How to hold the drum 0:50 How to play with non-dominant hand 2:15 How to play with dominant hand 6:02 How to play with both hands 8:16 How to play the usual pattern 12:47 Different caixa patterns 15:42 How to start and stop 21:45 How to start with bateria 23:23
Great great job Carl. hands down the best educational video for the Caxia i have seen. Not being able to understand Portuguese the amount of lessons for every samba instrument is quite limited, so this is a most welcome addition. And what en experience it must have been to play with mestre Marcão :) hope to see the videos coming on your channel in the future. Greeting from Denmark :)
Carl, you are such an amazing player and a fantastic teacher! I only started learning percussion and samba this year, but I've found your instructional videos for caixa and repinique to be particularly helpful. Thanks and keep up the good work! Pete
Great video! Do you have tips or excercises one can do to improve the second stroke on the beat? I tend to play the rimshot louder than the second stroke on the beat.
The big thing with caixa em cima is to think of the rimshot like a different note/pitch, not just automatically an accent. So you can play the rimshot with an accent or without. As you develop the control over the pitch (center or rimshot) and the volume (big accent, slight accent, or no accent) separately, you can phrase the rhythm in different ways (see around 15:45). It can also be helpful (especially at a faster tempo) to think of the difference between a double stroke and two consecutive single strokes. To practice this, I suggest playing #4 (12:55) and #5 (13:45) with different combinations of accents, slow and fast. Good luck, and let me know it goes.
Thanks! I've played the caixa a couple of years and I think I mainly need to improve 2 things. 1. Second stroke on the beat and the rimshot before. Thinking of them as two seperate single strokes is good but is so hard when you play. 2. Generally getting a better flow. Get my swing more even over the beats and thereby get more of train feeling. A train that just keeps marching on. I've uploaded a short sample to my channel. Let me know what you think! (Had to use a blanket not to disturb my neighbours.)
Your playing sounds good! My suggestion for you is to work on the consistency of the rebound/bounce, height, and beating spot. Try to get all the strokes to lift more without hesitation. Lift all the accents to the same height every time, and always lift the left hand too. Focus on hitting the right stick in the two exact beating spots every time--one near the center and one near the edge. Consistency with these elements is the most important way to work on your second goal of getting a better flow. Give "em cima" a try too. Holding the drum up changes the angle of the sticks and really encourages letting the right hand get a big, natural bounce because the stick is rebounding down instead of up, so gravity helps. Here's a track I made that may be helpful to practice along with :soundcloud.com/carldixondrums/samba-batucada-loop
There are amazing samba schools in Spain, Beijing, Singapore & the Philippines. 🤷🏽♂️ Samba love is everywhere & nourished with positive energy!✌🏽🙏🏽🥁🪘 Carl has put in the time, sweat, passion & respect to study with the greats and share the culture as a leading authority. Carl, thanks for all of your work and research making this accessible for the rest of us 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Peace!! ✌🏽✌🏽
How to hold the drum 0:50
How to play with non-dominant hand 2:15
How to play with dominant hand 6:02
How to play with both hands 8:16
How to play the usual pattern 12:47
Different caixa patterns 15:42
How to start and stop 21:45
How to start with bateria 23:23
Thanks a lot for the index! That's a great idea.
Snyggt Chris! A Bunda!
Acho q vc é vc o gringo mais brasileiro do RUclips ! Parabéns ,irmão ! Muito bom 👏👏🥳🥳
Great great job Carl. hands down the best educational video for the Caxia i have seen. Not being able to understand Portuguese the amount of lessons for every samba instrument is quite limited, so this is a most welcome addition. And what en experience it must have been to play with mestre Marcão :) hope to see the videos coming on your channel in the future. Greeting from Denmark :)
Thanks for the great feedback! I'm hoping to do more in the future. I'm glad it is valuable.
Show. Toca muito ! Congratulations!
Carl, you are such an amazing player and a fantastic teacher! I only started learning percussion and samba this year, but I've found your instructional videos for caixa and repinique to be particularly helpful. Thanks and keep up the good work!
Pete
Thanks a lot for the comment! Good luck studying, and let me know if you are ever interested in a Skype lesson. carldixondrums.com/teaching/
Good job , congrats genius 👏👏👏
Sensacional cara !
Excellent vid!
Thanks! Very useful tips.
Nice Carl, Very concise...
Thanks Marko!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!
Love it
Bon vídeo, bones explicacions!
Fantastic
Very good!!
muito bom!
Obrigado!
Great video! Do you have tips or excercises one can do to improve the second stroke on the beat? I tend to play the rimshot louder than the second stroke on the beat.
The big thing with caixa em cima is to think of the rimshot like a different note/pitch, not just automatically an accent. So you can play the rimshot with an accent or without. As you develop the control over the pitch (center or rimshot) and the volume (big accent, slight accent, or no accent) separately, you can phrase the rhythm in different ways (see around 15:45). It can also be helpful (especially at a faster tempo) to think of the difference between a double stroke and two consecutive single strokes. To practice this, I suggest playing #4 (12:55) and #5 (13:45) with different combinations of accents, slow and fast. Good luck, and let me know it goes.
Thanks!
I've played the caixa a couple of years and I think I mainly need to improve 2 things.
1. Second stroke on the beat and the rimshot before. Thinking of them as two seperate single strokes is good but is so hard when you play.
2. Generally getting a better flow. Get my swing more even over the beats and thereby get more of train feeling. A train that just keeps marching on.
I've uploaded a short sample to my channel. Let me know what you think! (Had to use a blanket not to disturb my neighbours.)
Your playing sounds good! My suggestion for you is to work on the consistency of the rebound/bounce, height, and beating spot. Try to get all the strokes to lift more without hesitation. Lift all the accents to the same height every time, and always lift the left hand too. Focus on hitting the right stick in the two exact beating spots every time--one near the center and one near the edge. Consistency with these elements is the most important way to work on your second goal of getting a better flow. Give "em cima" a try too. Holding the drum up changes the angle of the sticks and really encourages letting the right hand get a big, natural bounce because the stick is rebounding down instead of up, so gravity helps.
Here's a track I made that may be helpful to practice along with :soundcloud.com/carldixondrums/samba-batucada-loop
Carl Dixon thank you so much! Will look into that!
Sorry but the pdf exercise is not found in page thanks teacher
Thanks, it should be fixed now! carldixondrums.com/caixa-lesson/
Thanks Carl Dixon
This instrument dropped my jaw after I realized that it looks very similar to a snare drum.
caralho, muito foda!
I have a few of these great Ivsom caixa for sale (for the US) at ViradaDrums.com. ViradaDrums.com/product-category/caixa/
Fantastisch lessen
Thanks!
¡oh!
Tem gringo no samba...
There are amazing samba schools in Spain, Beijing, Singapore & the Philippines. 🤷🏽♂️ Samba love is everywhere & nourished with positive energy!✌🏽🙏🏽🥁🪘
Carl has put in the time, sweat, passion & respect to study with the greats and share the culture as a leading authority. Carl, thanks for all of your work and research making this accessible for the rest of us 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Peace!! ✌🏽✌🏽
🤢🤢
muito bom!