bodhrán: Irish frame drum
Pronounced bow'-rawn, Southern Ireland; bor'-on, Northern Ireland, Scotland. (The d is silent; accent is on the first syllable.) Irish Gaelic meaning “defeaning” or “to deafen.”
Background
Wikipedia nicely summarizes the bodhrán’s origin and role in Irish traditional music.
The bodhrán section of this Ceolas site has not been updated since 2002, but is still worth visiting for its detail.
Recommended bodhrán makers
Albert Alfonso, Dallas, Texas
Recommended practice CD
One More Time: Irish Dance Music
Billy McComiskey, button accordion; Brendan
Mulvihill, fiddle; Zan McLeod, guitar
Produced by and available from Culkin
School of Traditional Irish Dance, Washington, DC
Reels, jigs, hornpipes, slip jigs and slides that range from slow
to moderate to competition speeds. An excellent practice CD for beginning bodhrán
players. (Originally recommended by Deb Brower who uses it for her Washington,
DC students.)
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