Martin Rottger: Studies For Cajon Book With Online Audio

Contents

• Introduction
• The Cajon
• History of the Cajon
• The Modern Cajon
• Types of Cajon
• About the Instrument
• What's lnside the Cajon?
• Damping the Interior
• Adjusting the Front Panel Screws
• Changing the Tension of the Strings
• Modifying the Strings in the Cajon
• Cajons with Snare Strainer
• Playing Position
• What Size Cajon?
• Tilting the Cajon
• Where to Strike the Cajon
• Playing Techniques
• The Basic Strokes / Sounds
• The Tone
• Ihe Bass
• The Tap
• The Slap
• Notation
• A couple of explanations
• Length of notes and rests
• The different time signatures
• How the different strokes ore nototed
• The Bass
• Useful Exercises
• Basic exercises, getting a good sound
• The staggered bass
• The staggered tone
• The staggered slap
• Accentuation, staggered accentuation
• Basic rhythmic exercises in 4/4
• Basic rhythmic exercises in 3/4
• Basic rhythmic exercises in 2/4
• Basic triplet exercises
• Groove Variations
• One bar pop/rock grooves in 4/4
• Two bar grooves in 4/4
• One bar grooves with eighth beat variations
• Two bar grooves in 3/4
• Grooves with Breaks
• Breaks
• Break combinations
• Grooves & breaks
• Playalongs
• lntroductory remarks
• Audio track listing
• Tennessee Blues (trad. / arr. Schell / R?ttger)
• Bossa Guitarra (Felix Schell)
• Parlez-vous "Cajon"? (Schell / R?ttger)