STUDIES FOR
CAJON
Hand Drum Tutor Book with CD
Don't want to lug a entire drum kit on stage? Want to play unplugged without drowning out your band mates? The Cajon, the smallest drum kit in the world, is the perfect powerful accompaniment instrument to any kind of band, be it blues, hip hop, boogie or rock - providing a full snare and rich bass sound, amplified or acoustic.
This book provides beginners with a step-by-step introduction to this little box, called Cajon. You'll not only find all important back-up information (history, instrument-building), you'll also learn how to play rock, pop and Latin grooves. Enclosed you'll find a CD containing sound examples to the respective exercises to help you practice and control the sound you make. The CD also includes play along-tracks, allowing you to test your skills under realistic conditions.
Introduction
- The Cajon
- History of the Cajon
- The Modern Cajon
- Types of Cajon
About the Instrument
- What's lnside the Cajon?
- Damping the Interior
- Adjusting the Front Panel Screws
- Changing the Tension of the Strings
- Modifying the Strings in the Cajon
- Cajons with Snare Strainer
- Playing Position
- What Size Cajon?
- Tilting the Cajon
- Where to Strike the Cajon
Playing Techniques
- The Basic Strokes / Sounds
- The Tone
- Ihe Bass
- The Tap
- The Slap
Notation
- A couple of explanations
- Length of notes and rests
- The different time signatures
How the different strokes ore nototed
- The Tone
- The Bass
- The Tap
- The Slap
Useful Exercises
- Basic exercises, getting a good sound
- The staggered bass
- The staggered tone
- The staggered slap
- Accentuation, staggered accentuation
- Basic rhythmic exercises in 4/4
- Basic rhythmic exercises in 3/4
- Basic rhythmic exercises in 2/4
- Basic triplet exercises
Groove Variations
- One bar pop/rock grooves in 4/4
- Two bar grooves in 4/4
- One bar grooves with eighth beat variations
- Two bar grooves in 3/4
Grooves with Breaks
- Breaks
- Break combinations
- Grooves & breaks
Playalongs
- lntroductory remarks
- CD track listing
- Tennessee Blues
- Bossa Guitarra (Felix Schell)
- Parlez-vous "Cajon"?
