How to Play Shaker - Tutorial

Kalani shows how to play the shaker and make it a musical experience. You also learn how to practice shaker and improve quickly, playing in many different styles of music and settings. Shaker is used in percussion performance, ensembles, music education, and music therapy.
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[@obasancanfly3859]

I just got a shaker at the very first day of 2023 and thanks a lot for ur tutorial. As a Chinese speaker it's amazing to find u counting one two three four in Mandarin Chinese hahaha

[@toastedcheeze2357]

Listening and practicing with you is helping me feel more confident as a person and more relaxed.

[@nadiabirkenstock_harpsong]

Great lesson, thanks! ❤

[@ileneprice7189]

So fun, thank you. Love the idea of having rhythm eggs all over the house.

[@hrsif]

What a great instructor

[@carlosprediger1922]

Awesome lesson ! Very well explained ! Thanks for sharing !!!

[@thaiselisalopes4826]

You are the best! You make it so easy!! Thank you!!

[@barbarafillion219]

Can someone tell me is there a difference in the sound of a wood shaker versus a plastic shaker Thanks great shaker lesson

[@GeoffNelson]

Thanks for the really cool fundamental tutorial. I found this helpful.

[@tom_something]

Thanks for the lesson! I recently bought a tambourine because I'm planning to record a song, and I wanted an organic tambourine to add a bit of "natural-ness" into the mostly-programmed percussion. For two dollars extra, the seller offered a pair of egg shakers. So why not, right? I didn't already own any shakers. They're loud up close so they're easy to mic, and you never know when you're going to want a sound like that to round out a rhythm or add some texture.
Messing around, of course I tried to do the very first rhythm in this video, before even seeing this video. In Western music, it's like the most well-known shaker rhythm. The quintessential sound of a shaker is not "shick", it's "SHICK-a-shuck-a SHICK-a-shuck-a". And I was just really surprised at how poorly it came out when I tried it out of the box. Not only was the dynamic a mess, but the timing was awful. I was trying to play straight sixteenths and wound up with a heavy swing. And I'm listening to the sound, and there's a feedback to the action, and it just very blurry as I speed up and slow down. I think I wasn't really aware of how much of a delay there is between an action of the arm/hand/wrist, and the resulting sound. When playing drums with your hands or with drumsticks, you know exactly when the sound is going to come out, because you know your hands, and you know how to visualize a stick as an extension of your hand. But with the shaker, you're not playing the shaker; you're playing little beads or beans or whatever is _inside_ the shaker.
Your video has helped a lot with the dynamics issue, reminding me to visualize the beads inside and move in a way that more deliberately directs them. I have a better understanding of how to get a crisp staccato sound on the accents. The timing issue... well that's just going to have to come down to practice. I'm still kind of reeling from not just being "naturally" able to play this thing with some degree of competence, but that only means it's going to be more rewarding when I finally manage to shake out a decent rhythm. I'm looking forward to it.

[@roavered]

"I'm still kind of reeling from not just being "naturally" able to play this thing with some degree of competence" RIGHT?! I never thought I'd be humbled by a shaker but here I am. Good luck to us both!

[@ayakofiori4045]

Thanks🙏

[@tomfox1372]

Awesome 👏

[@gggg-rg6rp]

Thanx!