Learn cajón
Everything here is written for somebody with a box, no teacher, and a specific question. Read the page, then record forty-five seconds so I can tell you whether it worked.
What is a cajón?
The box, the three sounds it makes, and how a shipping crate became an instrument.
5 min read
How to play cajón
The whole instrument on one page, in the order that actually works.
8 min read
How to sit on a cajón
Posture decides your bass tone before you play a note.
4 min read
How to get a deep bass tone on cajón
A thin bass is nearly always the same three mistakes. Here is the fix for each.
5 min read
How to get a clean snare sound on cajón
The crack at the top corner is your backbeat. Here is how to make it speak.
5 min read
Ghost notes: the quiet strokes that make a groove
The near-silent taps between the loud notes, and why yours are probably too loud.
4 min read
Your first cajón groove
One bar that fits half the songs you already know, step by step.
5 min read
How to practise cajón with a metronome
How to use a click so it makes you better instead of making you miserable.
6 min read
The rumba pattern on cajón
The flamenco groove, built up from the 3-3-2 skeleton underneath it.
5 min read
How to choose your first cajón
What actually matters when buying one, what to ignore, and what to spend.
6 min read
Reading is not practising
Rafa works from a fixed method of 21 exercises, and the first one is forty-five seconds of quarter notes. No account needed.