Making Cajon Drum Box

This is another pricer option but you definitely get your money s worth from the quality of this instrument.

Making cajon drum box.

The cajon a box drum originating from african slaves in peru during the early 19th century or before is becoming more widely used within different musical genres. A snare is basically a string or wire stretched to tension and outfitted with something. Now if you re looking for a drum box with a tighter sound you should consider the cp408 2 in one series cajon from schlagwerk. The cajon pronounced ka hone is a wooden percussion instrument that is simple to make can be played as a fair substitute for a full trap set and is used by professional musicians to deliver a full rich sound in studio or live performance venues.

This comes from attaching several strings of snares you can either make yourself salvage from an old snare drum or use new snares and attach to the inside of the drum. The word cajon means box or drum in spanish. How i built a cajon box drum from rough lumber for my step son for christmas. Its locomotion is a plus as no set up is required and its fairly light making it an excellent instrument to have around as its simplicity is contradicted by the depth and drive.

The story goes that the slaves had all their drums snatched by their european masters with the intention of crushing their spirit. After searching around i decided to try and build one myself out of 4 4 rough.