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Now in this step we are going to figure out how to actually play these fruit shakers.
We can hold them now, which is good--tuck that up in there. And you can see--I mean,
I'll adjust a lot just to get the correct feel, just so it doesn't feel like it's slipping
out. Now when you play them, you kind of want to use the same theory as the egg shakers.
I don't think about everything in between, I just concentrate on throwing the egg shakers
on the downbeats. One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one-y, and a two-y, and
a three-y, and a four-y, and as you can notice, my throw is up higher, and when I pull it
down, I pull it down to here. So, four, one, two, three, four, one-y and a two-y, and a
three-y, and a four-y, and a one-y, and a two-y, and a three-y, and a four. One and
two, and three and four, and one. Now, like I said, I count just the one, two, three,
four. But you can count eighth notes as well, and that can help because you're only doing
basically two hand movements. You're doing up and you're doing back. So, one and two,
and three and four, and right--so just make sure you're hitting the end of your throws
on one, and when you pull back the end of that is on the and, okay, or the eighth note.
One and two, and three and four, and one and two, and three and four, and one and two,
three and four, and one. Now when you want to stop playing these bad boys, I always stop
with a shake, like the tambourine. And same principle applies to the shake, and bring
it down. Now, these don't jingle and linger as much as a tambourine. I mean you can pretty
much stop them, but you do have to be very careful because even brining them down or
whatever, there's the little beads in there can make noise, which you definitely don't
want on a studio type of setting. So, these are a lot easier to stop than a tambourine,
but also with the shake, I bring it down. I like to do the natural fade out with shakers
and tambourines. So that is a look at how to play fruit shakers.