Pitch Change

Teacher: Paul Jennings Length: 4 min Category:

Changing the pitch of the cajon with the foot slide technique is something that most cajon players use. It is a fantastic way to get a wide range of tones from your cajon and also works great for use in both fills and rhythms.

Brushes on Cajon

Teacher: Paul Jennings Length: 4 min Category:

Brushes on the cajon sound great and more and more players are now using brushes on the cajon.  The way you hold brushes for cajon is a little different than how you hold brushes or sticks for regular drum set or snare drum playing.  You want to have both brushes pointed down at the floor or toward the bottom of your cajon. Watch the video for how to hold them correctly.

Playing: Basic Soca Beat

Teacher: Adam Kuns Length: 4 min Category: Beats / Grooves, Vocabulary

Today where diving into a fun groove from the Caribbean. The Soca is a dance groove with four on the floor and a syncopated back beat.

“Kata” Indian Groove Breakdown

Teacher: Gabor Dornyei Length: 6 min Category: Beats / Grooves, Musical Styles, Secrets From the Pros

Gabor unique approach provides a quick lesson on Kata Indian drumming as he demonstrates how he composed this groove.

Pitch Change Exercises

Teacher: Paul Jennings Length: 3 min Category:

Now, here are two exercises that you can use to work on and refine your pitch change technique.

3/4 Rhythm With Brushes

Teacher: Paul Jennings Length: 3 min Category:

Now you will learn a rhythm in the time signature of 3/4 that you can play with your brushes. You can also play this rhythm with your hands.

Cajon Sounds and Technique

Teacher: Paul Jennings Length: 4 min Category: Percussion, Secrets From the Pros

Paul will now demonstrate some more intermediate techniques for playing the cajon once you have learned the basics.

Sixteenth Beat Rock

Teacher: Paul Jennings Length: 5 min Category:

In this lesson you will learn a rock rhythm with a sixteenth beat feel. When you are playing the beat your hands will be playing the sixteenth note ghosts in between punching out the main accented beats of the rhythm.

Funk 2

Teacher: Paul Jennings Length: 4 min Category:

Now you will learn Funk 2 rhythm. It is a widely used funk groove that has a late snare hit that gives it a nice funky vibe.

Bass & Slap Tone

Teacher: Paul Jennings Length: 10 min Category:

The bass tone is the very first tone you should learn on the cajon. Along with the bass tone, the slap tone is the other main tone you will use on the cajon.