pizza box bodhran...by Hillar Bergman

Have you ever wanted to try playing the bodhran, but don't own one? Here's a way to try it out CHEAP! Have fun :-)

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[Swordale16]

Eh ? Just use a Bodhran, it sounds more like a Bodhran.

[johncolmmackenzie]

its not pronounced (boron) its pronounced (bow-ran)

[sunbabybull]

BC PIZZA! OMG. WOO FOR BOYNE CITY MI.

[mrpants1971]

Great idea!

When I first started playing I had an epiphany on how to do the motions, so I picked up a briefcase and my tipper, and viola!

[faxdaddy]

Not a bad idea. I've used about anything I could find to use.

The best things to use are thinkgs that are made of hard plastic that you can bend or flex and change the tone.

The best cheap/homemade tipper I have found is one made from 14 bamboo skewers and a couple of rubber bands. They're SUPER cheap and you can experiment with rubber band placement to get a solid sound, or a brush sound from them.

Happy goat whacking!

[commanderplyers]

it may wark even better if you cut a hole int' back

[alunwest]

Hey johncolmmackenzie, bow-ran is the Connacht and Munster pronunciation;

boron is the Donegal pronunciation. Check your facts before you speak. An bhfuil Gaeilge agat? I didn't think so.

[mustnotforget]

nice one, im waiting to treat myself to a bodhran once I finish with night school but now im inspired how to start practicing the basics so I can make a decent sound once I get it. Great!!

[synda31]

Haha!! that's great! ^^

[numofan]

Great clip! I love playing cardboard boxes, with frame drum technique (Middle Eastern) and with sticks - usually the small and medium-sized moving boxes. i've got to try a pizza box now! :)

[babymae143]

COOL! :))

good idea.

i've always wondered how to play the bodhran when i dont have one! haha.

[RandallFlagg133]

I've used all kinds of things from hard covered text books to garbage can lids, anything I could find when I was lacking my bodhran, but felt like playing.