Tunable bodhrans enable you to manipulate their tone from either inside or outside of the rim for complete control over sound quality, enabling melodies to be played beautifully with melodies in tune with one another.

If your bodhran is untunable, you can tune it by leaving it near a low heat source for some time. This will cause its skin to wet out, then dry back tighter as time goes on.

Internal Tunable

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The McNeela 14″ Tuneable Bodhran boasts a deep, expansive tone combined with Paraic’s cutting-edge tuning system for a truly immersive musical experience. These drums use hand-cured goatskin that is finished to a professional standard and come equipped with allen key and beater. Order one now to take advantage of free priority shipping! Perfect for both beginning players as well as experienced ones, it features removable T-bar and arm cutout for increased playing comfort, removable T-bar T-bar for easy tuning system setup! Additionally, The McNeela comes complete in kit form complete with everything needed for tuning your own Bodhran.

External Tunable

External Tunable Bodhrans for Bodhran players looking for maximum quality and versatility, we offer external tunable bodhrans from Paraic’s longstanding experience of designing and playing bodhrans are the ultimate in quality and versatility. Crafted with goatskin that has been hand-cured and stretched before being fitted with their highly reliable tuning system developed over many years of playing and designing these drums offer rich tone quality with controllable volume for playing Irish Traditional Sessions or gigging applications – perfect for beginners as well advanced players alike – complete with allen key and beater for playing these are great additions for Irish Traditional Sessions or gigging gigging applications! Complete with allen key and beater!

Beginners will likely find an inexpensive factory made bodhran available in most shops or online. But for serious players, investing in an instrument with better tuning may make all the difference to both learning and playing experience as well as how its tones sound.

Skin Tightening

As a beginner on the bodhran, you may start off with a non-tunable drum with thin skin – this allows you to concentrate on learning without being distracted by worries over its tone. As your skills advance as a player however, having one with an excellent deep and rich sound becomes increasingly essential.

To improve the tone of a non-tunable bodhran, there are various techniques you can employ to tighten its skin. One method involves placing it for short periods near a heat source such as radiator, hairdryer or fire – this will cause its skin to loosen as the pitch drops; once cool it should tighten significantly and its tone increase significantly.

As another way to enhance the tone of a non-tunable drum, applying a thin layer of dubbin to the inner surface of bodhran skin may lessen humidity fluctuations and make the drum less vulnerable to humidity changes. Lubricate skin by applying oil or moisturizer.

Skin Oiling

Tuning your bodhran is essential to becoming an accomplished bodhran player, and the McNeela 14″ Tuneable Bodhran provides quality yet accessible instrument that will take your playing to new levels.

Our tunable bodhrans feature high-quality Lambeg skins for strong clear tones and volume when playing sessions of bodhran music, or more subtle Vellum skins for those seeking an understated sound.

An overly tight bodhran can be made more comfortable by soaking its skin with either water or dubbin (available from shoe and ski supply stores) to loosen it and lower its pitch by several notes. Repeated applications of this may be necessary to achieve your desired result, and careful not to oversaturate as this could cause it to shrink and harden into brittleness, permanently altering its pitch.

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