Bodhran Drum Solo - Abe Doron

[jauk3]

Thats awesome indeed.

[nchune]

Abe,

I never get tired of watching and listening to this solo!

[MrIrishrover2011]

what a lovely instument

[Eamon15]

Loosing time.

[bullyboy1863]

I just busted a ranger nut.

[cirqueduchat08]

@gaggotgaggot Ps. It's spelled diarrhoea.

[cirqueduchat08]

@gaggotgaggot no it doesn't, is that really all you could think of to say? How utterly pointless.

[gaggotgaggot]

sounds like someone with a bad bout of diarrhae

[Bluestravelerallfory]

WOW Thats amazing man! Very well done ^^

[griv0]

Incredible!!! 

[griv0]

Amazing!!!

[Fionnuala1969]

Ok.. so I am trying to practice triplets using the top of the tipper... not too successfully, I might add. lol. (time cures all) As I'm watching you play, I notice that you hold your fingertips so close to the end of the tipper, it looks as though all of your quick triplets are done with only the quickness of the bottom end of the tipper. Is this true? Or is your hand just too quick for my eyes? :-) Thanks.

[piratebri]

The chick in the background is digging it. Drummers always get the ladies.

[excriminal1]

this guy is amazing .. im only learning the bodhran and i aspire to be this good.. my hat is of to you ! ! !

[4Gamma]

Christian something is most probably Christian Hedwitschak

[SylvanaForrester]

I didn't realize a bodhran was so diverse. I'd like to hear it mixed into some good seventies rock.

[RadicalCreations42]

WOW the best ive come across so far! ^_^ 

[ghostykelly]

class

[gilbohadana]

wow !!!! you mast write a menual book about this bodhran !!

[kensreel]

bbb

[ogmasterkiller]

super increible de spain

[uridium]

Best thing I have ever seen and heard...

[nigelbourke]

woooooo

[SuperCeol]

Brilliant. Wish I could play like that.

[benjibodhranboy]

I have a Seamus O' Kane bodhran and defo recommend .Had it now 3 years and it gets better with age just like men lol..

[moonuni]

heart beat of the one real nice rythems

[revolutionstrtr]

.... well... I am still trying to figure out how he keeps it from falling over in his lap!!

[seamusohea]

Class:-)

[faxdaddy]

Very nice. I hope to make my Vignoles sounds like that some day.

[vincecoen]

awesome play mo chara.that goat would have been proud

[PCISFEAR]

Needs more work.

[musicfamily]

A true bodhran master!

[thefrontline23]

roots of techno

[adam25124002]

that was fuckin class!

[LonerGalore]

This man has some massive talent. I could never play that well, and I give my immense compliments to you!

[elQuendiX]

Nice solo. I've got question. Your bodhran have very high pitched sound. I got brand new bodhran done by Seamus O'Kane with new tuneable system, and even when I tune it more up, it doesn't have so high pitch, only low sound go up. Do I need to much more re-play (i don't know english equivalent of this word) this bodhran to have so high pitched sound?

[Uuuurk]

perhapse the word u look for is tuning?

im looking for a bodhran myself,hows Okanes bodhrans?

[elQuendiX]

O'kane's Bodhran is my first, and I don't have any comparison with other bodhran's. With every day I like much more to play on it :) Like Abe wrote before, bodhran have high pitch (a little lower high pitch like in this video), and still have lovley bassy sound.

About the word I named "replay". I'm asking, is higher pitch will go much more higher after more time playing on bodhran - replaying the bodhran :)

[abedoron1]

Hi I want to thank everyone for your kind comments.

Regarding the question about the tuning. I feel that the high pitch comes from the playing, from pressing the skin with the backhand.

I play the bodhran tuned very low to get a wide range of sounds, as low as I can tune it without it sounding flat like hitting paper. I think that if you tune it too high you miss the beauty of it's bassy nature.

[abedoron1]

About the "replay", I think the skin of a bodhran defenetely gets better as it ages, but I don't feel that it's a drastic change, to help this, about once every six months i massage the skin with Almond oil, this works for me. Seamus makes wonderful drums, I defenetely reccomend them. Thank you

Abe

[diarmaidok]

a lot of the pitch variation is done by putting your left hand inside the drum against the skin lightly while playing it.

[JohnMalcolm]

I don't know a lot about the Bodhran, but as no-one else has answered, I wonder if you are aware that the skin is being tensioned by pressure from the left hand.

If the skin really is too loose, you might ask Seamus to remedy this, possibly with a spacer hoop.

Carefully warming the skin also helps, and a dessicant pouch in the carry bag might keep moisture down.

[wattsite]

Brand new bodhran's need the skin to be "broken into" O'kane bodhrans are great drums and I know a person who has one I have a Eoin Belgarth which plays well but Conor's (O'kane bodhran owner) always gets better pitches and timbres.

[NYyankee02]

what are the dimensions of this bodhran? I'm thinking of getting a new bodhran. i think i want a 15, but don't know if I should go for a 14 oR 16? any advice?

[abedoron1]

It's a14 by 5, like a typical Snare drum. I feel that smaller bodhrans 14,15, 16 are easier to control, get nicer high pitched sounds and can still have a good bassy sound. I use Seamus O'Kane on this concert, I also have two bodhrans from Bill Wright, they are also wonderful, there is a new guy that makes great bodhrans, Christian something is his name, look for him too.

All the best

[ceanadach]

Good stuff Abe!

Wish I could play up tae yer level!

Ohhh,and yee must mean Christian Hedwitschak,

gettin one meself soon!

Keep em commin lad!

Slainte!

[NYyankee02]

thanks. is there much difference in getting a 14x5 or 15x5. Those are the 2 that I'm thinking about

[abedoron1]

not a massive difference between them, don't be afraid of getting the small one, I would go for that one, paying for more wood and skin doesn't mean that it will be better. I would even dare to say that 14 is the modern standard size for professional bodhrans. Enjoy!!!

[NYyankee02]

awesome. thanks a lot for the advice

[00JTM]

That is good

[boyanmusic]

hi Abe! you are a killer man! come play in my band :) i love hand percussion...

[diarmaidok]

great stuff!

[evergreenband]

Hi, The performance was in Mount Scopus Univesity in Jerusalem with Evergreen. The Cajon youve got is probably made by the best makers in the world, they trully sound great, those germans know what they are doing, even if it's a South American musical instrument.

Thanks

[Jorickhoofd]

Great sound mate.

Funny, I've got exactly the same cajon thats on Stage, and you know what?

me playing cajon and you playing your bodhran sounds lovely together?

Where was this performance at?

[Bardoi439]

Yep a very nice lesson for us all Abe...lovely

[nchune]

fantastic playing! those single sided rolls are killer!

[kishanabear]

oh my god, your rolls and triplets are so crisp! i have something to work towards. fabulous!!!! thank you for posting