Select a round, thick piece of wood, like a section of a tree trunk, keeping in mind that the size of the wood determines the size amd the tone of the drum. Shave all of the bark from the wood and then chisel out the inside of the piece, leaving a smooth ring or cylinder of wood.

The heads of the drum will require two pieces of hide. These hides should have been tanned and the hair scraped from them. Stretch them over the two ends of the wooden cylinder. To secure them over the drum, punch holes into the hides and run a piece of gut through the holes, tightening the hides over the sides of the drum.

To change the pitch of the sound on the drum, the player can either loosen or tighten the hides, making the pitch lower or higher respectively.



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