How to Play the Shekere | African Drums

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I'm going to show you how to play the Shekere.
Shekere is a wonderful instrument that comes from Southwest Africa in the area like Sierra Leone, Nigeria, where long time ago, the first drums, believe it or not, were gourds. Gourds being pounded at births, ceremonies and just working in the field using to accompany songs. How you play the Shekere is very simple. And again, you must try to be really relaxed.
You are going to use the palm of your hand to strike the bottom of this
instrument while holding it at the top. So it's almost like holding a baby. Okay? So you rest it down on your palm. You have a drum sounding note, but also you did hit the beads. So you move the Shekere around like so, and you start getting a little music and it makes me feel really good to do that. Listen to it. You can also add a roll in your playing, which is just this skirt of colorful beads hitting the outside of this gourd.
And you know gourds come from the pumpkin family and when they're dried after harvest, they become really hollow on the inside. So as you see, the bottom is just like the playing surface of a hand drum. Okay.
And that's how you play the Shekere.

[@JasonMatthewChampion]

Thanks for the lesson. Gourd job.

[@catherinemaurer7783]

Tioiuhhg

[@maratamara5591]

Underrated comment

[@RealJstJazz]

Sos genious

[@ellooku]

As a Nigerian Musicologist, you nailed it. You can also use tip of your fingers to make a single bid sound. Play as if you are playing the piano, you create another type of roll.

[@BibleMagick8TV]

thank you brother. I remember my grandmother taught me how to play this. long live the spirit of the ancestors. great job! Ase'

[@jcyberj]

This instrument along with bells and clave give African and Latin musics their intense drive and flavor. However, the origin is African!

[@tamarahfernandez-bridgewat1721]

I was so excited to come across this video. The musician in the video I had the privilege to hear play at a school with an entire ensemble. They filled the whole auditorium with energy and sound. Glad I was there. Ashe.

[@scarve89]

0:55 "It's almost like holding a baby" 1:02 *smashing hard the bottom of the instrument ^^

[@LonelyBlackWolf96]

scarve89 I died.

[@mrmister1657]

scarve89 maybe a whooping

[@StopFear]

That’s what you do to those know it all babies

[@rootvalue]

Thank you for making this video, Howcast. Great choice for the instructor.

[@juliesingh6635]

He is so good at this :D :D

[@sanjeevkumar-hx4hi]

beautiful

[@bahamian8568]

The rhythm you played from 1:35 - 1:42 a traditional Rhythm used commonly in the Bahamas on the saw. There was a large group of Africans settled here from among the Yoruba and groups from Sierra Leone. Is there a name for that Rhythm?

[@TheBlakbuttrfly]

This is so meditative ❤️🖤💚

[@RIQs_World]

I saw & heard this instrument while filming a Rumba dance in Cuba

[@Hafize-q8n]

HE SAID IT IS ALLMOST LIKE ""Holding""A BABY NOT ""SPANKING""When the Shekere is beaten at the bottom like a drum! I always thought that the gourd was played by shaking it causing the beads to sound. Now I've learned two things from this video...The instrument is call a shakere,and the bottom is percussion.THANKS FOR THE INSTRUCTION BROTHER.I subscribed

[@TheChadPad]

That guy is awesome

[@africatruefiresounds2175]

well done.we appreciate it.

[@misterhazza7515]

This is therapeutic

[@sanza555]

Hasan, you make it look so easy bro!

[@eyeam1771]

Thanx famlee 4 da lessons and correct pronunciation ❤🖤💚

[@athalblailo]

Relaxion

[@cynthiaheyer6413]

Thank you, super helpful and beautifully presented.

[@theheartfollowers]

ThanQ for these clear examples! Your overhead angles were a gr8 addition!!! Do You have any specific tips for mini Shekeres? We jussst welcomed two into Our lives, They fit inside the guitar case! Let the fun continue! What a gr8 accompaniment of Tree & Animal Spirits You have sharing space in the video with You, they feel so loved and full of life...through the screen! Infinite Blessings Upon All That Is. ♾☮♾☯️♾🕉♾🙏♾🌱♾💜

[@amarachiagnes9942]

Some shekere has big and oversized ropes to control for a newbie... This one fits perfectly well

[@parkergreen6583]

I think I have one of these?, it's the same shape with a gourd but it has a bongo at the fat end and the beads are at the top

[@tfn212]

The ancestor of cabasa and maracas

[@CameshaCamz]

WOAW! NICE and so kool.

[@daneguitarist1]

i was very curious of what and how to play this :) great job

[@lub986]

Lovely

[@pandawithboots6126]

so cool!

[@jeannieves6275]

Proud of the Mother land

[@minyounghan2219]

I want to know the name of the shekere. Where can I buy this instrument? thank you

[@jackbails]

Where can I get those Shekeres?

[@marligundenbarboza2797]

Lindo this is xequere!

[@euananderson2966]

Bloody hell thats bloody big

[@manchester250]

Nice

[@kingsxfan99]

I got my hand stuck in a gourd. I shouldnt have put it in there.

[@xenonhexa9333]

lmao

[@tyleralso8114]

why...

[@kingsxfan99]

@@tyleralso8114 It's a long and uninteresting story. You would get gourd.

[@rebeccag.9851]

Any link to by one big shekere like the one in the video?

[@bxkarla]

¿qué hago aquí?

[@delimaluciaunica765-br]

Que lindo1

[@laurenmonama7064]

Damn! HE REALLY LOOKS LIKE DWAYNE THE ROCK JOHNSON

[@kalyanibarik3208]

O wow

[@memesquad3479]

I use for 📚

[@julinmey]

Danzando al ritmo natural del arte y el color ; Hecho instrumento musical .

[@Emilmarch]

I tried it with my baby, he didn't like it and my hand is full of poop...thanks man.

[@mrmister1657]

Kevin Tran He’s Talking about how in the video the guy said to hold the shekere like a baby

[@memecakes3366]

1:50 its like holding a baby

[@ALeverything277]

Ha

[@adrianistired8461]

when your band instructor hands you a instrument you don't know how to play

[@jojbouk]

anyone know if this is used in "the circle of life " song from the lion king??

[@privateerbrandsus7571]

yes it is... the perc 3 part which is mostly marimba in a 17 piece arrangement I saw includes shekere and caxixi

[@RealJstJazz]

Waafrican calls

[@jorgeee7367]

hi woodgreeners

[@mrmister1657]

It looks heavy lol

[@zatzu]

are the beads in or on the instrument?

[@zatzu]

oh wait never mind... it's on the instrument

[@myhappiness1258]

This is a Yoruba instrument give credit please 😒

[@1MillonOne]

Wonderful and beautiful, but don't give Hasan a baby because is in risk of crying like a Shekere ;)

[@charlieballaz217]

pov your watching this at school

[@OhMyLawdProductions]

Thou art a foolish dog.

[@mememanjeff]

bruh

[@derbeno]

That is NOT how you play Shekere...careful folks

[@NycBeauty]

A A When played with other instruments it doesn’t. Clearly you know nothing about percussions.

[@sabraamen4710]

There are many ways to play Shakere this is one of many ok

[@kevinzhang4100]

1st

[@apqoc]

Ok

[@apqoc]

Cool

[@ALeverything277]

First

[@sossasolim1]

THIS IS BORING,. WE DO IS SO BETTER IN TOGO!!!