About Rain Sticks

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Summary: Nothing beats a rain stick percussion instrument. Learn all about rain sticks in this free video clip about how to play the rain stick.

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Gregg Tauriello Gregg Tauriello has owned and operated many recording studios and is currently located in Cornville, Arizona. He has a full service studio and can be contacte... read more

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About Rain Sticks

I've owned and operated many recording studios in my time. This is a very interesting instrument. It's actually a percussion instrument. It adds a really nice sound to certain music. This Rain stick is made with cactus. It's a piece of cactus dried out. After it's dried the manufacturer breaks off the needle of the cactus, turns it around, and sticks it back into the body. Fills it up with beads, rice, beans, stones, and then when it's tipped to one side or the other, produces a nice gentle sound. There are many factors that determine the tone, quality of the Rain stick. The size of the wood, the material that the flakes or beans are made out of inside, the size of the spines that go into it, and then, how it's played.