noun
- a shallow one-sided Irish frame drum typically played with a wooden stick
Usage: Irish traditional music
Examples
- The musician played a lively tune on the bodhran.
- She learned to play the bodhran in her Irish music class.
- The bodhran provided the rhythmic foundation for the Celtic band.
- He struck the bodhran with a tipper to create different tones.
- The traditional Irish session featured fiddle, tin whistle, and bodhran.
- Her bodhran was made from goatskin stretched over a wooden frame.