cajón de tapeo
Illustration — Cajón de tapeo, guitar and vihuela The cajón de tapeo, tapeador, cajón de tamboreo or Mexican cajon is a wood box drum traditional to southern Mexico. It is played by slapping the top face with a piece of wood in one hand, and a bare hand. It was developed as a substitute of the Tarima (baile) (wood sound-box platform for zapateado dancing) of Oaxaca and Guerrero.
Also recorded as tapeador · cajón de tamboreo · Cajon de tapeo · cajon de tamboreo
cajón de tapeo
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- idiophone · cajón
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- Mexico
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Illustration — Cajón de tapeo, guitar and vihuela The cajón de tapeo, tapeador, cajón de tamboreo or Mexican cajon is a wood box drum traditional to southern Mexico. It is played by slapping the top face with a piece of wood in one hand, and a bare hand. It was developed as a substitute of the Tarima (baile) (wood sound-box platform for zapateado dancing) of Oaxaca and Guerrero.
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It usually follows time and time time signatures. In 1962, musicologist Thomas Stanford (musicologist) wrote a description of its use in Jamiltepec, Oaxaca.
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cajón de tapeo is associated with Mexico.
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- “Cajón de tapeo”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q5018032: cajón de tapeo
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