How to Hold Sleigh Bells

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"in this step, we're going to take a look at how to hold sleigh bells, OK. Yes, just like Santa's sleigh bells. And they sound exactly like that, OK. And they're very noisy. You can barely get them to stop making any noise whatsoever. So these are sleigh bells. OK, the first thing you probably want to do is grab them like a drum stick and that's how you do it, OK, right there. Well, a, I guess the most proper way to hold sleigh bells is actually like that, OK. Still got caught, and you're still holding it like a drum stick, you're just holding it backwards if you were taking a look at how to hold sleigh bells. OK. So you actually hold them just like this, hanging down. OK. And as you can see, they're still ringing and making noise. And I cannot stop it, so. These are a very noisy, it's a very noisy auxiliary percussion instrument. But, it can add a lot of, a lot of color to a song you're doing. Especially Christmas songs, OK. Which is also the downfall of this instrument in my opinion, because I think the sleigh bells are really great sounding instrument, I think it can add a lot of cool texture and vibe to the song. But it sounds too much Christmas to me. I challenge you to find one Christmas song that doesn't have sleigh bells in them. But, wrap your hand around, that is how you hold the sleigh bells. Noisy sleigh bells."