Legend has it that the Arican slaves in Peru started playing their grooves on the fishing and packing boxes where they worked when their “owners” banned their African drums. Percussion > HAND/ WORLD DRUMS > Cajon: Sort Products: By Name By Price: A cajón (Spanish for 'crate', 'drawer', or 'box', pronounced 'ka.HON') is a kind of box drum played by slapping the front face (generally thin plywood) with the hands. I would love to hear Fernandos Kitchen live. The Peruvian cajon then found its way to the loving hands of Paco De Luciai’s percussionist’s hands where he developed the guitar string system to creat a more snary airy sound for the cajon. info@drumshop.co.uk. Hei, I’m Iwan from Indonesia, what is the different between the trapezoidal cajon and the plain box cajon? Magazine’s Drummies! The peruvian cajon has no strings and has a very different sound and playing technique to it. Stompbox is a small wooden box placed under the foot, which is tapped on rhythmically to produce a sound similar to that of a bass drum. Meinl Cajon Box Drum with Internal Snares and FREE Bag - MADE IN EUROPE - Baltic Birch Wo… Most of them have no strings, so they sound like a Peruvian. Thks for all! Attach it to a cajon (wooden box drum) and activate it by smartphone with our app. Price: $150.00 . The cajon's range of sounds is impressive — and so organic that players of any skill level can develop their own tones and techniques. A cajon is a versatile percussive instrument you can use to play numerous musical styles. Winner of DRUM! The story goes that, the slaves had all their drums snatched by their European masters with the intention of crushing their spirit. 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The goal was to make the Cajon Drum 1x1x1.5 ft (length X width X height). Heidi, thanks. $50.00 . 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