LP's Murphy's Irish Stout Bodhran is high quality non-tunable bodhran. The head is expertly nailed into the wood from to form a perfectly smooth stretch. The tonal range is from low bass to high rim shots.

Basic Playing Technique

The circular frame of the World Beat Bodhran is supported by a cross section, which the player can hold while playing. Most commonly, the bodhran is played by either holding the cross section with one hand & beating the head with the other hand or tipper; or tucking the drum between the one arm and the chest so the free hand can beat & play the head.

The head can be struck with the bare hand, fingers or tipper (a double-headed stick; also known as a beater or cipin, which is the Gaelic word for kindling).

The hand using the tipper can strike in a variety of ways, such as rotating the forearms so that the tipper tips side-to-side or bouncing/striking the tipper upon the head. Click to learn more about playing the bodhran.

Bodhran's Basic Background

The Bodhran (pronounced "bow-ron") are frame drums of Celtic origin.

The bodhran is a very resonant & reletively simple Irish frame drum, which was originally used as a husk sifter: that is, as a pan-like device to to shake the husks off grains. Gaelic peasants first converted the sifter to a musical instrument by replacing its wire mesh head with stretched goat skin.

The bodhran is a distinct & unique drum, which is at the heart of the contemporary playing of traditional Irish music, yet it's only been outside of Southwest Ireland since 1960's!

16" World Beat Bodhran

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