Ways in Creating a Simple Shaker Instrument

 

Creating homemade musical instrument is very possible nowadays, especially when you love to play various kinds of musical instruments. Shaker is a kind of musical instrument that is very easy and simple to play with because you just shake the shaker using your hands and you are good to go. The shaker is used as an accompaniment in bands and in dances wherein the shaking must match the harmony or rhythm of the dance or music. You can have your own shaker without the need of buying it from stores because you can definitely create or make your own shaker at home.

 

First of all, you must choose a shaker container. In choosing a shaker container, you can choose from aluminum coffee can, cardboard cylinders or even a glass jug with a lid. You can also choose wooden containers the same used for used bass guitars in creating a shaker. Each kind of container that you will choose will create a unique sound when you shake it. After you have chosen your shaker container, you must choose the things that you want to shake and you will be putting inside the container. These things are small items that you can have in a handful amount.

 

You can put beads made up of wood or plastic, dried beans or rice, seeds and even coins. If you have collected your chosen item, put it all inside the shaker container. Using a lid, you must seal the container tightly and appropriately so that the small items inside the container will not fall out when you shake the container. To make sure that the small items will not fall out of the container, you must seal the lid with a hard tape, duct tape or even packaging tape will do. To make the shaker container completely covered together with the lid, you must wrap around a masking tape and overlap the tape on each of the side to make sure that is tight and covered well. Read http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/451167/percussion-instrument to learn more about percussion instruments.

 

The fun things that you can do to make your shaker more creative and fun is to decorate it with your own art materials like color pencils, pentel pens, paint and even crayons. You can show your creativity in this part. Add more bright colors and patterns on your shaker container. Since you have finished creating your own shaker, you shake it up or down and used it by yourself or with a music group. See more information about musical instruments here.