Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:28:28 -0400 From: Mary Horsley <mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] puppets as instruments And in Appalachia, they are called "Limberjacks". I have one........ On 6/6/08 3:41 AM, "Mathieu René" <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca> wrote: > Alan reminds me of traditionnal insturments we have here in Quebec, which, > if not invented here, possibly originates from somewhere in France. > > They are called "Gigueux" or "Bonhomme". > They are simple dummies carved in wood with very loose leg and arm joints > that rotate forward and backward. > They have a stick in the back. They come with a dancing board, which looks a > bit like a thinner cutting board. > > To play them, you just sit partially on the board, make it go up and down > with your hand, hold the dummy over the board with the feet hitting it, and > let the wild dance begin! > > These characters make a great raucous, and can and have been used as > percussion instruments with a band. > > Some historians say that the jigg dolls were invented to fill a need for > enlivening a party, when dances became forbidden by the Clergy. Here also, > the Church was all powerful for a while, and anything fun was considered a > perversion or at the very least a distraction from a pious life. > And once again, Puppets saved the Day! > > Here's one link that talks about them. > http://chrisbrady.itgo.com/jigdolls/jigdolls.htm > > Reading the info there, I see it's more widely propagated than I thought. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan Cook" <alangregorycook-AT-msn.com> > To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 3:20 AM > Subject: [Puptcrit] puppets as instruments > > >> There ARE precedents for actual sound-producing puppets AND for puppets >> which APPEAR to be making sounds (with help of a recoded track or live >> music backstage). >> >> Marionettes or rod puppets have incorporated vertically-positioned >> xylophones, "played" by the puppet's hands. Other puppets have beaten >> drums to produce sounds. Even tap dancing puppets have produced sounds. >> >> Abstract puppets of metal cone-shapes have produced sounds. >> >> But there always is room for variations. >> >> And kazoos hav helped provide the ILLUSION that a puppet produced the >> sound. >> >> Sometimes there really is nothing new under the sun. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >> Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit >> Archives: http://www.driftline.org >> > > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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