How to Play Percussion Shakers

Shakers, whether big or small, are great additions to bands of many different musical genres. Using a percussion shaker is fairly easy and very intuitive, but using a percussion shaker well is far more difficult. There are many different styles and effects you can achieve with percussion shakers. If you would like to learn how to use percussion shakers well, for playing in a band, you have come to the right place. You can learn how to use percussion shakers, for free and online, from on of our experts.

In this free music lesson, learn how to play percussion shakers from musician Ryan Larson. Ryan will show you basic shaker percussion techniques and patterns such as loose rolling effects and muting effects. He will teach you how to play percussion shakers with "soul", and how to play shakers with a band. Additionally you can learn how to play percussion shakers with two hands, how to play triplets, how to mute large shakers, how to play two different sized shakers, and how to set up microphones for recording shaker percussion music.