Shekere basics lesson by Michael de Miranda 

Just gave my infant son his first rattle. thanks to this he's tearing it up!

I saw & heard this instrument while filming a Rumba dance in Cuba

You’re a wonderful teacher. And let me guess... you are not speaking in your native tongue, right? Excellent communication skills in English. Gratitude!

Muchas gracias Señor de Miranda. I'm a shekere maker and player from Chile and your videos have inspired me very much to retake this beautiful instrument. I would really love if you could show some more afrocuban rythms with the shekere in further videos. Greetings.

More shekere! How fun! Excellent video Michael. I agree with you that the natural gourds sound much better than the fiberglass (and I prefer glass beads to plastic beads on the gourd). Regarding the tightness/looseness of the skirt, I have found it useful to thread an adjustable cord through the bottom part of the skirt so that degree of tightness on the skirt can be adjusted to any desired level.

Splendid. Thank you Michael

Muy bueno.Gracias Michael!!!!!!

Thank you very much especially for showing the left hand movement. It´s very helpful! And Happy new year!

Thank you! ❤

Great Lesson!!! Study the movement and then the rhythm!!

Excellent lesson. Thanks for sharing!

Excellent Lesson, Maestro, as always! Thanks. And also wishing a very Happy New Year! Ray

That first shekere you played had a great base

Wow! Great video!

Very nice video! I like the the sound of natural gourds too. You should meke a video showing how to play shekere in escola de samba.

Good Day Michael Can you show some me some pattern for the tumba rithym. Blessings

Hello Michael. Could you recommend any online resources for finding good quality natural gourd shakeres? I have one I really love but the tone is mid-range so I'd like to get a really good natural gourd shakere that is much larger and deeper tone. Thanks

perfect

Thank you. I shall return.

Thanks for this Sr. de Miranda :] Have you ever done a video on Güiro? ( The instrument, not the Rhythm you mentioned )

Hi, yesterday i signed up on your patreon hoping you would have lessons on the shekere. i only see one video (posted in 2022) do you not have any others? thank you

This is great, thank you! What size/shape of Shekere would you recommend for beginning? By the way, are you dutch? Ik hoor het in je accent :)

mi pana excelente toca asi y canta y has coro para ver???

Do you have an instructional DVD specifically teaching shekere?