Christ Is Risen • Cajon Playthrough

A resounding anthem of praise from Phil Wickham! This song has familiar themes, chord progressions, and rhythms, but it still manages to feel new and relevant. Once again, it's a great opportunity to explore the other playing surfaces of the cajon and to focus on tightening up a simple, yet strong, groove. Enjoy worshiping our risen King while working on this one!
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My goal with these videos is to provide a somewhat simplified version of the percussive elements for the song, while retaining much of the feel and rhythms normally beat out on a drum kit. I don’t want to use a ton of flashy playing, or even show the full extent of what I might play if I were to sit in on cajon for a Sunday morning set with this song. I’ve been known to add hihats, tambourines, shakers, toms and a whole bunch of stuff to an “acoustic set” kit. While those can all be appropriate and a lot of fun, I don’t feel like that’s the most helpful for someone who’s sitting on a cajon for the first time or is still getting a feel for playing with a band. For these videos, I’ll stick to a cajon and an occasional shaker.

If you have any questions about playing cajon, how I approached this song, or any song requests, let me know!

Glory to God, always.

P.S. - I’ve received several suggestions for an overhead camera angle- if you’ve read this far, please comment and let me know if this a helpful camera angle to include in future videos! As always, each day I’ve shot videos they come out looking a little different, lighting and camera shot-wise. I’m hoping to land on a more consistent setup before I make too many more videos.