No idea how I landed on this tutorial but I'm inspired to go get me a shaker. I'm autistic and really struggle with timing and rhythm and think learning to play this wee instrument will be of great help to me in many areas of my life. I'll be back!
@footballnstuff22705 жыл бұрын
primrose morgan how’s it going
@cuddlypal5 жыл бұрын
Hey how is it?
@VeganFLA5 жыл бұрын
how's that going? :)
@numanuma205 жыл бұрын
Shakers are cheep and are a lot of fun to play.
@leonhobbs9065 жыл бұрын
@@numanuma20 You Been To Pladd Dot Music
@Misterdandamanify7 жыл бұрын
Its amazing that your hair is always looking good in every video
@dwaipayansarkar77365 жыл бұрын
Danny Gooyer 🤣🤣🤣😂👍😝
@sekarhaysa44825 жыл бұрын
Lol😂😂
@johnsenglishpage5 жыл бұрын
He's subliminally promoting egg shakers
@sanyixiao7145 жыл бұрын
LOL
@janus91484 жыл бұрын
@@dwaipayansarkar7736 your comment is as beautiful as his hair
@filiptejmar5918 Жыл бұрын
TO and FRO means TO(WARD) and (AWAY) FRO(M) with the object being the speaker - hence "towards me and from me" when I say it. Anyway, thanks for the great job! Came across your channel by sheer accident and, being a lifetime, fairly conservative snare-bass-three-tom-and-ton-of-brass type of drummer in need of quieting down a bit, I am discovering the beauty of world drumming. And the resources you share are just the right thing. Keep up the great work... greetings from Central Europe.
@kevinfarrar62172 жыл бұрын
I saved you in order I can have regular tutorial and homework for my learning my percussion instruments thank you
@aldicicco53576 жыл бұрын
Natural Acoustics Lab manufactures the most articulate shakers on the planet. One small shaker can support numerous playing techniques while creating multiple rhythmic patterns and shakers articulations. Thanks for your video!
@terrencenbanbury52205 жыл бұрын
Your opening comments should be a required lesson for ALL musicians. Accessibility doesn't equal proficiency. Just because it is easy to make a 'noise' (as opposed to wind and string instruments) does not mean you are making music. Thank you for putting this out there. TNB
@gregrohm4132 Жыл бұрын
Yesterday I got some shakers and thought how easy this was going to be, brought them home, and then quickly realized there is a lot more to it 😅 That’s why I’m here
@charporter33504 жыл бұрын
Many years ago (50's through the 70's) our shaker was an empty and cleaned out Drano can with bb's in it. The newer shakers are much more quiet but I still love to play them. Thanks for this video to help
@marshwetland38082 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I've got so many beans in my pantry. I guess they'd break up eventually, though, if I banged them around in a metal "thermos" for hours.
@briantruck22845 ай бұрын
@@charporter3350 gonna build one
@jardindivers85845 жыл бұрын
Hello, I'm french and I'm a girl ! Thanks a lot for your pronounciation, that help too understand your exercise. I will do it !
@marykereichel15185 жыл бұрын
You are an awesome teacher! To and fro only ever exist in combo. So "fro" is simply the opposite of "to" (you must choose "to" yourself or to someone else) and then fro is the opposite direction, but "fro" cannot exist on its own.
@alistairforbes9203 жыл бұрын
Fro is a short version of 'from'. Get it? Easy😁
@hhthoj7 жыл бұрын
"Sitting at the cafe, shaking my hand and say cacophony". Sounds like a very sane idea.
@drumken5 жыл бұрын
Hahahaa
@rebolognesi4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@GuerillaUnderground3 жыл бұрын
Salt or sugar?
@i_and_i_783 жыл бұрын
I LOVE shakers !!!! I have tons and LOVE micro timing.. didn’t have a word for it till today.. nothing is perfect and a rattle can help explain that for me, in subtle changes in the rhythms.. they have more effect in a drum circle than most would expect.
@mbrcomp7 жыл бұрын
Percussions are a very intuitive category of instruments. I "feel" them and communicate my intents. The shaker is a "easy" one as you can play it with one hand. The two handed instruments - congo djembe bongos etc - are way more difficult to master but the amount of expression you can put in them is amazing. I like the way you explain those emotions and translate them into rhytm, as well as the knowledge you have. Awesome channel !
@myrajamison257 жыл бұрын
When I first started playing percussion, I always thought the shakers were the easy instruments. I now realize that was quite incorrect. I feel more confident on marimba or timpani than I do with a simple shaker. Great video though, definitely helped me a lot with understanding "the groove" !
@Michael-Oh6 жыл бұрын
Galen Jamison omg it's not just me!! I Totally agree!
@WORLDDRUMCLUB5 жыл бұрын
Galen Jamison Sometimes it’s the “simple” things that are the most difficult to get “right.”
@leonhobbs9065 жыл бұрын
@@WORLDDRUMCLUB Where Is A Shaker Found
@numanuma205 жыл бұрын
Leon Hobbs If you’re asking where you can get one, any music store would have one.
@leonhobbs9065 жыл бұрын
@@numanuma20 Or Pladd Dot Music
@roshanrai57177 жыл бұрын
You are a great teacher.
@WORLDDRUMCLUB7 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@Kamamura23 ай бұрын
This should be publicly broadcasted. I can remember countless time when public jams were destroyed by the organizers handed out to non-musicians to "invite people in", who then proceeded to create an acoustic soup that destroyed any semblance of rhythm that evening. Yes, everyone thinks they can play shakers, but they don't realize the sound comes delayed to the hand move, they are often late on the beat.
@jamiemcgregor8494 жыл бұрын
I love your relaxed demeanor in this video's and weirdly, if I copy your calmness, I get better at the exercises!! I'm loving my percussion journey and you are helping me greatly via these videos. Thank you! (From a guitarist by trade who wanted a new challenge!)
@angelsalaiza50142 жыл бұрын
It's like the tag on a gift! To and from. "To" is usually the receiver of that gift, which tends to be someone other than the giver. And "from" (or 'fro') is the giver, the self. So from my perspective, "to" is outwards and "fro" is inwards
@Boddissatva6 жыл бұрын
This is a good lesson. Thanks. I’m in band and starting to learn shakers.
@GuerillaUnderground3 жыл бұрын
Brushing teeth with shaker in one hand- ‘no cavities, no cavities, no cavities...’
@bluedolphinsmusic3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful lesson - thank you. My goal get on stage with percussion to accompany my vocals!
@robertma60688 ай бұрын
When you were talking about poeples experience with percussion, I think that another thing that happens is that they think "oh, this instrument has all these cool sounds I hear when I hear other people play them," and when they play, they do the most basic movements, and they don't hear what they would hear on album or during a performance. They get a repititouis sound that isn't dynamic, and they get frustrated and give up. I've come to love the wolrd of ethnic perucssion, egyptian percussion in particular, and I love tambourines. I have a whole whole of them hung up, of different kings, along with different kinds of fram drums :)
@julieanderson100 Жыл бұрын
I find this incredibly hard! I love the idea of showing my students and I certainly appreciate when someone is eliciting an impressive rhythm with a shaker but something about the coordination aspect really challenges me (and therefore I guess will challenge my students). I finally found some success by slowing the metronome down to 80 bpm. I'll try a little bit a day to see if I can build my skills and speed.
@sandstoneambient4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the tutorial! I just got a bamboo shaker today and yes, i'm one of those who first picked it up and shake it. I am a guitar player and currently working on an ambient project which, except of 1 song, i want to use any kind of percussion other than drums. My next step, crafting some home made rattle.
@marshwetland38082 жыл бұрын
How'd your rattle crafting go? I am thinking the Mongolian Giant sunflower stalk here could be made into one. It's thicc and easy to hollow out. Made a shakuhachi flute out of the first one. Have more to go.
@dancinance8 жыл бұрын
I love this video because it helped me get over my intimidation with shakers. Thanks. I'd like more instruction and resources to learn more shaker grooves.
@KalaniMusic8 жыл бұрын
+Ancelyn Avila Great! Thank you for the feedback. More shaker to come, plus other instruments.
@kealypeal3904 жыл бұрын
what did the shakers ever do to u
@kennylewis67026 жыл бұрын
Really appreciate the lesson! If you want to jump right to where he starts "shaking", start at 2:30
@ecclairmayo41534 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I get tired of hearing people talk through these videos instead of getting ti thr point.
@mutantbananas14 жыл бұрын
@@ecclairmayo4153 in the first minutes he mentions some important foundational stuff, listen to him
@ecclairmayo41534 жыл бұрын
@@mutantbananas1 - will do
@ellenkeiter83927 жыл бұрын
I think "fro" is just short for "from" which would be the opposite of "to."
@GuerillaUnderground3 жыл бұрын
Or Afro?
@vahurorrin27103 жыл бұрын
Amazing lesson. You are great teacher and motivator. Thanks a lot Mr Kalani!
@Tagger03254 жыл бұрын
Just bought a shaker . Self explanatory I thought . Glad I looked in . Lots of good tips
@flexibartr4 жыл бұрын
I added the syncopatic technique from your instruction on the tamburine by changing the hitting side of the second. One can generate polyrhythms just by mechanically (brainless) combing little algorithms to varying pattern-structures, letting them train your rhythm feeling and expand it to complexity.
@calinature37992 жыл бұрын
Thank u for teaching so good . I start practice because I love it and I have a shaker.
@sohamjagtap10094 жыл бұрын
Thank you for teaching this instrument. It soo boring in lockdown and i think this is a good hobby for me😁
@astarael094 жыл бұрын
I went and got a shaker to get better at percussion. It is not easy :) but I'm loving it thanks.
@vanessanost5 жыл бұрын
preparing for a gig tomorrow and this was great!
@rhondalyn1007 жыл бұрын
"To" is toward, "Fro" is from...love your tutorials...thank you. :-)
@Billkwando3 жыл бұрын
Picturing drivers in Latin America playing their shakers every time they're stopped at a red light.
@Dee-talks Жыл бұрын
I ordered a wooden single maracas this morning and landed on this as I was looking for a good video on shakers. This maracas is beaded on the outside. I'm assuming it can be played the same way u demonstrate here. I'm good with beats and rhythm so I'm planning to use it as an accompaniment during my singing. I can't play any stringed instrument but I find percussion easy and enjoyable. I used to sing to guitars and tried teaching myself the guitar when I had nobody to play it for me but it's just too hard. I really want to sing to an instrument again.
@NathanClearyMusic7 жыл бұрын
I love the outro speech. As someone thats career is based on melodic material I am so amazed by this channel and the idea of making music without melody as a challenge! Thanks so much for sharing! :D Also... I know your BG music from the Tropico Soundtrack... great tune! ;)
@lauraduncan769010 ай бұрын
Love this video! And I love that you said "palitos"! Can you recommend a great lightweight shaker for a beginner in a loud rock band?
@stanhegeman87514 жыл бұрын
My clarinet teacher taught to use words like cacophony to subdivide the beat, like Mississippi for sixteenths. For your subs, might I suggest finding a word that fits the particular groove you’re trying to convey. Chesapeake Bay, cats in the cradle.....whatever fits to the groove. And however that word emphasis fits.
@boboloko4 жыл бұрын
Not elitist at all. Subtlety, dynamics, and overall awareness is essential.
@KarinaMontana-m6q Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@shetania7 жыл бұрын
Fro is from the Middle english, meaning from. Awesome tutorial! Thank you!
@olgaphillips14657 жыл бұрын
And besides... Your English is so good! As a non-native English speaker, I understood every word! Thanks a lot for your lesson!
@rustopholis4 жыл бұрын
TO > and FROm < , to and from.
@rebolognesi4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, it was so useful for me as a singer: I was putting unnecessary strength in some movements, now I'm doing much better. By the way, Italian word "citofono" works as well! And you're so right about practicing everywhere, but I just imagined my husband, who's not a musician, anxiously waiting outside the bathroom and hearing five minutes of shaker sounds... lol! 🤗😉😘
@delightfulmusic175 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for sharing. Your lesson is straightforward and easy to understand. Very helpful!
@TomHutchinson54 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'm an adult starting at a very basic level. Shaker was hard and I felt dumb. This video was hard but really helped.
@STATIC_KOT6 жыл бұрын
I just got to say ur videos are very helpful I’ve been playing the drums for 12 years I’m 16 right now but I’m just saying thank you
@WORLDDRUMCLUB5 жыл бұрын
Daniel Dominguez You’re welcome.
@MartaCagiao.Bim-Bom-Bam4 жыл бұрын
I've just got my shaker today and I'm playing actually. Thanks
@davidfrazier43586 жыл бұрын
You're a very gifted teacher and a pleasure to learn from, you can tell you're really having fun making these. Thanks
@WORLDDRUMCLUB5 жыл бұрын
David Frazier Thank you.
@marshwetland38082 жыл бұрын
Right? He's so awesome. I remember watching some of his videos years ago. Now I'm interested in actually doing some percussion - and there is again. Wonderful.
@tjbrown97727 жыл бұрын
Great lesson Kalani! Thanks for taking the time to emphasize the complexity involved in playing the shakers, I've been looking for how to explain this to my friends and family XD Aloha
@WORLDDRUMCLUB7 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@Berkcam5 жыл бұрын
'I have made a series of shakers from Cuban cigar tubes loaded with various amounts of lead shot and they sound great. You can use them singly or two together for more volume. Obviously the two parts of the tube need to be glued together or you may end up with a floor covered with buckshot.
@marshwetland38082 жыл бұрын
To and fro - fro is an archaic word from Middle English, and it means "away." So, since a shaker is played by one person, with no other nearby people or objects necessary (let's ignore air and gravity, here) it seems to be to and away from oneself. Unless there is another person there and you are taunting them with it, and then it could be the opposite. By you wouldn't do that, I am certain. :)
@fjkulwin6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for discussing micro timing. -Thousands of little adjustments during the musical piece to add the "human element" to the groove. I never knew quite how to express that. It has always been just the "feel" of the music to me.
@WORLDDRUMCLUB5 жыл бұрын
Forrest Kulwin Glad that concept wasn’t useful. I think it’s something we all know about, but didn’t really have a way to talk about.
@avero5783 жыл бұрын
Grabbed a shaker yesterday love this! Ty 🙏
@KennySpace3 жыл бұрын
Whoa i love your rythms 😍😍
@peterblackler21222 жыл бұрын
To and throw - To as in TOwards you and Throw as Throw away from you. Great tutorial.
@someenchilada3 жыл бұрын
Which one is to and which one is fro? Brilliant. Thanks, great video!
@zatharanorte24877 жыл бұрын
amazing Master, I loved your vídeo, Im brazilian percussionist, is Very important the existence of percussion channels. congratulation
@WORLDDRUMCLUB5 жыл бұрын
zathara norte Thank you my friend.
@zform41982 жыл бұрын
i did cacophony on my omega-3 capsule bottles ... just to get into the picture with Kalani ... 1st few second, i was way out of sync ... then the magic begins ... though mine sounded muffled ...but i get into the rhythm ... ok .. im going to get one Meinl Shaker now !
@vV_Strixhaven_Sophmore_Vv7 жыл бұрын
I will never unhear "cacophony" in that rhythm ever again lol
@Bloozlvr8293 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial. It if definitely not easy to pick up percussion instruments. How you instruct, your ideas for practicing are ideal and also MAKE you want to do it. And I'm a guitar player..lol
@codymills84107 жыл бұрын
70K views, right on Kalani! As a percussionist I can vouch for how hard it is to play these things correctly!
@WORLDDRUMCLUB5 жыл бұрын
Cody Mills More to it then most would assume!
@1rivia6 жыл бұрын
I'm brazilian, just bought some percussion stuff, thanks for your lesson!
@duanecleveland17965 жыл бұрын
So awesome! great control and groove! Very nice to see this.. thanks!
@aba91194 жыл бұрын
Great teaching, learnt a bunch very quickly and was able to put it to work! Thanks man
@raychen93794 жыл бұрын
I think every rhythm can be turned into an arc or a straight line or a point, which can be seen in a visual way
@DavidBarile2 жыл бұрын
Another excellent video, Kalani! (And perfectly timed for me... I just bought some shakers). I especially liked the rhythmic variations and fill you threw into the first sample. Gracias! 🙏💕
@WORLDDRUMCLUB2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@Anuragdubey7685 Жыл бұрын
Thanks sir your videos helps alot Lots of love from india
@aterezamusic8 ай бұрын
Amazing teacher. Thank you
@grandelagarto3220 Жыл бұрын
You are so right. Someone grabs a shaker, starts shaking it like its a toy. With no musicality at all. When you point that out to them, and try to show them a proper method, even a very simple one, they get all mad at you because you are wrecking their "fun". Shakers are played to enhance time and rhythm. If you cannot keep time, leave the shaker alone. It is not a babys rattle.
@OxygenBeats3 жыл бұрын
5:49 fro maybe is "from"?
@gordypearcy12246 жыл бұрын
Great way to make music fun and feel it. Thanks man
@revkelly584 жыл бұрын
I also learn by watching as well as by listening,(and counting along) and there is latency in most You Tube videos. The sound doesn’t line up with the movements in the video. When he is playing with the metronome close your eyes and listen. It’s the second syllable in cacophony that is the downbeat. Watch other music videos and you will see/hear this latency, it can mess you up.
@Nielubiana3 жыл бұрын
cocophony had me:) and your ware right..I was not doing it...but I was saying it in my mind! Great lesson!
@chrigidambach24222 жыл бұрын
Wau, thank you for your great tips. You explaine very good. Greetings from Switzerland😘🙏🏼
@pbenson56fran Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much. I have this in my save to learn how to play a shaker.
@HopeSkyrockets5 жыл бұрын
Great video. Very helpful instructions and enjoyable presentation. After one viewing and playing shaker with you as I watched I have already made substantial improvement.
@belalugosi152 жыл бұрын
Great hints and explanation... Thanks
@laursabert4 жыл бұрын
beautiful awareness of bias! loved this vid! super helpful
@SunnyIlha4 жыл бұрын
I like shaker a lot. Can do a lot in band. Embellish. Very nuanced thing. Gotta listen to what the other instruments (musicians) are doing to embellish them or play off their stuff That cacophony thing is cool!
@Gargouilleish2 жыл бұрын
Are there any songs in particular that you might suggest practicing with? Thank you for your great tutorial!
@ramirorodriguez56427 жыл бұрын
at first i didnt understand why this video needed to be twenty minutes, but obviously i realized it takes more than five minutes to master a latin percussion instrument. respect to latin percussionest i think it is the most diffuclt style to learn but its also the most fun.
@deekaye94032 жыл бұрын
Awesome stuff. Thank you for sharing
@odysseuslaertiades15285 жыл бұрын
Shaker playing is like playing with brushes on a snare drum: to get the right sound is much harder than it looks.
@anabelpicciotti19133 жыл бұрын
Loving your classes y play with you.
@kimparish19825 жыл бұрын
Kalani, I meet you about 15 years ago at a Guitar Center workshop in Miami. (You had more hair back then! 😳😁) I still have one of your cd's. You are as cool as ever, bro. Thanks for your videos. You are a great teacher.
@briantruck22845 ай бұрын
Nice
@killa464645 жыл бұрын
Great speaker / teacher . Thank you 😊
@danielmsms Жыл бұрын
Veo tus videos y eres un maestro, amable y agradable en tu forma de explicar. Dios te bendiga.
@numanuma205 жыл бұрын
Have you every used the LP one shot shaker? They’re really cool because they allow you to control the sound since the beads don’t bounce backs due to a foam placed inside it. Since you do world drum videos and melodic instruments count, do a video on the steel pan and how to play the sleigh bells.
@JustDave542 жыл бұрын
I have 4 shakers, egg. two louisiana shakers, that show where thumb goes and in what direction, make of copper. I cannot find them, small package in bottow of a bag or box searching for.
@myroncaballero50103 жыл бұрын
Sir. Thank so much God bless you more 😇😇
@EgorShaverskiy2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for such amazing tutorial.
@findingfreedom-definingtru4818 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, that was very helpful and stimulating! 🤩
@julieanderson100 Жыл бұрын
I also found it helpful to move both arms at the same time (for now).
@frateroiram7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your time and experience!
@monicaroa91665 жыл бұрын
Excellent video and very entertaining and easy to follow. Thank you!
@mafer_garsan6 жыл бұрын
¡GRACIAS! You are a great teacher, I feel like I should pay for this.
@WORLDDRUMCLUB5 жыл бұрын
Maria Fernanda García S be my guest! Http://patreon.com/kalani