DanielStuart.ie » Drumming http://danielstuart.ie Web Development and Web Design Portfolio Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:32:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 My New Percussion Instrument – Cajon http://danielstuart.ie/2010/04/07/my-new-percussion-instrument-cajon/ http://danielstuart.ie/2010/04/07/my-new-percussion-instrument-cajon/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:01:13 +0000 admin http://www.danbhala.com/?p=410 I bought a Cajon box drum a few weeks ago from www.thomann.de, I’m really enjoying it!Its a pretty simple design; a hollow box with a hole on the reverse side, and behind inside the front panel, there’s a series of thin guitar like strings to give it a nice snare rattle.

As you play you notice the different tones you can get out of it. The top edge sounds like a snare and closer to the middle, a bass drum. You can fill in the rest with delicate ghost notes, these can be your hi-hats. You can also change the pitch of the drum by running your foot up the front panel as you play, do this with a nice fill pattern and these could be your toms.

So there you have it, kick, snare, hi-hats and toms in one box!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9l4Pu8SdGE

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