In 2013 Bob lent 2 of his instruments to the Australia Chamber Orchestra for a performance needing a stistrum!
Images of sistrums
images of sistrums
Basic "home paddock" Barcoo Dog
Barcoo dog in use
caroton
"Forky stick", Barcoo dog
Drawing buy Ron Edwards
Lagerphone rattle sticks. (photocopy, first page)
Lagerphone Rattle stick drawn by Bob (photocopy, second page)
Drawings by Bob, Mulga Wire 54, April 1986, Singabout insert, pp.S2-S3
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Hello, I wanted to thank you for this article. It was a wonderful discovering for me. I just wanted to do researches on the Internet about sistrums and I fell down here.
ReplyDeleteI’m a french ceramist, working now on sistrums for a ceramic residency in Greece until the half of november.
I have a question : do you know for what the barcoo dog is used ? Have you exemples about the use of this kind of sistrum ?
Thank you in advance for reading.
Kind regards,
Corenthin Thilloy
corenthinthilloy@gmail.com
Corenthin, thanks for your enquiry, my apologies for the delay in answering.
ReplyDeletefrom the Macquarie Dictionary of Australian English - A Barcoo Dog is a rattle made of tin lids strung on a loop of baling wire, used for rounding up sheep and named after the Barcoo Shire in Western Queensland, where it originated.
It was not often used in making music, but could be used when there were no other instruments. It has also been used to interest children in making music.
I'll look for more information & email you.