Jim, LOVE the tip at 1:03 and 1:53-no other video instructor has mentioned it's important to let the top hand cradle and ensure the bottom hand rolls across the bottom hand as it pushes up. These are the kinds of things I wouldn't have known by watching/listening to performers; it's very useful info for a beginner. Thanks for explaining this relationship!
There are other "shekere" videos here on RUclips (just do a search). Luis Conte plays one for a workshop concert, and Jim Greiner (the instructor in this video) has his own postings also. :)
Thanks for the comment. For the record, I am not the fellow in the video, I just found this on some website and posted it here. Do a search for "Jim Greiner" here on RUclips and you'll come up with a lot more of him. :)
@sambasoldave - Not sure why the design on yours is different, but I have a few different shekeres (two artificial and one natural gourd) and they each have a different amount of "looseness" to the beaded net. The LP (like the one shown in the video) has the tightest net of all of them. By the way, I am not the man in the video, I just found it online and thought it might be useful.
Good suggestion! I found this one (Dsu2XLthcDI) here on RUclips. The poster mistakenly called it a "guiro", so it might have been hard to find. If you have other names of players to look for, please post them. Thanks!
Ma'Ye' taught us that Guiro is another word for the gourd, and also a musical group or music ceremony that 2 congas, an agogo bell or a hoe blade, and three sekeres. A guiro can also refer to a gourd instrument which is played by ratcheting or whisking. The cuban name for the shekere (the Yoruban) name is chekere guiro.
Thanks for the review. You're probably right, that there are more "traditional" techniques than those shown here, and I'd be surprised if Jim was trained by a native, but for beginners, this is probably a decent introduction. If you have a better suggestion for sources of training, please post a link (or the name of a video/trainer/etc.).
LP and I now have an LP Jim Greiner Pro Shekere (LP484), that I designed based on a gourd that I hand-picked in the field. Here is a short demo video in the LP booth at a music instrument trade show: do an internet search for "lpproducts/wnamm-show-day-1-jim-greiner-shekere/"
This is best video I have seen for basic shekere technique!! Thank you so much!
LOVED IT!! This is one of my fav percussion instruments. Thanks for posting!
Aloha!
Jim, LOVE the tip at 1:03 and 1:53-no other video instructor has mentioned it's important to let the top hand cradle and ensure the bottom hand rolls across the bottom hand as it pushes up. These are the kinds of things I wouldn't have known by watching/listening to performers; it's very useful info for a beginner. Thanks for explaining this relationship!
Very nice, Jim! I'm just getting started with shekere and find this very clear and skillfully presented!
This changed my life
Jim's a great instructor and an all around nice guy. I remember meeting him in Santa Cruz at Rhythm Fusion in 1992.
There are other "shekere" videos here on RUclips (just do a search). Luis Conte plays one for a workshop concert, and Jim Greiner (the instructor in this video) has his own postings also. :)
Man you are good. I'm inspired.
It is traditionally made out of a gourd -- search for "shekere" on ebay and you'll see mostly instruments made from a dried gourd.
I underestimated your shaking skills whitey. I'm impressed.
Thanks for the comment. For the record, I am not the fellow in the video, I just found this on some website and posted it here.
Do a search for "Jim Greiner" here on RUclips and you'll come up with a lot more of him. :)
@sambasoldave - Not sure why the design on yours is different, but I have a few different shekeres (two artificial and one natural gourd) and they each have a different amount of "looseness" to the beaded net. The LP (like the one shown in the video) has the tightest net of all of them. By the way, I am not the man in the video, I just found it online and thought it might be useful.
Good suggestion! I found this one (Dsu2XLthcDI) here on RUclips. The poster mistakenly called it a "guiro", so it might have been hard to find.
If you have other names of players to look for, please post them. Thanks!
Ma'Ye' taught us that Guiro is another word for the gourd, and also a musical group or music ceremony that 2 congas, an agogo bell or a hoe blade, and three sekeres. A guiro can also refer to a gourd instrument which is played by ratcheting or whisking. The cuban name for the shekere (the Yoruban) name is chekere guiro.
much better than the original LP shekere played it
This is great. Thank you ;-)
the best with chekeré are the Cubans, look for Poncho Terry
Thanks for the review. You're probably right, that there are more "traditional" techniques than those shown here, and I'd be surprised if Jim was trained by a native, but for beginners, this is probably a decent introduction.
If you have a better suggestion for sources of training, please post a link (or the name of a video/trainer/etc.).
Lol, any more and it would have rained... good stuff man!
LP and I now have an LP Jim Greiner Pro Shekere (LP484), that I designed based on a gourd that I hand-picked in the field. Here is a short demo video in the LP booth at a music instrument trade show: do an internet search for "lpproducts/wnamm-show-day-1-jim-greiner-shekere/"
LOL -- I didn't see it before now, but now I do...
I'm not actually the guy in the video, I just found it on the LP website. Looks like Jim did post another, though: YerES5koG6s
I just used this to settle a dispute in band class.
shekere is a funny name 4 an instrument dont u think???
Do you know of videos or other resources for seeing these Maracatu moves?
We broke our shekere...
nice video, 1:18 i'm pretty sure this man can please a woman :)
Might be a little hard to transport to gigs. :)
It can't be much weirder than the flower-pot xylophone (see RUclips: d0_qIk1GCs4).
Wow, that white man shake.
@equaleyez187 ha! lol
This guy HAS to be related to Joe Biden
woww
+Chungyi Lan Thank you for commenting!
Insert lame Caucasian joke here.