Cajón de tapeo

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 de baile [es] (wood sound-box platform for zapateado dancing)[1] of Oaxaca and Guerrero.

It usually follows 3/4 and 6/8 time signatures.

In 1962, musicologist E. Thomas Stanford [es] wrote a description of its use in Jamiltepec, Oaxaca.