I first came to learn about Cajon when a good musician friend told me that he is going to build one. I didn't know anything about the Cajon at the time and why would any musician like to become a carpenter. It took me a while but I've started to understand the charm.
A Cajon (box in Spanish) is a unique percussion instrument. Simply described the Cajon is a wooden box on which the percussionist sits and taps it with his hands. It originated from Peru in South America where it is called simply Cajon.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paco_de_Lucathe famous Spanish guitarist fell in love with the cajon in one of his visits to Peru and instantly decided to embrace it into the well known Flamenco style of dance and music. That marked the birth of the Cajon Flamenco and this is what made Cajon's popular in many music styles. The Cajon's capability to produce both high and low percussion sounds make it ideal for drummers or small groups who want a full drum sound without having to set the full drums gear.
These days the Cajon is used in traditional Latin as well as in Rock, Pop and other musical styles. What makes the Cajon Flamenco unique is that is has snare strings that set it apaprt from the "dry" sound of the traditional Peruvian Cajon. There are dozens of Cajon manufactures and it's popularity covers the whole world.
The Cajon modest structure made it ideal for Do It Yourself projects and for customizations. There are secretes behind Cajon buildings but there are any examples and instructions over the Web showing how to do it right.
I did not get to hear my friend's Cajon nor did I start building my own, what I did is to build my own website dedicated to Cajons and to Cajon's players. It's eCajonFlamenco.com, visit it and let me know what you think!
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