Re: [linux-audio-user] Nmmm nmmm (yawn)

On 1/22/07, Folderol <folderol@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:10:34 +0000
> Adam Sampson <ats@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>
> > Folderol <folderol@email-addr-hidden> 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
Received on Tue Jan 23 00:15:05 2007