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Earth Tones Studio Workshops 

To inquire about our workshops email us at:  
EarthTonesStudio@gmail.com


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Rope Tuned Gourd Hand Drum
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Junk Percussion 101
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Native American Style Frame Drum with Beater
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2 string Indian Dotara made using a Hard Shelled Gourd
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African Djembe
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Thunder Gourd
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Rain Gourd
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Brazilian Pandeiro
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Capoeira Instruments
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$100 Workshop, Your choice of the following drums: Rope tuned PVC Pipe Drum, PVC African Style Talking Drum, Rope tuned Hard Shelled Gourd Hand Drum, Brazilian Pandeiro
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PVC Pipe Ashiko. New pipe obtained from construction sites. Notice very cool marks and abrasions on surface.
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Ocean Drum
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African Talking Drum





 Workshop dates for 2023






Two afternoons

Guelph


Saturday and Sunday, 1pm-4:30pm
(or until finished)

 


Feb. 25/26, Mar. 25/26, Apr. 29/30





18" Native American Style Drum

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16" Ocean Drum

$185.00

To register: Earth Tones Studio@gmail.com

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Feb. 18/19, Mar. 18/19, Apr. 22/23


1pm - 4:30 pm (or when done)

African Djembe
$350.00
In this 6 hour workshop, you will make your own rope tuned drum.  After selecting your shell, wrapping and roping the rings, and choosing drum rope, you will attach a goat skin head. 

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African Talking Drum
$225.00
A unique hour glass shaped drum from West Africa, the talking drum's pitch can be regulated to  mimic human speech.


To register:  Earth Tones Studio@gmail.com
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Please make sure to register for the workshop in advance, including your payment, to ensure materials will be collected and assigned to you for your drum building experience on the day of the workshop.  


For more information or to register contact:  John at EarthTonesStudio@gmail.com or call
548.988.9150

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Pictures  of all workshop drums on this page.
For more information about workshops or drums for sale contact us at:
EarthTonesStudio@gmail.com





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Pictures of all drums and instruments made in workshops at top of this page or check out the picture gallery
















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African Talking Drum made with PVC pipe or wood shell. It is an hourglass shap drum from West Africa, whose pitch can be regulated to mimic human speech. It has two drum heads connected by rope, which allow the player to modulate the pitch of the drum by squeezing the ropes between their arm and body. The drum can thus capture the pitch, volume, and rhythm of human speech, though not the qualities of the vowels or consonants.
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Junk Percussion Workshop. PVC and found materials. Drum, rattle, coffee can drum, beater.
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One day workshop. Mango wood. Goat skin. Drum size 12" x 24"
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The frame drum is one of the most ancient musical instruments; it is thought to be the first drum to be invented. A frame drum is a drum that has a drumhead width greater than its depth. Usually the single drum head is made of rawhide.
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Ocean Drum

The ocean drum is a percussion instrument that can produce soothing sounds which sound just like the ocean..  The ocean drum is held by the frame, with the heads horizontal, and played by rolling the wrists so the drum gently tilts in all directions. The metal beads inside roll over the bottom head like water rolling over the shore. Different speeds produce different sounds. Stopping and starting suddenly creates crashing wave sounds.  It bears a similar resemblance to the frame drum pictured above.


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The Pandeiro is a type of hand frame drum popular in Brazil, which has been described as an unofficial instrument of that nation.
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PVC Pipe Ashiko. New pipe obtained from construction sites. Very cool marks and abrasions.
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