Cajon rhythms

Press ▶ to listen, or open a rhythm to see its pattern, animated strokes and tempo control.

Pop: basic beat 4/4 · 90 BPM B---T---B---T---
Pop with ghost notes 4/4 · 90 BPM B-g-T-g-B-g-T-g-
Rock: bass on the “and” of 3 4/4 · 100 BPM B---T---B-B-T---
Eighth-note rock 4/4 · 110 BPM B-g-T-g-B-B-T-g-
Rock: two-bar groove 4/4 · 100 BPM B---T---B-B-T---
Ballad: half-time feel 4/4 · 70 BPM B---g---T---g---
Sixteenth-note pop 4/4 · 85 BPM BgggTgggBgBgTggg
Disco 4/4 · 115 BPM B-g-X-g-B-g-X-g-
Funk 4/4 · 95 BPM B-gBT-gg-BBgT-gg
Funk with ghost notes 4/4 · 100 BPM BgggTggBgBggTggg
Hip-hop (boom bap) 4/4 · 88 BPM B--BT--g-BB-T--g
Bossa nova (simplified) 4/4 · 120 BPM B--T--B-B-T---B-
Samba 4/4 · 100 BPM B-TBB-TBB-TBB-TB
Cha-cha-cha 4/4 · 110 BPM B---T---B---T-T-
Son: 3-2 clave 4/4 · 100 BPM X-----T-B---T---
Tumbao 4/4 · 100 BPM g-g-T-g-g-g-B-B-
Reggaeton (dembow) 4/4 · 95 BPM B--TB-T-B--TB-T-
Rumba flamenca 4/4 · 110 BPM B-g-g-T-g-g-T-g-
Tangos 4/4 · 100 BPM g-g-T-g-T-g-T-B-
Bulerías: 12-beat compás 12 beats · 200 BPM g-g-T-g-g-T-g-T-g-T-g-T-
Reggae: one drop 4/4 · 75 BPM g-g-g-g-X-g-g-g-
Reggae: rockers 4/4 · 80 BPM B-g-B-g-X-g-B-g-
Ska and punk: two-step 4/4 · 170 BPM BTBTBTBT
Shuffle 4/4 · 90 BPM B-gT-gB-gT-g
Slow blues 12/8 12/8 · 60 BPM BggTggBggTgg
Boogie-woogie 4/4 · 120 BPM B-BT-BB-BT-B
Waltz 3/4 3/4 · 120 BPM B-T-T-
Ballad 6/8 6/8 · 60 BPM B-gT-g
Afro 12/8 12/8 · 100 BPM X-T-TBT-T-T-
5/4 groove 5/4 · 110 BPM B-g-T-B-T-
7/8 groove (2+2+3) 7/8 · 220 BPM BgTgBgg
Country: train beat 4/4 · 120 BPM BgggTgggBgggTggg
March 2/4 · 110 BPM B-TTB-T-

How to learn cajon rhythms

Start slow: every rhythm page has a tempo slider, so you can play the pattern at half speed. Count out loud first — “one and two and” — then add your hands. Play the bass near the center of the tapa, the slap with your fingers on a top corner, and the quiet strokes with the lightest touch.

Patterns read from left to right: B — bass, T — slap, g — quiet stroke, X — bass and slap together, a dash — rest. Any rhythm opens in the drum machine, so you can play guitar along with it.

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