On 1/22/07, Folderol <folderol@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:10:34 +0000 Adam Sampson <ats@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Folderol <folderol@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > The drum I wanted to emulate is, I think, Irish in origin. It is a > > hand held drum and the single stick is double ended and leather > > padded, looking something like a dog bone. > > That's a bodhran -- have a look at: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhr%C3%A1n Thanks for the info. It's very hard to look something up when you don't know what it's called, isn't it? -- Will J G
;-) Nahh....it was easy. ;-) I tried this in Google: "Irish" "hand held drum""double ended" "leather padded" and got no links. Then I looked at the top of the page and I get one commercial link that says" "Huge Bodhran Sale" http://store.harp-bagpipe.com/bodhrans.html Interesting and fun stuff! - Mark
