What is Bodhran?

Bodhran is a round frame drum featured in Irish traditional music. Most bodhrans have a diameter of approximately one leg (30 cm). The skin is stretched firmly on one side of the tool to be hit to form a sound, while the other side is left exposed to a change of spacing. This leather was traditionally made of goat, but in modern times it is more often made of synthetic materials. One commonly accepted idea that it is its origin is that he migrated to Ireland from Asia or Africa and came with Celtic migrations to Ireland from Europe. He was then included in life as a war instrument used in almost the same way as other war drums in different cultures around the world.

In the end, Bodhran began to be used as a simple noise, wmyl or no rhythmic aspect, at harvest festivals and other celebrations. Until the 1960s, she got into traditional Irish music, when musician Sean O'riada of Chiefs began to use Bodhran in traditional measures. The tool quickly gained a populaRita and up to 70 years have appeared in many traditional music groups and also in informal musical sessions.

Bodhrans can be played with three main hand styles and five main stick styles. In each hand styles, the right hand is used to hit the drum head, while the left hand extends over the back of the skin to modulate the resulting pitch. Hand styles differ in how the strikers are used, which are used, which parts of the hand - joints, fingers or palm - and how many fingers are used.

In styles of gaming, a stick is used to produce sound. The May stick has one or two heads and can be hit straight or roll over to the skin of the drum. The most common style of playing, called Kerry Style, is played with a double -headed wand. The lower head is used to produce the rhythmic rhythm of the melody, while the upper head produces ornaments and cylinders.

etymology of the word bodhran is a little questioned, the appearancem to uncertainty in terms of the origin of the instrument. Those who believe that it has a history dating, not much further than the twentieth century often claims that it is a shortening of the word tambourine to Bourine , later moved to Bodhran. The word is correctly expressed a bow, although different dialects have slightly different pronunciations (such as boredom, boh-rag and boh-rag). The commonly accepted etymology for this word associates it with the Gaelic word bodhar , which means deaf or bluntly sounding and mentions the dull sound that the tool when hitting.