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Summary: Learn muting effects for playing shaker percussion in the music lesson in this free video.
Ryan Larson is a young jazz composer whose teaching technique focuses on the basics of music theory in all 12 keys. When applying his 12-key technique to understanding the logic behind...read more
"RYAN LARSON: Now, we have different ways to actually mute the shaker. So, if we take it and we play it just open hand or like we showed in original position, you can hear all that nice crisp sound to it. Now if we take it and close our hand around, it's a little bit duller. You can hear the difference. If you're recording, well, you can even go. You can get those two effects going on every other measure, close, open, close--close, open, close, open, close, open, close, open. So, this is another way to approach the shaker and getting different sounds out of the instrument."
eHow Article: Muting Effects: How to Play Shaker Percussion
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