MonoMonday - Music......

........caused me a bit of a problem - I'm not terribly musical - listen to the radio all day but only Radio 4 and there is really hardly any on that except Desert Island Discs!

After some thought decided to post a picture of cutlery!!! - an apology for Musical Spoons!

The history of musical spoons goes back as far as does the history of the spoon. Cultures from Russia to Ireland to Native American cultures have a history of playing the spoons or spoon-shaped bones. Some people think the playing of the bones was part of a spiritual tradition that loosed the spirit of the animal, or channeled the animal's positive spiritual benefits.

In American folk music, often artists will simply employ a pair of table spoons, situate them back to back in one hand, against their leg or another body part, and play them with the other hand. Although table spoons are common, instrument makers also fashion a "pair" of spoons that are joined at the end. These can be wooden, metal, plastic, or made of other materials.Folk music has a long history of employing the musical spoons, along with other found objects and every day tools like the jug and washboard. The most famous spoon player these days is Artis the Spoonman , who was not only immortalized in a Soundgarden song, but has also been praised by everyone from Pete Seeger to Mickey Hart.

Typically, in Slavic and balalaika tradition, the performer will hold three or four spoons: two wooden spoons in one hand, and at least one spoon in the other, which is then hit against the two spoons to make a percussive sound. The tradition is also lively in Ireland, where musicians would play a pair of sheep rib bones similarly to how American folk musicians now play table spoons.

Not a bad day, weatherwise - sun and cloud and Temperature reading is 63 Deg F..

Hope you had a pleasant weekend.

A rather rude thought for the day:-

The broccoli says 'I look like a small tree', the mushroom says 'I look like an umbrella', the walnut says 'I look like a brain', and the banana says 'Can we please change the subject?' ......oh dear!