Ireland · Instrument making; Leather craft; Irish heritage
Déanamh Bodhrán — Traidisiún Druma Creatáin na hÉireann
The Irish bodhran making tradition — the production of the distinctive Irish frame drum from a single goatskin stretched over a circular wooden frame, whose specific skin tension determines the playing range and tone quality of the instrument central to Irish traditional music. The bodhran maker reads the correct skin tension through a tap-and-tone assessment — tapping the stretched skin and reading the specific note and resonance that indicates correct tension for the playing range.
Risk level: Stable · Not listed; Irish traditional music on the Irish national heritage inventory; the bodhran within the Irish traditional music heritage
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