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Module 1 / Cajon Basics
Learn the essential foundations of cajon playing, including posture, hand placement, striking technique, and the basic sounds of the cajon. This module builds the technical and musical foundation on which the rest of your playing, sound, coordination, and groove will develop.
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Introduction
03:21
Posture & Sitting Position
01:51
Basic Sounds, Hand Placement & Striking Technique
14:08
Review what you've learnt
00:05:00
Module 2 / Building Control
Developing hand control and technical awareness Before learning your first grooves, it is important to first develop basic control, timing, coordination, and technique on the cajon. In this module, you will learn and practice three foundational technique exercises designed to prepare your hands, movement, sound, and coordination for groove playing and help build a strong technical foundation for the lessons ahead.
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Lesson 1 / Single Stroke
01:09
Practice Along / Single Stroke / High Stroke
06:37
Practice Along / Single Stroke / Bass Stroke
05:53
Lesson 2 / Double Subdivision
03:10
Practice Along / Double Subdivision / High Stroke
08:47
Practice Along / Double Subdivision / Bass Stroke
07:06
Lesson 3 / Wrist Workout
02:46
Practise Along / Wrist Workout
08:48
Review what you've learnt
Module 3 / Your First Grooves
Learn your first two foundational cajon grooves along with a variety of musical variations designed to develop groove, timing, coordination, and feel. Each groove includes guided practice-alongs as well as full play-along band videos to help you apply your playing within real music.
Module 4 / Expanding Technique
Continue developing your technique and coordination through deeper technical studies learning 2 new exercises with Practise along videos and metronome designed to improve movement, control, confidence, sound quality, and overall musical flow on the cajon.
Module 5 / Groove Development
Explore two more grooves and a range of creative groove variations while deepening your rhythmic understanding, feel, timing, and musical application. Each groove includes multiple practice-alongs and full band play-along sessions to help strengthen your groove and confidence within real musical settings.
Module 6 / Refining Technique
Take your technique development further through more advanced technical studies focused on precision, endurance, accents, dynamics, control, sound quality, and musical awareness. This module is designed to refine and strengthen the technical foundation of your playing.
Module 7 / Final Grooves & Practice Essentials
Learn your final groove and its variations through guided practice sessions, play-alongs, and musical application exercises. This module also includes important guidance on building an effective long-term practice routine and integrating cajon practice naturally into your daily musical life.
DISCOVER CAJON WORKOUT
A dedicated practice and workout section containing all of the guided practice-along exercises from the Discover Cajon course arranged in the suggested order of the method. Designed to help students build consistency, strengthen technique, improve endurance, and make practicing more immersive, structured, and enjoyable. A dedicated practice and workout section containing all of the guided practice-along exercises from the Discover Cajon course arranged in the suggested order of the method. The fastest progress can often be seen when the full Discover Cajon Workout is practiced regularly once the lessons have been learned. These exercises, grooves, and techniques are not designed to simply be learned and left behind, but to become essential foundational tools that continue to be practiced, refined, and incorporated throughout your entire journey as a cajon player.
Discover Cajon

This exercise is designed to develop muscle memory for the correct high-stroke wrist movement used in cajon playing. Acting as a technical workout for the hands and wrists, it helps build control, sound quality, endurance, speed, tempo precision, and overall technical consistency. Special focus is also placed on strengthening both the leading and weaker hand equally in order to develop balanced coordination, fluid movement, and greater confidence throughout your playing.

A strong wrist technique is essential in cajon playing due to the constant “walking” movement of the hands that naturally takes place while playing grooves and rhythms. Even when subtle, this continuous movement plays an important role in developing flow, endurance, relaxation, coordination, and consistency throughout your playing.

When practiced consistently and correctly, this exercise will help strengthen the overall foundation of your technique over time.

From Technique & Rudiments Lesson 3 of the Modern Method for Cajon curriculum and book by Heidi Joubert.

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