Video

This video covers both the egg shaker and the sharp shaker:

	egg_shaker_and_sharp_shaker.wmv (1.7Mb)
	egg_shaker_and_sharp_shaker.mp4 (1.8Mb)

Description

The egg shaker is a common shaker that is in the shape of an egg. It is usually plastic and filled with beads and fits snugly in the palm of the hand to give a mellow sounding rhythm section.

Method

The egg shaker is comprised of two sounds made one after the other. The first emulates the push of the shaker and the other, the pull of the shaker (i.e. moving the shaker forwards and backwards).

1. To make the push sound, all you need to do is make a gentle unvocalised 'ch' sound.
2. To make the pull sound is simply a 'sh' sound that starts of quietly and then gets louder, then quiet again - shSHsh.
3. Put the two together and you get ch-shSHsh.