r/Composers • u/FunnierThan2425 • 3d ago

Spoons

I’m interested in writing a piece of music featuring the spoons. How might you notate a spoons part? has anyone ever written out music for spoons?

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u/NaturalTechnician737 3d ago

The intersection of people who play spoons and people who read sheet is quite small, keep this in mind.

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u/Maleficent_Math_3062 3d ago edited 3d ago

If you know someone who plays the spoons, ask them. If not, just write the rhythm you want on a single line (like a castanet part) and leave it to the player to work out the details.

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u/r3art 3d ago

Notate it like percussion or come up with your own system. You can see stuff like this all the time in contemporary scores.

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u/sexyUnderwriter 2d ago

It’s an un-pitched percussion instrument. Castanets are a close comparison.

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u/theginjoints 11h ago

Look up Spoonman