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seandixie

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105 Posts
Posted: Jul 16, 2005 2:29pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of seandixie  

Hi, I was thinking about all the effects I can and do perform and I realised that they all have either double or triple lifts involved including the colour monte(of a sort)

Could anyone put together a short routine, say four/five tricks without using a double/triple lift?
Charlie Justice

Inner circle
Mount Dora, Florida
1039 Posts
Posted: Jul 16, 2005 2:37pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of Charlie Justice  

I'm rather certain that hundreds of us could, have, and do from time to time. Not just 4 or 5 but dozens and dozens of effects as well.
Jordini

Inner circle
San Francisco
2754 Posts
Posted: Jul 16, 2005 3:06pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of Jordini  

Dozens, try hundreds......

"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."
Oscar Wilde

"If you only knew the hours I spent just thinking about practicing"
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Dannydoyle

Eternal Order

10981 Posts
Posted: Jul 16, 2005 3:29pm    Dannydoyle is on-line  Reply with quote   View Profile of Dannydoyle  

Easily. As a matter of fact most of the tricks I use don't even utilise a double.

Card in the matchbook, card under tablecloth, card under glass, signed cards in the hands, card on the ceiling, card to wallet.

I guess the real point is that the double lift, while a great move, is no where near essential to great card magic.

Good Luck

Danny

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Charlie Justice

Inner circle
Mount Dora, Florida
1039 Posts
Posted: Jul 16, 2005 4:31pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of Charlie Justice  

Quote:

On 2005-07-16 15:06, Jordini wrote:

Dozens, try hundreds......



If you actually know 'hundreds' of card effects more power to you.
evolve629

Inner circle
A stack of
3833 Posts
Posted: Jul 16, 2005 6:53pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of evolve629  

If you own 30 dvds on card magic, then you would know about 300 magic tricks with different techniques. DL is such a basic technique that I'm sure it's a common move with cardicians. I have about 80 dvds, so I think I really do see hundreds of DL card effects incoperate into the effects.

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dragonchaos91

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225 Posts
Posted: Jul 16, 2005 8:12pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of dragonchaos91  

I don't see why you wouldnt want to use the double lift. Its so deceptive, but if you really do want a non dl routine, I would pick up Easy To Master Card Miracles by Michael Ammar. A great percentage of the effects taught on these dvds do not require the dl. Tricks like Untouched by Daryl and Your Signed Card by Bro. John Hamman.
Suave Dan

Special user
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
648 Posts
Posted: Jul 16, 2005 9:10pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of Suave Dan  

I could easily create a short routine of four tricks that don't use a double lift.

1. Biddle Trick
2. Card To Wallet
3. Color Changing Deck
4. My Ungimmicked Invisible Deck Trick

*takes a bow*
gandalf

Veteran user
UK
310 Posts
Posted: Jul 17, 2005 10:21am    Reply with quote   View Profile of gandalf  

My short routine would include:

- card to wallet
- I Should have done that myself (bill Malone)
- Queens out of control (packet trick)
- Out of this world
seandixie

Regular user

105 Posts
Posted: Jul 17, 2005 1:39pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of seandixie  

Ok, guess I didn't think hard enough! As I can't palm the 'card to' effects just don't register!
Elliott Hodges

Veteran user
England
302 Posts
Posted: Jul 17, 2005 4:08pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of Elliott Hodges  

My routine: errrr I dunno-some of my most powerful effects use double lifts.

Do as I do.

21 card trick

have you seen it yet?
mickey.w

Loyal user
HK
283 Posts
Posted: Jul 18, 2005 3:48pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of mickey.w  

OOTW?
-Lennart Green's "Rainman"
-Oil and water (3000 versions and counting)
-triumph
SO ON.
Chris Keppel

Special user
Kansas City MO
548 Posts
Posted: Jul 18, 2005 4:40pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of Chris Keppel  

If I bust out a crazy coin trick does that count

hhaha

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Jessiah

Inner circle
J E S S E S M A G I C
1039 Posts
Posted: Jul 18, 2005 8:24pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of Jessiah  

Check out mark masons flying low... it has some of that stuff!

http://www.jessesmagic.com
Fiddling-Steve

Loyal user
Danbury, Connecticut
212 Posts
Posted: Jul 19, 2005 3:10pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of Fiddling-Steve  

You can do entire ACR without a double lift. Just sitting here I remembered 10 sleights in an ACR that don't use DLs.

I think anything accomplished by a double lift can somehow be accomplished without one... that's my theory.

Stick to the classics,

Stephen
kruel

Regular user
Winnipeg, MB Canada
142 Posts
Posted: Jul 19, 2005 3:48pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of kruel  

A cleverly timed, and well executed, Top Change can replace a DL most of the time.

Regards,

Greg Hues
Jeff Corn

Inner circle
Las Vegas
1176 Posts
Posted: Jul 20, 2005 2:13am    Reply with quote   View Profile of Jeff Corn  

If you want good card magic without using a Double Lift at all, look at Eugene Burger's work. He came for a lecture a few months ago and mentioned that he never performs a Double Lift. It just doesn't look natural to him.

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Francis Cambridge

New user

61 Posts
Posted: Jul 20, 2005 2:56am    Reply with quote   View Profile of Francis Cambridge  

I love that one Dai Vernon did that fooled Houdini. Very pretty and amazing effect lol

Camby
Samuel

Special user
Norway
824 Posts
Posted: Jul 20, 2005 12:54pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of Samuel  

And, one could of course use a tripple lift

Samuel

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barnzee

New user
united kingdom
17 Posts
Posted: Jul 21, 2005 5:55am    Reply with quote   View Profile of barnzee  

The double lift is only one sleight out of a list of thousands .there are huge amounts of effects that can be obtained without it.even tricks that utilise it can be done without it- use a top change!

and as for the routine...
1.4 ace triumph
2.asher twist (with the 4 aces) to show them turning over one at a time.
3.david blaines ace shake.
so on and so forth...


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