The Bodhran is an Irish frame drum, it’s used in Irish and Australian Bush music and is also a relation to the frame drums of the Middle East.
you play it by holding the drum in one hand and striking the drum’s skin with a small double-headed stick or “tipper”.
In Australia’s colonial times they were made from the frame of an old gold mining sieve and the skin was kangaroo hide.
To hear it’s sound press play below
to stream this tune and other songs and music from A Swag Full of Instruments click on links below.
