ChaptersCover
Foreword
Chapter One
In the Beginning Chapter Two
Kinds of Spoons Chapter Three
Gripping the Spoons
and Body Position Chapter Four
Just Enough Music for
the Spoon Player Chapter Five
Hitting the Beat and
Adding the Off-Beat Chapter Six
Playing along
with the Music Chapter Seven
Playing the Different Parts Chapter Eight
Adding Variety
or Showing Off Chapter Nine
Ready For Live Music Chapter Ten
Off and Going
Where And When to Play Chapter Eleven
That's It
There isn't Anymore About the Author
| You, Too, Can Play The SpoonsForeword
If you can keep the beat by tapping the floor with your toes or by drumming on the table with your fingers, you, too, can play the spoons. This book is written for you and the future of spoon playing. Through the years I have taught many others what I know about spoon playing to carry out one of the many charges given to me by my grandmother. It hasbeen been suggested that I put the subject in writing in order to help preserve and further the art. This then is my effort to fulfill those requests. Best Wishes,
A. Claude Ferguson
Dedication In memory of my grandmother, Missouri Anne HARRIS Ferguson, who introduced me to spoon playing, and to my grandchildren, Nick and Vanessa, Jay and Barry,David and Alicia, who all now have their own spoons.
With thanks to Hugh and Ginny Jones, the members of the Appleseed Dulcimer String Band, Martha Ritter and Strings and Things, Stephen Dickey and the Lotus Dickey Paoli (Indiana) Hometown Reunion Players, the Panning Family, the Corydon (IN) Dulcimer Society and Mike Kelsey and Arbutus Cunningham of radio station WFHB for permitting me to take my spoon playing to new dimensions and to Adam Schwartz for the production of his audio documentary; The Spoons Teacher.
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