{"id":1103,"date":"2009-01-12T18:35:48","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T17:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2014-02-26T06:46:39","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T06:46:39","slug":"ask-the-expert-learning-cajon-drum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/ask-the-expert-learning-cajon-drum\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask the Expert &#8211; Learning Cajon Drum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had this question from Mark Worthington in the UK<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;ve am really enjoying the Guitar DVD and Song Learner Series. I also play the Irish Bodhran reasonably well. I have noticed a trend of gentle percussion using a Cajon in both worship and pop worlds.  It seems to be the acceptable face of drumming especially in churches coming from a very traditional history. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I have boldly purchased a Cajon for use in worship. How would someone in my situation go about learning to use this instrument? I don&#8217;t want to learn to use a whole drum kit so would any of the Drumming DVD&#8217;s help? Is there a possibility of a specific module on this?&#8221;<a title=\"cajon-drum-in-worship\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/cajon-drum-in-worship.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"attachment wp-att-1104 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/cajon-drum-in-worship.jpg\" alt=\"cajon-drum-in-worship\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We thought you would like to see the reply. If anyone has any advice for Mark please post it in the comments box at the bottom of the post.<\/p>\n<p>Hi Mark<\/p>\n<p>On the beginners drums DVD volume 3 we do a module on percussion techniques. These cover some fundamental grooves and techniques for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>egg<\/li>\n<li>large shaker<\/li>\n<li>tambourine<\/li>\n<li>triangle<\/li>\n<li>cow bell<\/li>\n<li>conga<\/li>\n<li>djembe<\/li>\n<li>dijeridoo (inc circular breathing!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you can see unfortunately it doesn\u2019t cover cajon as we had a limited number of things we could include but these lessons will help broaden your overall range of percussion techniques.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry we can\u2019t be more specific help but if you would like it, its available here <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had this question from Mark Worthington in the UK &#8220;I&#8217;ve am really enjoying the Guitar DVD and Song Learner Series. I also play the Irish Bodhran reasonably well. I have noticed a trend of gentle percussion using a Cajon in both worship and pop worlds. 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