Gourd Drum Making Workshop

Course Number: ARTS1130

Hard Shelled Gourds have been used for instrument building for over 3,000 years. Virtually every instrument played today has a gourd ancestor. A member of the squash family, these particular gourds, when dry, are as tough as wood and lend themselves perfectly for constructing all kinds of percussion instruments. You will make your own rope tuned drum out of a hard shelled gourd in this one day workshop. After cutting, cleaning and finishing the gourd drum body, we will attach a goat skin head with rings and rope. A demonstration for final tuning will be provided. Other gourd percussion instruments will be available for discussion and playing.

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