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Like the heartbeat in a baby telling of the life within, a bodhran keeps the pulse of a traditional Irish tune. As with any percussive instrument, the bodhran can take a subtle backseat to the lilt of a flute, the unique wail of the uillean pipes or the heartbreak of an Irish tenor but its importance is equally as vital to the feeling of the song. ... Bodhrans appear to have evolved into their current incarnation in the mid-20th century when Sean O’Riada, the father of the 1960s Irish music renaissance, introduced a bodhran, arrangements for Ceoltoiri Chualann, the forerunners of the Chieftains. ...
The Irish used a "dallan" for the same purposes well into this century and the English and lowland Scots had their "wechts", which doubled as baking trays and were also supposedly used for storing haggis.
Approximate Word count = 650
Approximate Pages = 2.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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