cajon box drum is actually a Spanish word which means a drawer or box. It is a drum-like instrument that is shaped like a box and is simply played by slapping its rear or front face either by hands or by several different tools. With time, several important and different developments have been made to improve this instrument's structure and this is a famous one till today.
Description
Sheets of 0.5 to 0.75 inches (1.3 to 1.9 cm) thick wood are generally used for five sides of the box. A thinner sheet of plywood is nailed on as the sixth side, and acts as the striking surface or head. The striking surface of the cajón drum is commonly referred to as the tapa. A sound hole is cut on the back side. The modern cajón may have rubber feet, and has several screws at the top for adjusting percussive timbre.
Origins and evolution
The cajon drum box is the most widely used Afro-Peruvian musical instrument since the late 16th century. Slaves of west and central African origin in the Americas are considered to be the source of the cajón drum. Currently, the instrument is common in musical performance throughout some of the Americas, the Philippines and Spain. The cajón was developed during the periods of slavery in coastal Peru. The instrument reached a peak in popularity by 1850, and by the end of the 19th century cajón players were experimenting with the design of the instrument by bending some of the planks in the cajón's body to alter the instrument's patterns of sound vibration.[1] After slavery the cajón was spread to a much larger audience including Criollos.
While early 20th-c versions of the festejo appeared to have been performed without the cajón, especially due to the influence of Perú Negro, a musical ensemble founded in 1969, the cajón began to be more important than the guitar and, indeed, became "a new symbol of Peruvian blackness".
Playing styles
The player sits astride the box, tilting it at an angle while striking the head between their knees. The percussionist can play the sides with the top of their palms and fingers for additional sounds. Some percussionists attach a bass drum pedal to the instrument, enabling them to play it with a single foot.
The instrument has been played not only with hands, but also with plastic and metal brushes, as used for drum kits. Another way of playing the cajón is to use an ordinary bass drum pedal, thus turning the cajón into an indirect percussion instrument which can be played with the feet. This enables the player to beat it just like a pedal-bass drum, thus leaving the hands (and one other foot) free to play other instruments. On the other hand, it also restricts the player's standard cajón-playing position, as when the cajón is placed on the ground, in the bass drum location, it is hard for the performer to slap it with her or his hands.
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how to play cajon drum box?
The cajon box drum is very simple to play.
There are no hard and fast rules, but if you are playing in a band or with other musicians you will want to at least keep in time with the music and punch out a basic beat to start with.
So therefore learning to play the Cajon is very much like learning to play any percussion instrument or a drum kit.
It starts basic and as you become more proficient the complexity of the rhythms you play will expand.
Here are a few videos that will give you a basic idea of how to get started playing the cajon.
These videos were made by Gecko cajon and they give you the basics and will have you playing.....
Literally in a few minutes.
(GECKO Cajon CD01)---play be Chen tong
GECKO Cajon SOLO
where to buy a cajon drum box
If you are thinking about buying a cajon take a look at the prices of cajons for sale in retail outlets and then half the price and that will give you a good idea about how much the cajon actually costs.
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