learning. He gives a short performance of what good spoon playing will sound like when used as backup rhythm to the guitar (Happy Traum, the producer of this tape and folk guitarist joins him for a short performance).
He then moves on to teaching Hambone - using various drumming rhythmic patterns on your body that when pieced together are both a delight to listen to and watch or perform yourself. Everyone in my group REALLY liked this section of the video. It requires no money to start and the rhythms not only sound great but are entertaining to watch.
Next up is the washboard. This is the section when he mentions having learned from a 123 year old woman how they were played when she was a little girl. The washboard was the only instrument available for her community and a lot of different tapping rhythms were developed. Tapping, in fact turns out to be the predominant way to play a washboard - not the rubbing sound which I thought would be. Rubbing was only done for short accents and used sparingly.
After the washboard he moves on to playing bones. He admits it will take more time to learn how to play bones simply because the movements used are unfamiliar. The movement comes from the elbow - not at the wrist or fingers as I would have guessed. It may take several weeks to get the hang of playing them but the results are fantastic. He showed 2 main types of rhythms and then performed both single bone playing and double bone playing (bones in both hands).
The final section teaches how to play a paper bag. This was rather funny and he mentions he actually played a paper bag once on the old tv show Hee Haw.
I would definitely recommend this video to anyone. It's great to have simply to watch since it's so entertaining. Fortunately Mr. Holt also simplifies and breaks down every move and technique so it's even more fun to learn and play along. If you have any curiosity or interest in learning how to play these old folk instruments and rhythms you won't be disappointed with this video.
GreatJan 26, 2012
By Carlo
Great Dvd! I like it very much. I'm from Italy and it's really hard to find such an interesting teacher in Europe. With this Dvd everything is perfect! Congratulations :-)
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