Since it is impossible to loop video on one exercise here's a practice trick I have developed: 1. Get the "blinky dots metronome" app that Ross uses. It is called "Impulse" and is free (at least the iOS version). 2. Type the notes that Ross provides as a pattern. I use the yellow dot (with "Snare III" sound) for base, the white dot (with "808 II" sound) for snare and the empty dot (with "Switch II" sound) for a ghost note. 3. Slow it down and loop as much as you need :)
Hello! Do u guys recommend any "blinky dots metronome" for Android? This app is only available on the App Store for iOS devices. Thanks from Brazil !!!
Hey thanks for watching! 😁 There’s now a 260 page eBook that goes with the Cajon Method 1.1 course. It's full of easy-to-read notation, practice tips and more. If you're interested, please consider joining the class. ruclips.net/user/rosslmccallumjoin Thank you! ❤
Ross McCallum I've been playing cajon for 3 years. I try looking for documents and videos like this many times til I found you via youtube, like I have all I need on my phone in your channel. Could we contact some way by facebook?! Thank You! My link: facebook.com/ban.tan.5030
I got the same Cajon and chose it between 5 others, for the price it has incredible bass, mid and high range sound with crisp snare. Easily can add another snare or remove the one.
Hello sir ross this video was great i love learning from you i made a few mistakes but i am sure i can do it with you and i am pleased with your videos please post some more thank you again 😁😁😁
Many thanks, Ross! I'm just starting learning and your videos are helping me a lot. I like your method but I'd like to suggest something. Could you also share the sheet notes in PDF? With a link for free download. I take long time jotting down the notes during the videos in order to study later.
Hey Raquel, happy you’re learning a lot so far! There’s a PDF for this lesson actually. I’m slowly getting around to posting more links but here we go. Members get PDF sheet music for all lessons in the beginner, intermediate and advanced courses. ruclips.net/user/rosslmccallumjoin
Hi Ross, I really would like to be a member, but for now that's something that I can't afford. I'm from Brazil n dollar is more than 4 times than Brazilian currency. I'm also studing pandeiro. The study of pandeiro guided me to the cajon. Many thanks, anyway, Ross for your helping. I'll continue get your free lessons. You have a fan in Brazil ;) See ya
Hey @@raquelcastro6333 okay I see! Well for now, could you email me at rosslmccallum@gmail.com and I'll try to send you just a bit of what I can do to help!
Thanks bro ! Awsome video ! I have a question ! I just started cajon ! Im right handed ! And my right hand feels so much more in groove ! While my left feels slow ! Should i focus on the left more to develop it ? All hints tips and tricks much appreciated ! 😊
trickey T.V thanks!! The weaker hand feeling is felt by everyone I think! Me included. A bit of extra time working on your left hand is worth it. It will make rhythms that require both hands to perform on a high level sound and feel better. I don’t think we’ll ever have 2 perfect hands but imagining them as members of the team, we need to make sure we don’t have one let the other down. I hope that helps!
Hi Great Ross! Beautiful video as always (and it isn't something to be said ). One question: in the groove nr. 3 would it sound differently if it were written with triplets and the pause between the two eighth notes to simulate a shuffle pattern? I don't know if I explained myself ...
Hey Gerlando, thanks so much! My music theory isn't great but yes triplets with the middle cut out make a shuffle pattern. Writing out my beat that way would only work for the first spacey part though. The end part where I add in all the ghost notes wouldn't work in triplets I don't think (the count would become 1&A2&A3&A4&A). I still want to play standard 16ths (1e&a2e&a...) but with some flexibility. This "75% swing" feel is really useful when a shuffle is too rigid but you want some looseness in the groove. I hope that helps!!
@@rosslmccallum Dear Ross, thanks again for your reply. Your channel (and I've seen so many) is really the best on YT. The clear explanations, the writing of the music (which is VERY IMPORTANT), the care of the sound and the editing of the videos ... really exceptional. What to say... thank you for everything.
The backing tracks in this video were made from the “RUclips Audio Library” I think it’s called. I’ll see if I can find them again and let you know. In the meantime, might I suggest the “Easy Syncopation” and “Groove Expansion” audio for some funk groove practice. You can mix and match grooves and see what works well with what.
OK! Check the Members Audio folder for "Funky Loops Old RUclips Audio." I was able to recover 4 out of the 5 and export them as one track (each groove loops for a couple of minutes). You should get a nice 9-10 minute practice session out of it. Enjoy!
Thank you so much for this! But there is one thing im not able to do since I just got my first cajón, is there any way to change the pitch? Ive been having problems cause mine sounds alot diferent than most of your cajons. Greetings from Ecuador!
Hey there Galo! Congratulations on your new cajón. Actually the sound you hear in my videos is usually edited with EQ and compression to sound the way I like on the day. Don't worry too much about the "tuning" right now but keep improving your technique and you'll actually make the instrument sound better and better. Good luck!
tighten the top row of screws to raise the pitch of the highs and loosen the rest of the screws to lower the ptich of the lows. Don't over tighten or over loosen. Use your ears to determine the sound that you want.
Here's the video you need! Make sure you have a bit of free time and then sit back and enjoy. I can hopefully break it down nicely for you. ruclips.net/video/a2-iv2-xYU0/видео.html
Glad you dig my sound! That’s a “Sela Varios” which is actually an entry level drum but with my sound processing sounds quite huge. Check out the end of this video to see the signal chain ruclips.net/video/0Kj_gDvqWw8/видео.html
Hey Ramiro thanks!! I just do these online videos right now. But if you become a paid member of my channel that includes a lot of extra short courses plus a monthly live lesson. So that might be a good start if you are looking for more! Thanks again.
These rithms sound great in rock music, too :) I like very much when you show multiple rythms for a music style. It makes me creative :) Aren't you interested in beats in 6/8 rythm? It would be sooo great to learn, but on youtube I cannot find too many that would be good for rock music. Thank you for the tutorial!!
@@rosslmccallum thank you very much. Honestly, I have tried it, but I had difficulties with that one. I did not feel it somehow. And I am also looking for more rythms to make the beat more diverse.
@@rosslmccallum That was probably the quickest response on one of my comments ever😁 It really sounds very differentiated. Thanks man, I'll look into that mic. Love your videos!
I picked them up from the “RUclips Audio Library” (royalty free stuff). If you go to that audio library and search for funk I’m sure you’ll catch these songs.
I've always wondered: Is the crisp difference between your bass and snare tones so clear because of the way you mic your cajon or do Sela cajons actually sound that good?
Thank heavens you played this without the backing track as well! I'm the kind who can't get used to metronomes or any other instruments and prefer to only hear the groove. Continue this format so we all get the best of both worlds...with track and without track. I loved #4 and #5 and waiting to try it out on the djembe. Thank you and hugs from India 😊
I remembered you replied to my audience poll about this. Great to hear this works well for you. I also wanted to make sure the cajon was much louder than the track. Thanks for watching, Chel and have fun with grooves 4 and 5!
@@rosslmccallum Thank you for all your videos Ross! I love how similar these grooves are. Im finding it helpful to bounce between the two time stamps, paying attention to the subtle changes you made in 👻-notes!
Pritam Magar Sometimes just slowing things down can help. Or maybe try some of the other beginner lessons before this one? ruclips.net/p/PLkFTJa7bYzTjX_a4aW2uvytlE7Z8wQX0n
Hey Sheper. Thanks for looking out for the beginners. Actually these aren't shuffles but instead "swung 16ths". Playing a shuffle means I have to subdivide into triplets which wouldn't be the right feel for these beats. So swing can be thought of as a way to add some looseness to an otherwise straight rhythm but shuffle is a different count. This is how I understand it anyway. I hope that helps!
real drum app rhythms,?? 🤔😕 NEW CAJON ? pretty cool dear sweetheart percussionist. I think I am in love with your finger rolls. if you put them on your grooves uffff then 2 much fun 💕
Ahh this seems right. I just write my notation as MIDI in Logic Pro and then it's automatically turned into notation like this. So even when it sounds right to me it might not look right. Thanks for the information!
@@rosslmccallum You're the best, thank you Ross! Will try that. Don't know why this one was so soft! I tried with a bluetooth speaker... but there's a delay in when I hear the sound and see the slaps and confused me, lol! 😄🤩🤗
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That cajon's sound is amazing.
Nice lesson - thank you.
Thanks Robert! New video in this style about rock grooves comes out on Tuesday!
A little jazzy guitar and Cajon grooves..... Omg, this is amazing and awesome one.... I can't wait to try these grooves thanks man...👍👍
Thanks Vinay!! Have fun with them. Thanks always for the support.
@@rosslmccallum 😄
Number two rhythm it's awesome
Glad you liked it Raul! Very happy to see you decided to join the class too. Let me know any time you need help.
Since it is impossible to loop video on one exercise here's a practice trick I have developed:
1. Get the "blinky dots metronome" app that Ross uses. It is called "Impulse" and is free (at least the iOS version).
2. Type the notes that Ross provides as a pattern. I use the yellow dot (with "Snare III" sound) for base, the white dot (with "808 II" sound) for snare and the empty dot (with "Switch II" sound) for a ghost note.
3. Slow it down and loop as much as you need :)
NICE!!! Thanks to you, I just learnt you can change the sounds to stuff like that. Great idea, Lukasz!
Hello! Do u guys recommend any "blinky dots metronome" for Android? This app is only available on the App Store for iOS devices. Thanks from Brazil !!!
I'm still looking out for an Android version. If I find one I'm going to let everyone know!
Hey thanks for watching! 😁 There’s now a 260 page eBook that goes with the Cajon Method 1.1 course. It's full of easy-to-read notation, practice tips and more. If you're interested, please consider joining the class. ruclips.net/user/rosslmccallumjoin Thank you! ❤
Very nice grooves in a great camera view! Thank you.
Cheers!
That was so cooool,
I really enjoyed the way you made the examples with the backing track.
I'm going to play all of 5 right now
Thanks for the lesson!
Thanks and have fun!
Very useful, thank you! I'm gonna start now 😄
Excited for you to get these grooves down!!
So cool man! Excellent! Thank u a lot! I really like it!
Thanks I'm glad you liked it!
Ross McCallum I've been playing cajon for 3 years. I try looking for documents and videos like this many times til I found you via youtube, like I have all I need on my phone in your channel. Could we contact some way by facebook?! Thank You! My link: facebook.com/ban.tan.5030
Man this cajon sounds really great! Awesome!! 😍
Thanks Diogo. I got a EQ setting in my DAW that's working well to really bring it to life.
I got the same Cajon and chose it between 5 others, for the price it has incredible bass, mid and high range sound with crisp snare. Easily can add another snare or remove the one.
Interesting funky beats..keep it up buddy💕
Cheers!
Hello sir ross this video was great i love learning from you i made a few mistakes but i am sure i can do it with you and i am pleased with your videos please post some more thank you again 😁😁😁
We’re in it together!! See you again soon too.
Awesome thanks
La explicación es muy buena, fácil de entender.
Many thanks, Ross! I'm just starting learning and your videos are helping me a lot. I like your method but I'd like to suggest something. Could you also share the sheet notes in PDF? With a link for free download. I take long time jotting down the notes during the videos in order to study later.
Hey Raquel, happy you’re learning a lot so far! There’s a PDF for this lesson actually. I’m slowly getting around to posting more links but here we go. Members get PDF sheet music for all lessons in the beginner, intermediate and advanced courses. ruclips.net/user/rosslmccallumjoin
Hi Ross, I really would like to be a member, but for now that's something that I can't afford. I'm from Brazil n dollar is more than 4 times than Brazilian currency. I'm also studing pandeiro. The study of pandeiro guided me to the cajon. Many thanks, anyway, Ross for your helping. I'll continue get your free lessons. You have a fan in Brazil ;) See ya
Hey @@raquelcastro6333 okay I see! Well for now, could you email me at rosslmccallum@gmail.com and I'll try to send you just a bit of what I can do to help!
Thanks bro ! Awsome video !
I have a question !
I just started cajon ! Im right handed ! And my right hand feels so much more in groove ! While my left feels slow !
Should i focus on the left more to develop it ? All hints tips and tricks much appreciated ! 😊
trickey T.V thanks!! The weaker hand feeling is felt by everyone I think! Me included. A bit of extra time working on your left hand is worth it. It will make rhythms that require both hands to perform on a high level sound and feel better. I don’t think we’ll ever have 2 perfect hands but imagining them as members of the team, we need to make sure we don’t have one let the other down. I hope that helps!
Very good
Thanks. Happy I could help!
Awesome bro
Thank you for teaching 👍👍👍
Always happy to help!
Well done Ross..James brown would be pleased 😁😁
Haha huge thanks again my friend!
Thank you 😻 I’m Iranian
Hossein Amiri thanks for watching and commenting!
Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
thankyou!
Awesome sir. I really amazing .
Thank you!
Hi Great Ross! Beautiful video as always (and it isn't something to be said ).
One question: in the groove nr. 3 would it sound differently if it were written with triplets and the pause between the two eighth notes to simulate a shuffle pattern?
I don't know if I explained myself ...
Hey Gerlando, thanks so much! My music theory isn't great but yes triplets with the middle cut out make a shuffle pattern. Writing out my beat that way would only work for the first spacey part though. The end part where I add in all the ghost notes wouldn't work in triplets I don't think (the count would become 1&A2&A3&A4&A). I still want to play standard 16ths (1e&a2e&a...) but with some flexibility. This "75% swing" feel is really useful when a shuffle is too rigid but you want some looseness in the groove. I hope that helps!!
@@rosslmccallum Dear Ross, thanks again for your reply. Your channel (and I've seen so many) is really the best on YT. The clear explanations, the writing of the music (which is VERY IMPORTANT), the care of the sound and the editing of the videos ... really exceptional.
What to say... thank you for everything.
. How do determine 75% swing feel?
Hey, great grooves, can I find the funky backing track in the members area?
The backing tracks in this video were made from the “RUclips Audio Library” I think it’s called. I’ll see if I can find them again and let you know.
In the meantime, might I suggest the “Easy Syncopation” and “Groove Expansion” audio for some funk groove practice. You can mix and match grooves and see what works well with what.
I'm doing a further search for these audio files today. I'll update you shortly!
OK! Check the Members Audio folder for "Funky Loops Old RUclips Audio." I was able to recover 4 out of the 5 and export them as one track (each groove loops for a couple of minutes). You should get a nice 9-10 minute practice session out of it. Enjoy!
@@rosslmccallum great thanks a ton!
Thank you so much for this! But there is one thing im not able to do since I just got my first cajón, is there any way to change the pitch? Ive been having problems cause mine sounds alot diferent than most of your cajons. Greetings from Ecuador!
Hey there Galo! Congratulations on your new cajón. Actually the sound you hear in my videos is usually edited with EQ and compression to sound the way I like on the day. Don't worry too much about the "tuning" right now but keep improving your technique and you'll actually make the instrument sound better and better. Good luck!
tighten the top row of screws to raise the pitch of the highs and loosen the rest of the screws to lower the ptich of the lows. Don't over tighten or over loosen. Use your ears to determine the sound that you want.
Yeah 😎🤘🖐️ I enjoyed a lot sir😎🤘🤗
Thanks for the support again Rahul!
I don't really know about notes. Can you make a video about it or you had but i dunno.
Here's the video you need! Make sure you have a bit of free time and then sit back and enjoy. I can hopefully break it down nicely for you. ruclips.net/video/a2-iv2-xYU0/видео.html
@@rosslmccallum thanks bro!
Nashwan Nasarudin any time!
Hey man. What model of cajon is that?? Sounds awesome 👌🏽
Glad you dig my sound! That’s a “Sela Varios” which is actually an entry level drum but with my sound processing sounds quite huge. Check out the end of this video to see the signal chain ruclips.net/video/0Kj_gDvqWw8/видео.html
@@rosslmccallum Thanks
Hey Ross, you a so good and I would like to know if you teach clases online, I would like to join, Thanks
Hey Ramiro thanks!! I just do these online videos right now. But if you become a paid member of my channel that includes a lot of extra short courses plus a monthly live lesson. So that might be a good start if you are looking for more! Thanks again.
@@rosslmccallum thanks Ross for your answer, so Can try a paid member for a month?
@@julianvillalobo4801 Absolutely! It's a cancel anytime thing so feel free to give it a try and see what you think :-)
These rithms sound great in rock music, too :)
I like very much when you show multiple rythms for a music style. It makes me creative :)
Aren't you interested in beats in 6/8 rythm? It would be sooo great to learn, but on youtube I cannot find too many that would be good for rock music.
Thank you for the tutorial!!
Glad you liked it!! Here’s my most rocking 6/8 groove lesson: ruclips.net/video/3isacg0K1nc/видео.html
@@rosslmccallum thank you very much. Honestly, I have tried it, but I had difficulties with that one. I did not feel it somehow. And I am also looking for more rythms to make the beat more diverse.
@@tereza.varkonyi6232 gotcha! That’s okay 👌 one more? ruclips.net/video/qVvWpYkd-78/видео.html
Groovyy
Hey Ross, really great beats and sound😎 What mic are you using here?
Cheers it would have been the Audix ADX-60 placed inside the cajon.
@@rosslmccallum That was probably the quickest response on one of my comments ever😁 It really sounds very differentiated. Thanks man, I'll look into that mic. Love your videos!
@@gregpalmer16 haha I felt like I just picked up my phone as the comment came in. Good timing!
Brother I badly love the 2nd beat,,,but its a little complicated,,,,,,can you help me please.....my hands mix up
Hi Ross how do u make your tabs for cajon
I write them in Logic Pro X 🙂
Hi! Can you help me with the names of these tracks to practice?
I picked them up from the “RUclips Audio Library” (royalty free stuff). If you go to that audio library and search for funk I’m sure you’ll catch these songs.
@@rosslmccallum Thanks! I found a couple of ones you've used and a few new ones which I liked as well!
@@deepvenkatesh6824 oh perfect! Glad to hear that.
What cajon you used? The sounds are amazing... how much the price?
Hey this is a Sela Varios. Pretty low cost I think but depends on the location. It's simple but good.
I've always wondered: Is the crisp difference between your bass and snare tones so clear because of the way you mic your cajon or do Sela cajons actually sound that good?
After making so many videos now I've had a lot of time to test different EQ and stuff so the same cajon should keep sounding better and better 😂
Yoo broo can you pls make a video on how to read or understand music notes of cajon because I can't figure it out so plz
Yo yo! Got you covered ruclips.net/video/a2-iv2-xYU0/видео.html Comment again if you have any questions.
Tabsheet can you help me
Thank heavens you played this without the backing track as well! I'm the kind who can't get used to metronomes or any other instruments and prefer to only hear the groove. Continue this format so we all get the best of both worlds...with track and without track. I loved #4 and #5 and waiting to try it out on the djembe. Thank you and hugs from India 😊
I remembered you replied to my audience poll about this. Great to hear this works well for you. I also wanted to make sure the cajon was much louder than the track. Thanks for watching, Chel and have fun with grooves 4 and 5!
Some samba/samba reggae grooves?;)
I think I can make it happen!
Hey dude I'm cajon beater too can i join with you 😁
Hey who knows what the future holds! Thanks for watching 😁
0:15
1:34
(bookmark for me 🙃)
tara Toes I like that groove too!
@@rosslmccallum Thank you for all your videos Ross! I love how similar these grooves are. Im finding it helpful to bounce between the two time stamps, paying attention to the subtle changes you made in 👻-notes!
tara Toes lots of training in getting each variation feeling good. Nice work!
I don't understand please help me with this beats.... Please... Love from 🇳🇵Nepal
Pritam Magar Sometimes just slowing things down can help. Or maybe try some of the other beginner lessons before this one? ruclips.net/p/PLkFTJa7bYzTjX_a4aW2uvytlE7Z8wQX0n
Plz Sir Mention tha Beat Pattren on screen, when You play...
Example BB TT or SS etc... plz
It's more Help full To learn...
LOVE from Pakistan❤🙏😇
Hey there, maybe this could help too
ruclips.net/video/a2-iv2-xYU0/видео.html
Hi! you use shuffle, in first tree rhythms. don't forget to say it for beginners.
Hey Sheper. Thanks for looking out for the beginners. Actually these aren't shuffles but instead "swung 16ths". Playing a shuffle means I have to subdivide into triplets which wouldn't be the right feel for these beats. So swing can be thought of as a way to add some looseness to an otherwise straight rhythm but shuffle is a different count. This is how I understand it anyway. I hope that helps!
At 1:44 I explained this with some visuals that might help too. ruclips.net/video/cVoJXxq47U8/видео.html
yes, you are wright. It's my fall, it's a swing. I don't know, should it shows somehow in notes?
Yeah I'm missing something too haha. I'm glad this is a video so at least we can hear it played.
PRO...
real drum app rhythms,?? 🤔😕
NEW CAJON ?
pretty cool dear sweetheart percussionist. I think I am in love with your finger rolls. if you put them on your grooves uffff then 2 much fun 💕
This red cajon I've had for a while but a student was borrowing it :-) Thanks!
Feels Indian flavour
Maybe I got the same sort of sense about rhythm somehow. Cool 🙂
1st one is confusing me.... with the track i can understand but without music i can't....
Is it too slow to feel like you can lock in with the beat?
excuse me, can you help me understand all of funky
khoi dang Best thing to do is just play along with funky music. Get your cajon, put on a James brown playlist and play along with the cajon.
GOD Bless you in Jesus Christ Mighty name...Ameen 🙌❤
Plz Mention tha Beat pattern progression👍🏼😊
The notation should be written as dotted eighths and sixteenths, not straight sixteenth notes.
Ahh this seems right. I just write my notation as MIDI in Logic Pro and then it's automatically turned into notation like this. So even when it sounds right to me it might not look right. Thanks for the information!
Which groove are you talking about, George?
BrO 1st
Thanks for being here first!
The video is so soft... it was hard to hear and learn... :(
Maybe do a test watching from a different device.
The volume is quite loud in the video file that I uploaded.
Let me know if that works!
@@rosslmccallum You're the best, thank you Ross! Will try that. Don't know why this one was so soft! I tried with a bluetooth speaker... but there's a delay in when I hear the sound and see the slaps and confused me, lol! 😄🤩🤗
@@shedroids No worries! If you can plug your speaker in with a cable that will fix the delay issue also.
@@rosslmccallum THANK YOU for your awesomeness, Ross!!🥰🙏