{"id":3628,"date":"2010-03-22T16:33:19","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T16:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=3628"},"modified":"2019-08-05T10:12:02","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T10:12:02","slug":"ask-the-expert-how-to-play-the-egg-shaker-yes-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/ask-the-expert-how-to-play-the-egg-shaker-yes-really\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask the Expert &#8211; How to play the egg shaker (yes really!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Michelle emailed us to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;This is a question for Tim Bowdler, who wrote the Do&#8217;s &amp; Don&#8217;ts for Percussionists article. Thanks for the article!\u00a0 Can you please add a paragraph for the egg shaker?\u00a0 We have one on our team, but are sometimes at a loss as to when to play it, style, etc.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Tim replies:<\/p>\n<p>The foolproof way to play the egg is to turn the sharp end of the egg away from you and shake in a kind of &#8216;throwing a javelin&#8217; technique. Play in a 4\/4 time so the shake at the pointed part of the egg is hitting the &#8216;on beat&#8217; (1,2,3,4). You do look a bit stupid, but it does work. If you are playing a 6\/8 time, do the same but get the accents on the 1 and the 4. There are other ways of playing the egg, but that should get you on your way. Hope that helps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Michelle emailed us to say: &#8220;This is a question for Tim Bowdler, who wrote the Do&#8217;s &amp; Don&#8217;ts for Percussionists article. 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