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THOUGHT READER New user U.K 15 Posts |
Can anyone please point me in the right direction in the way of books or videos for me to learn how to do a coin roll?
Many Thanks iin advance. Harry |
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Ed Oschmann Inner circle Lake Worth FL 1011 Posts |
When in doubt always refer to Bobo. Page 202.
Ed |
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Magix Elite user 432 Posts |
Bobo's is good for the coin roll. (With lots of practice!)
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dlcarr50 New user 49 Posts |
The best way to master the coin roll is obviously practice. It seams that it is more of a feel and less technique. Keep practicing any you'll get it.
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Alex W. Loyal user 211 Posts |
On the Coin Purse site, there's a Real Video file teaching the coin roll. The address is: http://www.coinmagic.com
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Dynamike Eternal Order FullTimer 24148 Posts |
Try Jeff McBride's World Class Manipulation video tapes 1-3. He rolls 4 coins at a time on each hand.
Abracadabra, Dynamike |
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Curtis Kam V.I.P. same as you, plus 3 and enough to make 3498 Posts |
Just a little tip: Consider the size of the coin you're using. Although it can be done with just about any size coin, you should learn it with a coin that will fall in the right spaces. The relationship between the width of your fingers and the diameter of the coin can make a big difference.
Also, I advocate learning the sleight with the fingers held in, as in a loose fist. Eventually, you'll want to do it this way for a number of reasons, and keeping the fingers opened out can be a tough habit to break.
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KC Special user Utah 571 Posts |
I have a video clip of doing coin rolls with 1, 2, 3 and 4 coins at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cardist in the 'FILES' section. I believe I learned the coin roll from the "Now You See It, Now You Don't" book. As for 2, I just learned it on my own, it's not very hard to figure out.
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THOUGHT READER New user U.K 15 Posts |
Thank you all for your time, I wil look up the book and I'll check out the video clip.
Thanks Harry |
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TheNightBringer89 Special user 766 Posts |
4 coins at a time!?!??!?!?!
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harris Inner circle Harris Deutsch 8812 Posts |
IMHO two coins at the most looks more fluid with both hands. 3 or 4 though is impressive seems to slow down my Nearly Normal Routines.
Also learning how to do the roll with 1, 2, 3, or 4 C.P. can be useful. Again go to Bobo's ie the Midas touch. When I am teaching this in person I suggest thinking of gravity, lever, gravity lever. Good luck. This forum has many great thinkers in the coin area, as well as the top gimmick maker. Thanks to all of you who have helped this Nearly Normal Magician think outside the Okito Box. (LOL) My new and improved website is up and running at http://www.nearlynormalmagic.com You are all appreciated by, Harris Deutsch Laughologist and Nearly Normal Magician http://www.nearlynormalmagic.com
Harris Deutsch aka dr laugh
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KyleHarnish New user Southern California 51 Posts |
I do it 5 times a day with 5 rolls each but if I mess up I start over. Try to pm BenSchwatrzs
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MAGICTOM Veteran user Dallas, Tx 354 Posts |
I tried seeing how many times I can complete a coin roll without dropping it in one minute. This dramatically improved my skill,
when I started, I could only do it about 16 times.. I have hit 38 times now and Im still going! I think one of the best ways to start out is by doing it very slow and letting the coin come to a stop balanced on each finger as you work through it. This way you can concentrate on learning to accomplish each flip of the coin first which less frustrating than trying to learn the roll as a whole when starting out. Good luck Tom
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Glenn Godsey Special user 737 Posts |
There is more than one coin roll. The standard roll where the coin rolls down and ducks under back to the thumb is the least interesting to me because the rythm is not good. I prefer the Downs roll: the coin starts at the little finger, rolls to the thumb and around the index as the hand turns palm up and the coin continues rolling down the inside of the fingers to the pinkie where it is pushed up through and starts over. It can be done very smoothly and rapidly and gives a gret effect of the coin continually rolling around the fingers.
My other favorite is a Goshman roll where the coin rolls to the pinkie and then back to the thumb with no duck under. This can be done with a beautiful effect where the hand moves rythmically back and forth under the coin which does its rolling in a stationary spot in space. I have been doing these for about 35 years. |
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harris Inner circle Harris Deutsch 8812 Posts |
Of course after you learn it palm down try it with your hand palm up and do it on the inside of your hand.
This was first shown to me by Mr. Goshman back in 1976. As I recall he made the comment that it was evidence of a mispent youth. Harris
Harris Deutsch aka dr laugh
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Clayman Loyal user New Jersey 243 Posts |
Harris,
Are you saying in the above post, that with enough time and practice, one would be able to roll the coin back and forth, with the palm of the hand facing down? WOW, that would be impressing! magritte, In the reading of several of your post, I have the impression that you have really worked the trenches, and the hard Magical streets, in your long career in our art. I just want to say thanks for sharing with us some of the things that we could not have ever imagined. Please don't let any thing from the past that you have learned and mastered fade from memory. Please feel free to share some of your experiences with us. I for one would be totally attentive. Do you have a web page or any material out there from your 35 years or so, making miracles?
"A flash of silvery light ..and it was gone."
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harris Inner circle Harris Deutsch 8812 Posts |
Mike,
Although you (I) can roll a coin from the thumb side to the pinky and then from pinky to thumb with the palm down, I was writing about doing it with your palm up and hand held in a sleightly curved position.(The side under the knuckles) My hat is off to those that can describe their magic and flourishes in words. At a Nearly Normal Program I did last night a woman told me she saw Val Kilmer's version of the coin roll in one of his movies.(Whether it was a hand stand in I do not know) Anyone out there do any hand substitution doing magic for movies, tv or comerials??? Harris
Harris Deutsch aka dr laugh
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Clayman Loyal user New Jersey 243 Posts |
Harris,
I gotcha now. I misunderstood what I read but then reread it, and understood what you were saying. Thanks
"A flash of silvery light ..and it was gone."
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hkmagic Regular user Colombia 108 Posts |
You can searc "easier than u thing" but in almost any basic magic book u can find this flourish
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Glenn Godsey Special user 737 Posts |
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