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Bodhran players enjoy a special position.

January 28th, 2008

Bodhran players enjoy a special position in the celtic community. Just like many of us who enjoyed the ranks of the drum corps and percussion sections of middle and high school bands, bodhran players tend to find themselves constantly on the receiving end of jokes. Take this one for example: "How do you know there is a bodhran player at your front door? The knock keeps getting faster and faster and faster…" Being a beginning bodhran player myself, and having grown up a talented musician, I can appreciate this humor. But make no mistake about it, it is the bodhran that provides the very heartbeat of the celtic culture and music.

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