Key facts
- Instrument.name
- Cajón
- Instrument.image
- Homemade cajón.jpg
- Instrument.background
- percussion
- Instrument.classification
- idiophone
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 111.24
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
- Percussion vessels
- Instrument.developed
- late 19th century
- Designation list.embed
- yes
- Designation list.designation1
- PCN
- Designation list.designation1_offname
- Cajón Peruano
- Designation list.designation1_type
- Intangible
- Designation list.designation1_criteria
- Music and dances
- Designation list.designation1_free1name
- Legal basis
- Designation list.designation1_free1value
- R.D.N. 798/INC-2001
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8 sectionsContents
- Description
- Origins and evolution
- Contemporary music
- Playing styles
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Sounds of a cajón in use
A cajón ( ; "box, crate, drawer") is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes implements such as brushes, mallets, or sticks.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cajón” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.