How to Play A Rattle and Shakers and Practice with a Metronome with AJ Block
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- Опубліковано 2 лют 2016
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Rattles and shakers can be found in musical traditions all over the world. The importance of the these instruments lies in their layering quality. Add a rattle to any music and you have a layer almost equivalent to a drone: a sound that continuously fills up a certain frequency band. This tutorial video shows how to play a rattle with some basic warm-ups and exercises.
The rattle is an important shamanic tool and is often utilized by singers to accompany themselves in chant and song.
One of the most important aspects of how to play a rattle is to have a flexile wrist. In this video I show how to warm up the wrists and use them properly for rattle playing.
Another important aspect is playing in time. Utilizing a metronome, this video explores how to play a rattle or shaker precisely in time.
A rattle and a shaker are essentially the same thing. The term "rattle" is usually assigned to a shaker on a stick, while the term "shaker" really applies to any resonant container with beads inside. The "beads" inside a rattle can be any small hard pieces such as rocks, seeds, grains, cactus spines, pieces of plastic, etc.
When buying a rattle or shaker it's important to play it and feel how the weight sits in your hand as you shake it. An ideal rattle or shaker has a good balance of weight and range of movement.
thanks, very useful video!
cool chill dude and a nice smile too!
Very helpful! thank you
a million of thanksssssss
Thanks you very much
You are welcome
I have an interesting problem when playing rattles. I move my hands on the beat, but the sound of my rattles are just a hair behind the beat.I have been watched by professional drummers and they have all told me the same thing. How would you correct this issue. It feels really wrong to play ahead of the beat.
My guess is that when you think you finished the movement with your hands, the pebbles inside the rattle are still moving and it takes this little time for them to make any sound, so maybe if you think about the rattle's content movement instead of your hand's movement should help.
Where can I find the African gourd shakers you had? I really like the pair and I can't seem to find something like that anywhere. Please let me know. Thank you very much, and great video!
Gizelle Sierra these gourd rattles come from Peru and can be purchased here: didgeproject.com/product/shipibo-shamanic-rattle-peru/
😏 hey AJ .....
Hey man, other than a classic shamanic drum, any other drums you would recommend to go with a rattle? I would like something reasonably deep and tribal but something I can play with two sticks. Cheers
Nature's Rhythm i would suggest a floor tom. They make them for drum kits but it will be a good option for what you are looking for.
@@didgeproject Great thanks I will check out one of those.