A drum kit is out of the question for now, but I’m looking for something to play away on with my hands. Flamenco style, as if to play along with Rodrigo y Gabriela.

What drum for?

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0TAuLJyFJo[/video]

Take your pick…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_drum

Cajon. Doubles as its own stool too.

john_drummer – Member
Cajon. Doubles as its own stool too

I’m shit, but that’s a step too far.

Rather than get the usual mini bongo’s as everyone else have you thought about the Bodhran?, i much prefer the sound and the action is more natural, to me anyway……

Nah, it’s simple really. A box that you sit on and play. Top third has “snares” in to make a more snare drum like sound, the rest is more like a kick drum. Play the kick parts with right hand, snare parts with left hand.
like the guy sat on his suitcase at the railway station in the Richmond Sausages advert

a good cajon player can also use feet for extra hits and damping.

My son is a drummer, and one of the Saudi students that used to live with us came to visit and gave my son a darabuka.

Great sounds, but looks quite hard to master.

Simone

Not a drummer, but I love my youngest son’s cajon.

Got a kit from schlagwerk to make myself one.

Cajon lesson 1 – the basics:
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0NVB-Yt3gE[/video]

Cajon solo:
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgeWjqsSBW8[/video]

Mine’s an LP Aspire which IIRC was just under £70 but prices seem to have gone up since I bought it in 2010
http://www.gak.co.uk/en/lp-aspire-cajon-lpa1331/60292?gclid=Cj0KEQjwh96hBRCnsefbvZrKrpcBEiQAF7oMdAzvG1BZEZBgF6q9l005aepG_qmcVAskP5sfkuZd758aAsc_8P8HAQ

Cajon all the way..

I would say that it’s worth spending a few extra quid.. The difference between the really cheap ones and those a little higher up the price scale is night and day for sound..

Heidi Jubert makes a great teacher for a number of reasons.. 🙂

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHC46vZBt8s[/video]

Not really flamenco (you can get specific Flae co cajons) but I have a set of these:

http://www.lpmusic.com/products/congas/giovanni-compact-conga-11/

If you’re after a more ‘general percussion’ vibe.