Cajon Drum

Cajon Drum

The word "Cajon" is derived from the Spanish language, in English translation, it means "box". 

The origin of Cajon is, African Slaves created it in the early 1800s in Peru. They used the simple wooden boxes. It's design looks like a rectangular box with a round sound hole in the middle of one side (What is a Cajon?, 2012). Cajon was developed as one of the musical instrument, and now many people are interested to learn how to play Cajon drum instead of a drum set only. 

The biggest difference between Cajon drum and a full set of drum set, is Cajon is only a box, it does not take any big space, but a drum set needs a bigger space to locate it. By using Cajon as the musical instrument, it is easier for the drummer to bring it anywhere, but drum set is hard to bring along everywhere. 

Now, Cajon is getting more and more popular. For instance, a video from YouTube, Skyscraper - Demi Lovato (Boyce Avenue feat. Megan Nicole acoustic cover), the drummer has used Cajon to produce the drum beat. 

(Skyscraper - Demi Lavato, 2011)

Although the sound beat from Cajon is similar to Drum kits, the way the drummer plays is totally different. Basically, being a drummer, he/she needs a pair of drum stick to play it, however, drummer can play Cajon without drum stick. 

Of course, we cannot just play with simply, without any steps. 

Here's the video to teach you how to play the Cajon

 

(Cajon Tutorial Lesson - How to play the Cajon, 2010)

Referecens:

What is a Cajon?. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-cajn.htm

Cajon Tutorial Lesson. (2010, April 11). Cajon Tutorial Lesson - How to play Cajon [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpReSnkGrTU&feature=player_embedded 

Skyscraper. (2011, August 15). Skyscraper - Demi Lovato (Boyce Avenue feat. Megan Nicole acoustic cover) on iTunes [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ3r-rXUABI&feature=player_embedded