A cajón is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front (tapa) or rear faces with the hands, fingers, or sometimes implements such as brushes, mallets, or sticks. Cajóns were once primarily played in Afro-Peruvian music, but has since made its way into flamenco and many other genres as well. ModernContinue reading “Cajón”
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Mridangham
The mridangham is a double-sided drum from India. It is usually made of one piece of wood, and has a barrel shape with an offset bulge, which makes the right side face smaller than the left. There are some cool origin stories for this instrument, such as Nandikeshwara stories with regards to how the instrumentContinue reading “Mridangham”
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