How To Play The Spoons!

Get started playing musical spoons with some top tips from Tim Walker, to whom I am giving the title 'Master Musical Spooner.'
You don't need any special equipment, just grab some of your sturdiest cutlery and get spooning!
Tim plays as part of Banter, a band with it's roots in traditional English music, but who love to push the boundaries... Banter have performed at festivals including Glastonbury, Cambridge Folk Festival and Costa del Folk. They are regularly played on BBC Radio 2. Find their website here: www.banter.band
Banter's channel: @BanterBand
'Tim Walker's Folk'- brings you the best folk music from Lincolnshire and beyond, every week. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09c...
Find me on Instagram: @claythorpemusic
Thanks for watching and happy spooning..!

[@foxxyannaboxxy376]

Johnny & June Cash have an old song about Jackson and getting married in a fever . It is a fun tune & perfect for spoons. Good video!❤

[@joehowden7885]

Very entertaining,well spooned Tim, Rupert and Lauren.

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

Thank you. Rupert picked it up faster than me...

[@Jim-iw1yd]

Fine little and underrated percusive instrument. Thanks Tim for the lesson and Lauren for putting this together. I'm off to the kitchen ! :-)

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

The spoons are definitely underrated and mis-understood, i think! Great percussive capabilities, and a fun way to spend a rainy afternoon, ha!

[@vesuvius2444]

The picture of your sleeping dog holding spoons amused me

[@hugodurand2663]

Really nice video ! The first video of you featuring an actual musician ! I love how you evolve, best regard for the next

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Fun one to make :)

[@FrankDudgeon]

Great stuff! Thanks for the link to the radio show - I see a lot of my faves featured. Very engaging video.

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

Thank you- we enjoyed making the video. Tim is a great radio presenter to listen to, and he really knows his music. It's a very good listen :)

[@billyjohnson4092]

The spoon playing is great, I'm a jews harper and bonesman here in the U.S.A.

[@sentimentaloldme]

Tip: Roll electrical tape around each of the spoons to prevent them from slipping between your fingers. Adds a whole new meaning to "he wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth"..☺ You can also do many variations within the rhythm of the reel, the jig and the hornpipe. Be careful if you try to play the spoons in Ireland...kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWKUe3ePmL-LapY

[@quietmind30]

Niche

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

That's what I'm here for! :)

[@HomoAesteticus]

@@ClaythorpeMusic Keep it up!

[@argi0774]

What about trying a melodica?

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

That would probably be great fun and wildly outside of my capabilities! Daresay I'll get round to it one day, though...

[@ArsLonga1967]

Did you say "English Folk Music" or "English Fork Music"..... Sorry, Dad Joke... Great post.

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

Always here for a dad joke or two :D

[@luckybarrel7829]

This was very interesting. I was impressed. I bet he annoyed his mom growing up playing with spoons. Also, lovely dog, piano, maranta and calathea. I kill those bishes all the time and have given up on ever growing them.

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

He's a crazy talented man! He plays a good few instruments. How my houseplants are still alive is beyond me- but somehow they keep on going despite my neglect, ha!

[@luckybarrel7829]

@@ClaythorpeMusic They probably need neglect to do well...

[@billyjohnson4092]

That's a pretty girl.

[@03Venture]

🤔 Makes me wonder… Why in the world would I be interested in “playing the spoons”? 😩

[@ClaythorpeMusic]

You can select key on the app, but that's as far as it goes. In hindsight, I shouldn't have used my tenor for this vid- i'd only just got it and was eager to play it... but in this video it wasn't broken in, and I hadn't got on top of the breath control for it! (I think you can see me running out of puff by the end of the tune!) Hopefully I manage not to be so flat these days, ha!