Irish Bohran.
Scottish snare.
Hey Organic,
It’s great to see that a fellow FREEPER plays the Bodhran. I live in the Blue Ridge mountains of western North Carolina and have mostly played the Mountain Dulcimer. Having a Scots-Irish heritage influence in the old-time traditional music that is played in many of the community jam sessions here, 5 years ago I decided to add the Bodhran and bought one at a music festival and dove right in with YouTube lessons. While playing with a little jam group at our local Irish pub we had a visiter with a Bodhran join us one night and she gave me some valuable pointers, her father was one of the famous Clancy Brothers. So then knowing I needed a better Bodhran, I ordered one from Paraic McNeela in Dublin …. A deep rim with a beautiful bass tone and I’m loving it.
BTW….. have you heard the pipe and drum band, Albannach? They play a sort of “primal“ style that is incredibly awesome …… went all the way to Asheville to hear them when they played at a Celtic festival there.
https://youtu.be/2DF-pIojGME?si=l1c9yBXTIXcnLtlH
“Irish Bohran.
Scottish snare.”
I love the traditional Irish/Scottish music and reproduce it as close as I can on a kit. I have a couple toms that do a pretty good job of reproducing the Bodhran “sound”.
There are several groups that play rock on these traditional Celtic instruments. It is fun!