Unique Shakers
Kashaka, goat hoof chajchas, mini cajon shakers, fruit and vegetable sets and finger motion shakers from GMP, MEINL, NINO and Ohana.
GMP Kashaka Shaker, Mahogany
GMP Goat Hoof Shaker / Chajchas
MEINL Mini Cajon Shaker
NINO Mini Cajon Shaker
2 colours
NINO Fruit Shaker Set
NINO Salt and Pepper Shaker
NINO Shaker Set
GMP Musical Fruit Shakers, individual - E-FR-
MEINL Finger Motion Shaker
SUZUKI BARcussion Shaker with Key Base
GMP Musical Fruit Shaker 4-Pc Pack - Banana, Orange, Mango, Lemon
About Unique Shakers
The shakers that are not eggs: kashaka, chajchas, cajon shakers, fruit and vegetable sets and a few oddities.
The GMP kashaka is two small gourds joined by a cord, played by swinging one around the hand and catching it. It takes a few minutes to learn and it is genuinely satisfying once it clicks, which makes it a good instrument for a student who has decided percussion is too easy to be interesting.
Goat hoof chajchas are a bundle of dried hooves on a handle, from the Andes. The sound is a loose, dry rattle with no pitch to it at all, quite unlike a bead shaker.
Mini cajon shakers from MEINL and NINO are small wooden boxes with a sharp, dry sound and a clear attack, which lets them hold a rhythm rather than filling texture.
Fruit and vegetable shaker sets give a familiar shape to hold, which matters more than it sounds in early years, since a child can be asked for the banana rather than the third one along.
Also here: the MEINL finger motion shaker worn on the fingers, the NINO salt and pepper pair, the GMP djembe shaker, the SUZUKI BARcussion shaker on a key base, and the Ohana shakerlele, a shaker built in the shape of a ukulele body.
