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How to Play Triplets with Two Hands: Shaker Percussion

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Summary: Learn how to play two handed triplets with shakers, in the music lesson in this free video.

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By Ryan Larson
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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

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on 8/2/2008 You aren't even playing in time.

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"RYAN LARSON: Now, we're going to go over doing triplets or this. The way you want to do is pa-pa-pa. Now, I'm doing it twice ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-bam. And you just really flick your hands, da-da-dum. It sounds like tu-ga-tu-tun-tu-ga-tu-tun-tu-ga-tu-tun-tu-ga-tu-tun-tu-ga-tu-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun-tun... And you really got to get that technique down with your hands there. So, I'm just keeping that going with this hand. It's a little tricky. See, it takes a while but you'll get it going. And that's your triplets on the shakers."

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