Cajón para principiantes

This class will teach students the basics of how to play a Cajon drum. No previous drumming experience is necessary. Students will learn the basic concepts of keeping time and how to keep a beat. They will also learn proper posture and hand drumming techniques. We will work on several cajon patterns including pop/rock, latin, and middle eastern beats. The student will also learn how to play fills (soloing) at the end of 4 bar or 8 bar phrases. Much of the class will be spent with the teacher demonstrating, and then watching and evaluating the student reproduce the pattern, and giving constructive feedback. We may also spend class time playing along with different songs, to get a sense of how a groove is created.

It is preferable that students have their own cajon drum for the class, but not essential. They can play on a chair or hand drum if they don't have a cajon. Many of the principles we will learn in this class can also be applied to other hand drums.

Note: The "Original Sound for Musicians" setting MUST be enabled on Zoom for this class!