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Bodhrán
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The bodhrán (, ; plural bodhráin) is a frame drum used in Irish music ranging from in diameter, with most drums measuring . The sides of the drum are deep. A goatskin head is tacked to one side (synthetic heads or other animal skins are sometimes used). The other side is open-ended for one hand to be placed against the inside of the drum head to control the pitch and timbre.
Key facts
- Instrument.name
- Bodhrán
- Instrument.image
- bodhran.jpg
- Instrument.image_capt
- Bodhrán with cipín (tipper)
- Instrument.background
- percussion
- Instrument.classification
- Percussion
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 211.321
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
- Single-skin frame drums
- Instrument.developed
- southwest Ireland either mid-19th century or ancient
- Instrument.related
- Tambourine
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- frame drum
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Image
- Bodhran.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bodhráns
- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
- 211.311
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