A brief introduction to the cajon drum | GECKO

A brief introduction of Cahoon Drums,explained by ourprofessional Gecko manufacturers.

The cajon drum is originally meant to be a wooden box or drawer,and the cajon (Spanish: cajon) is a box-like wooden percussion instrument shaped like a wooden stool or chair.One theory is that the ancestor of Cajon may have evolved from a few discarded boxes or drawers in a closet or desk.

The origin of wooden drum may be a kind of drum from ancient Africa.Later,with the discovery of the New World, some Africans were sold to South America as slaves.They spread to Peru, Cuba and other countries with wooden drum,and gradually became popular in the middle of South America.

It was modified to become what it is today.Cajon instruments began to be played around the end of the 18th century in Peru,South America,by African American black slaves.

Sitting on the top of the performance with hand beat the wooden front plate sound,sound similar to the jazz drum,beat different parts can produce different sounds,is a kind of percussion instrument suitable for impromptu all-around performance.After this kind of percussion instrument was introduced into popular music,the way of use became flexible and changed gradually.

In recent years,wooden drum has gradually become popular all over the world, especially in some street music performance groups.Because it can play a sound similar to the jazz drum, and is easier to carry than the jazz drum,it has become a lot of percussionists learn and use in recent years.

While wooden drum in Spanish flamenco and rumba.Latin music was carried forward,so pop music also slowly tried to use wooden drum accompaniment has also been a lot of praise.

The above is a brief introduction to the Cahoon drum.we are professional Cahoon drum manufacturers, this article hope to help you!