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I think it rocks my bro thinks its stupid. He just wants me to show tricks so he can find how there done. Any good coin routine ideas that i can practice to show him?

The piano trick.

You'll find it in Scarne on Card Tricks and Mathematics, Magic and Myth by Gardner, amongst others.

Oops I forgot to put that I want a coin routine, sorry.

Get yourself a copy of Modern Coin Magic by J B Bobo.

Barry

magicofthemind wrote:Get yourself a copy of Modern Coin Magic by J B Bobo.

Barry

I would also recommend Revolutionary Coin Magic by Jay Sankey.

The piano trick does work with coins also, it just looks a bit odd - not as odd as doing it with pop tarts or potato waffles though.

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some people!

Have to agree with Lawrence... you've posted several threads on a similar nature and are getting pretty much the same advice in each. Maybe it's time to knuckle down and get some learning done?

i was going to say it straight away but thought rather than jump to such a conclusion i'd let him prove me right first.

I just got just want i needed from magicdiscoman, its just that i got bobos but i was having trouble acctually getting something out of it that i acctually needed. Not learning stuff that i would never use.

If you can't find anything in Bobo's that you can't use... Then I doubt you are referring to the same one that I'm thinking of...

Bobo's Modern Coin Magic is an excellent resource for anyone needing the sleights. Which is most magicians.

Ungimmicked coin magic is probably the most impromtu of all effects - you just a coin (or a few coins). Learning the sleights in Bobo's is extremely valuable for any magician who may be called upon to 'show us some magic' - as coin magic can be done any time.

Once you get some sleights down - you'll be messing with coins and creating mini routines of your own, simply from what you know.

Many routines and effects described in other magic books require the knowledge of certain sleights - and only through knowing them can you perform well.

Seriously. I very often sit on the bus and just play with a coin, making it 'jump' from one hand to the other, sometimes making it completely disappear. Perhaps once a week a random person asks me to show them some magic.

And I genuinely don't do the above for attention - but instead for practise. Because practise is what makes you good.

- WC.

If I was to have my say I would you to sit down one night and start at the beginning of Bobo then work your way through it slowly. Don't cut corners or rush.

I started RRTCM a few months ago and my confidence has grown a lot since then. There's no substitute for practice, it takes longer to learn but its worth the wait IMO.

If your really anxious to perform some tricks now, learn some self-workers to keep you ticking by while you learn proper tricks.

Jay Noblezada from penguinmagic.com recently released a new DVD called In the Beginning There Were Coins, I've yet to see the dvd (I'm broke!) but I've read some good reviews about it. It costs $29.95 on penguinmagic, here's the link:

http://www.penguinmagic.com/product.php?ID=1581

Might be worth a look...

...and if you want a quick and easy coin trick to impress, why not invest in a coin unique.

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