Schlagwerk CP 4005 Cajon La Peru beech
Product information "Schlagwerk CP 4005 Cajon La Peru beech"
CP 4005 - Cajon la Perù®
- Beech wood head
- Sound: rich bass sound with strong crash tonal qualities.
- The snare strings can be tuned by adjusting the tension device in the floor of the Cajon.
- Size: 50 x 30 x 30 cm
A cajón (Spanish for ´crate´, ´drawer´, or ´box´, pronounced ´ka.HONE´) is a kind of box drum played by slapping. The cajón is thought to have originated in Peru.
These instruments are gaining very quickly in popularity for good reason; they have a wide and useful variety of tones, are sturdy, portable, and often double as a stool.
The cajon has primarily Peruvian origins, but has taken root in Cuba, where there has long been a tradition of sitting on the docks playing packing crates. The Cuban Rumba Yambú is traditionally played on cajon rather than conga. Peru has it´s own tradition, and Flamenco music also now uses the Cajon. On occasion Flamenco players traditionally slap the backs of their guitars, and cajon can easily be seen as developing from this idea.
Some cajons feature panels which are screwed on, with the corners left loose, to facilitate better and easier slaps. Flamenco cajones sometimes have strings, actual guitar strings, on the inside, to make a resonating sound not unlike a snare. The existence of the string cajon indicates that Spanish Flamenco is also an influence in countries with a Spanish colonial history.
- Body Material: Gabon
- Dimensions: 30 x 30 x 50 cm
- Playing surface: Beech
- Snare effect: Adjustable Cajon-strings
- Subcategory: Cajon
Schlagwerk Percussion has stood for over 30 years for high-quality percussion instruments Made in Germany. From the tranquil Swabian region, Schlagwerk conquers the world with handmade cajons, bongos, cabasas, blocks and much more.
