How to Play Shaker

[@primrosemorgan3235]

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!

[@footballnstuff2270]

primrose morgan how’s it going

[@cuddlypal]

Hey how is it?

[@VeganFLA]

how's that going? :)

[@numanuma20]

Shakers are cheep and are a lot of fun to play.

[@leonhobbs906]

@@numanuma20 You Been To Pladd Dot Music

[@Misterdandamanify]

Its amazing that your hair is always looking good in every video

[@dwaipayansarkar7736]

Danny Gooyer 🤣🤣🤣😂👍😝

[@sekarhaysa4482]

Lol😂😂

[@johnsenglishpage]

He's subliminally promoting egg shakers

[@sanyixiao714]

LOL

[@janus9148]

@@dwaipayansarkar7736 your comment is as beautiful as his hair

[@filiptejmar5918]

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.

[@charporter3350]

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

[@marshwetland3808]

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.

[@briantruck2284]

@@charporter3350 gonna build one

[@jardindivers8584]

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 !

[@myrajamison25]

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-Oh]

Galen Jamison omg it's not just me!! I Totally agree!

[@WORLDDRUMCLUB]

Galen Jamison Sometimes it’s the “simple” things that are the most difficult to get “right.”

[@leonhobbs906]

@@WORLDDRUMCLUB Where Is A Shaker Found

[@numanuma20]

Leon Hobbs If you’re asking where you can get one, any music store would have one.

[@leonhobbs906]

@@numanuma20 Or Pladd Dot Music

[@aldicicco5357]

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!

[@marykereichel1518]

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.

[@alistairforbes920]

Fro is a short version of 'from'. Get it? Easy😁

[@roshanrai5717]

You are a great teacher.

[@WORLDDRUMCLUB]

Thank you!

[@i_and_i_78]

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.

[@rhondalyn100]

"To" is toward, "Fro" is from...love your tutorials...thank you. :-)

[@terrencenbanbury5220]

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]

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

[@mbrcomp]

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 !

[@jamiemcgregor849]

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!)

[@ellenkeiter8392]

I think "fro" is just short for "from" which would be the opposite of "to."

[@GuerillaUnderground]

Or Afro?

[@davidfrazier4358]

You're a very gifted teacher and a pleasure to learn from, you can tell you're really having fun making these. Thanks

[@WORLDDRUMCLUB]

David Frazier Thank you.

[@marshwetland3808]

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.

[@Boddissatva]

This is a good lesson. Thanks. I’m in band and starting to learn shakers.

[@bluedolphinsmusic]

Wonderful lesson - thank you. My goal get on stage with percussion to accompany my vocals!

[@dancinance]

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.

[@KalaniMusic]

+Ancelyn Avila Great! Thank you for the feedback. More shaker to come, plus other instruments.

[@kealypeal390]

what did the shakers ever do to u

[@kevinfarrar6217]

I saved you in order I can have regular tutorial and homework for my learning my percussion instruments thank you

[@boboloko]

Not elitist at all. Subtlety, dynamics, and overall awareness is essential.

[@angelsalaiza5014]

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

[@vahurorrin2710]

Amazing lesson. You are great teacher and motivator. Thanks a lot Mr Kalani!

[@rebolognesi]

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! 🤗😉😘

[@Kamamura2]

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.

[@shetania]

Fro is from the Middle english, meaning from. Awesome tutorial! Thank you!

[@delightfulmusic17]

Thanks so much for sharing. Your lesson is straightforward and easy to understand. Very helpful!

[@kennylewis6702]

Really appreciate the lesson! If you want to jump right to where he starts "shaking", start at 2:30

[@ecclairmayo4153]

Thank you so much! I get tired of hearing people talk through these videos instead of getting ti thr point.

[@mutantbananas1]

@@ecclairmayo4153 in the first minutes he mentions some important foundational stuff, listen to him

[@ecclairmayo4153]

@@mutantbananas1 - will do

[@hhthoj]

"Sitting at the cafe, shaking my hand and say cacophony". Sounds like a very sane idea.

[@drumken]

Hahahaa

[@rebolognesi]

🤣🤣🤣

[@GuerillaUnderground]

Salt or sugar?

[@sandstoneambient]

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.

[@marshwetland3808]

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.

[@TomHutchinson5]

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.

[@Tagger0325]

Just bought a shaker . Self explanatory I thought . Glad I looked in . Lots of good tips

[@robertma6068]

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 :)

[@kimparish1982]

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.

[@briantruck2284]

Nice

[@STATIC_KOT]

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

[@WORLDDRUMCLUB]

Daniel Dominguez You’re welcome.

[@sohamjagtap1009]

Thank you for teaching this instrument. It soo boring in lockdown and i think this is a good hobby for me😁

[@calinature3799]

Thank u for teaching so good . I start practice because I love it and I have a shaker.

[@olgaphillips1465]

And besides... Your English is so good! As a non-native English speaker, I understood every word! Thanks a lot for your lesson!

[@DavidBarile]

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! 🙏💕

[@WORLDDRUMCLUB]

My pleasure!

[@flexibartr]

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.

[@julieanderson100]

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.

[@vanessanost]

preparing for a gig tomorrow and this was great!

[@NathanClearyMusic]

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! ;)

[@MartaCagiao.Bim-Bom-Bam]

I've just got my shaker today and I'm playing actually. Thanks

[@tjbrown9772]

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

[@WORLDDRUMCLUB]

You're very welcome!

[@astarael09]

I went and got a shaker to get better at percussion. It is not easy :) but I'm loving it thanks.

[@1rivia]

I'm brazilian, just bought some percussion stuff, thanks for your lesson!

[@aba9119]

Great teaching, learnt a bunch very quickly and was able to put it to work! Thanks man

[@stanhegeman8751]

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.

[@codymills8410]

70K views, right on Kalani! As a percussionist I can vouch for how hard it is to play these things correctly!

[@WORLDDRUMCLUB]

Cody Mills More to it then most would assume!

[@zatharanorte2487]

amazing Master, I loved your vídeo, Im brazilian percussionist, is Very important the existence of percussion channels. congratulation

[@WORLDDRUMCLUB]

zathara norte Thank you my friend.

[@ramirorodriguez5642]

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.

[@peterblackler2122]

To and throw - To as in TOwards you and Throw as Throw away from you. Great tutorial.

[@duanecleveland1796]

So awesome! great control and groove! Very nice to see this.. thanks!

[@avero578]

Grabbed a shaker yesterday love this! Ty 🙏

[@GuerillaUnderground]

Brushing teeth with shaker in one hand- ‘no cavities, no cavities, no cavities...’

[@HopeSkyrockets]

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.

[@Bloozlvr829]

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

[@SunnyIlha]

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!

[@fjkulwin]

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.

[@WORLDDRUMCLUB]

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.

[@rustopholis]

TO > and FROm < , to and from.

[@Anuragdubey7685]

Thanks sir your videos helps alot Lots of love from india

[@Billkwando]

Picturing drivers in Latin America playing their shakers every time they're stopped at a red light.

[@mafer_garsan]

¡GRACIAS! You are a great teacher, I feel like I should pay for this.

[@WORLDDRUMCLUB]

Maria Fernanda García S be my guest! Http://patreon.com/kalani

[@pbenson56fran]

Thank you very much. I have this in my save to learn how to play a shaker.

[@kevinmiller4258]

OMG!!! I CANT GET IT...I CANT GET IT!!!! LMAO!! all these years and I finally understand....where was this video 31 years ago????

[@kevinmiller4258]

Many years ago, like 1986 I struggled getting the rythm down at a seminar our school attended in PA.....I actually umderstand it now!! awesone instruction!

[@KalaniMusic]

Kevin Miller Wonderful! Glad these lessons are helpful!

[@chrigidambach2422]

Wau, thank you for your great tips. You explaine very good. Greetings from Switzerland😘🙏🏼

[@gordypearcy1224]

Great way to make music fun and feel it. Thanks man

[@lauraduncan7690]

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?

[@odysseuslaertiades1528]

Shaker playing is like playing with brushes on a snare drum: to get the right sound is much harder than it looks.

[@Berkcam]

'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.

[@Dee-talks]

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.

[@laursabert]

beautiful awareness of bias! loved this vid! super helpful

[@marshwetland3808]

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. :)

[@karlar8648]

So i'm an air shaker. It just happens when i'm into music. I researched both the Shekere and Shaker. I think the Shaker is what i'm looking for. Thanks for the info. Homework? 😎

[@grandelagarto3220]

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.

[@danielmsms]

Veo tus videos y eres un maestro, amable y agradable en tu forma de explicar. Dios te bendiga.

[@vV_Strixhaven_Sophmore_Vv]

I will never unhear "cacophony" in that rhythm ever again lol

[@Nielubiana]

cocophony had me:) and your ware right..I was not doing it...but I was saying it in my mind! Great lesson!

[@monicaroa9166]

Excellent video and very entertaining and easy to follow. Thank you!

[@maspercusion]

Great video, very well explained, pedagogical and with a lot of feeling. Congratulation.

[@sovannahong6472]

I'm like how hard is it to play a shaker...mind blown.

[@frateroiram_5706]

Thank you for your time and experience!

[@killa46464]

Great speaker / teacher . Thank you 😊

[@someenchilada]

Which one is to and which one is fro? Brilliant. Thanks, great video!

[@aterezamusic]

Amazing teacher. Thank you

[@findingfreedom-definingtru4818]

Thank you, that was very helpful and stimulating! 🤩

[@revkelly58]

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.

[@raychen9379]

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

[@charporter3350]

To & Fro actually is To & From. We always used "TO" to go towards someone and Fro to come back to us.

[@CUP1D0N]

Exactly

[@zform4198]

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 !

[@julieanderson100]

I also found it helpful to move both arms at the same time (for now).

[@saulo8717]

I hope this comment gets to you thanks you are the best explanation of this instrument thanks for the excellent work

[@EgorShaverskiy]

Thank you so much for such amazing tutorial.

[@Gargouilleish]

Are there any songs in particular that you might suggest practicing with? Thank you for your great tutorial!

[@numanuma20]

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.

[@stefanschwarzffm]

Amazing. You are opening a new Door for me. Cheers ... Stefan.

[@myroncaballero5010]

Sir. Thank so much God bless you more 😇😇

[@SimonWillig]

Ik wonder if a shaker is the right instrument to introduce the concept of microtiming. But still - a great video from a great teamchef, and An admirable person as well so it seems...