The main difference between a standard and a flamemco cajon is the snare .
Standard cajons are fumdimentaly a wooden box with a thin wood playing surface. Whereas a flamenco cajon has the addition of snare wires running up the back of the tappa to a top end sound.
The flamenco cajon was introduced when Paco de Lucía (flamenco guitar player) went to Peru. He was introduced to the cajon and and he took some back to Spain with him. He then ran guitar strings up the back of the front playing surface of the cajon and the flamenco cajon was born.
Since then the flamenco cajon has seen a snare from a drum replacing the strings , and many different ways of adjusting the snare or strings to give a tighter snare sound.
Most cajons being made today are in fact flamenco cajons as they feature an internal snare mechanism.
The snare gives the cajon a much wider variety of sounds and has made the instrument able to fit perfectly into many styles of music.
Today cajons are sometimes known as "A drum kit in a box" because the top end of the cajon can be used to replicate the snare drum while the main body gives a bass tone and with different hand techniques many mid tones can also be achieved all from the same instrument .
Standard cajons are fumdimentaly a wooden box with a thin wood playing surface. Whereas a flamenco cajon has the addition of snare wires running up the back of the tappa to a top end sound.
The flamenco cajon was introduced when Paco de Lucía (flamenco guitar player) went to Peru. He was introduced to the cajon and and he took some back to Spain with him. He then ran guitar strings up the back of the front playing surface of the cajon and the flamenco cajon was born.
Since then the flamenco cajon has seen a snare from a drum replacing the strings , and many different ways of adjusting the snare or strings to give a tighter snare sound.
Most cajons being made today are in fact flamenco cajons as they feature an internal snare mechanism.
The snare gives the cajon a much wider variety of sounds and has made the instrument able to fit perfectly into many styles of music.
Today cajons are sometimes known as "A drum kit in a box" because the top end of the cajon can be used to replicate the snare drum while the main body gives a bass tone and with different hand techniques many mid tones can also be achieved all from the same instrument .
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