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How to Play the Cajon (Getting Started)

How to Play the Cajon (Getting Started)

The Cajon is one of the most popular percussion instruments today. Originated from Peru, the Cajon drum is widely used in many different music genres, from flamenco to mainstream pop music. These lightweight Cajon boxes are used as substitutes for drums, as it is portable and easy-to-play percussion instrument. ...

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The 7 Best Cajon Pedals for All Budgets (2024)

The 7 Best Cajon Pedals for All Budgets (2024)

The Cajon is one of the oldest forms of percussion in the world. However, its use as a portable alternative to a drum set has sparked a lot of demand for Cajon pedals.  Pedals not only make it easier for you to get a better thud sound from your instrument but also keep your hand free so that you can incorporate ...

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The 7 Best Tambourines (2024) to Spice Up Your Music

The 7 Best Tambourines (2024) to Spice Up Your Music

Whether you're looking for a great tambourine to use with your hands and feet, or mounted to your drum set, the market is filled with good choices. Tambourines come in lots of different shapes and designs, and their quality is certainly not always equal, which is why you need some research beforehand. My top ...

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A Beginner’s Guide to Marching Drums and Percussion

A Beginner’s Guide to Marching Drums and Percussion

This is your ultimate guide to marching drums. We're going to talk about each of the main drums (snare, bass, tenor), marching cymbals, drum carriers, and drumsticks. Marching drums are specially designed for the needs of marching or moving drumlines and coupled with a harness or carrier/rack that is worn by the ...

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The 5 Best Timbales for Great Sound Quality (2024)

The 5 Best Timbales for Great Sound Quality (2024)

Timbales are famous single-headed drums, usually coming with a metal casing, originated in Cuba, but they slowly gained a major role in many different genres and styles across the world. Without them, Latin music would not be the same. While their structure, appearance, and playing method could resemble tom-toms, ...

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Steel Drums – All Your Questions Answered

Steel Drums – All Your Questions Answered

With their fascinating sound, resulting in ethereal and exotic vibes at the same time, steel drums (steelpans) have gained more and more popularity in different genres and styles of music throughout the last few decades. Also known as steel pans, these instruments were once built from industrial containers. ...

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The 7 Best Instruments for Drum Circles

The 7 Best Instruments for Drum Circles

A drum circle is a group of people playing drums and percussion instruments together in a casual and collaborative setting. The Djembe is the most common instrument used in a drum circle, along with bongos, congas, toms, snares, and other percussion instruments. Percussion is believed to be the oldest family of ...

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The 5 Best Kalimbas of 2024 (Review)

The 5 Best Kalimbas of 2024 (Review)

The Kalimba is a simple yet beautiful instrument to play. Although many of them may appear quite similar, there are can be some significant differences between their sound quality and volume. In this article, I take you through some of the best options to buy online. My top pick as the best kalimba is the Gecko ...

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The 5 Best Ocean Drums (2024) for a Soothing Sound

The 5 Best Ocean Drums (2024) for a Soothing Sound

An Ocean Drum is a double-sided drum filled with small metal beads, which produce a nice, relaxing, and mellow sound of waves when moved around. Differing from the velocity of moving, you can get both very gentle wave sounds and also sounds of crashing waves. This is what gave them the name. They have been used in ...

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The 7 Best Kids Percussion Instrument Sets (2024)

The 7 Best Kids Percussion Instrument Sets (2024)

Playing an instrument is great for your kids on so many levels, especially their motor skills and eye-hand coordination. Percussion sets include a bunch of different and fun toy instruments and are no different from any of the other instruments out there in that regard. Percussion is great for small children ...

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The 5 Best Cowbells for Drummers (2024)

The 5 Best Cowbells for Drummers (2024)

The sound of cowbells can quickly make you think of music from the 80s, as well as Latin percussion grooves. This article goes through 3 of the best cowbells to add to your drum set The cowbell originally wasn’t made as a musical instrument. As the name suggests, it was a bell to be worn by cattle to locate and ...

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