Dord (instrument)

Bronze Age horns in the Irish Museum. The largest in this image is 7 ¹⁄₂ feet (2.3 m) long, with the second largest at 6 feet (1.8 m).

The dord is a bronze horn native to Ireland, with excavated examples dating back as far as 1000 BC, during the Bronze Age. 104 original dords are known to exist, although replicas have been built since the late 20th century.^[1]

Though the musical tradition of the dord has been lost, modern performers such as Rolf Harris and Alan Dargin believe it was played in a manner similar to the didgeridoo and apply that technique (including circular breathing and shifts in timbre) accordingly for modern fusion music. The Irish musician Simon O'Dwyer recreates historically accurate dord.

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Sources

Dirk Schellberg. Didgeridoo: ritual origins and playing techniques. Binkey Kok, 1994. ISBN 90-74597-13-0

External links

Treasures of early Irish art, 1500 B.C. to 1500 A.D., an exhibition catalogue from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on dords (cat. no. 22)

Musical instruments

Strings	cavaquinho banjo bass guitar classical guitar electric guitar guitar harp guitarrón guitarra de golpe lute mandolin musical bow Orchestral string section violin viola cello double bass rajão slack-key guitar steel guitar timple ukulele vihuela viol zither

Brass	Standard orchestral brass instruments French horn trombone trumpet tuba Other brass instruments alphorn buccina bugle contrabass bugle carnyx cornet cornett cornu baritone horn dord euphonium flugelhorn German horn horn mellophone nabal nyele ophicleide post horn saxhorn serpent shofar sousaphone sringa tenor horn Tibetan horn Vienna horn Wagner tuba wazza

Woodwind	Standard orchestral woodwinds piccolo flute oboe English horn bassoon clarinet Other woodwinds bagpipes musette de cour nose flute recorder saxophone sring tárogató

Keyboard	accordion calliope carillon celesta clavichord harpsichord organ Hammond organ pipe organ pump organ piano digital piano electric piano electronic piano synthesizer

Percussion	hammered dulcimer snare drum tenor drum bass drum drum kit timpani tambourine cymbals gong triangle vibraphone xylophone marimba bell tree

Friction	cristal baschet glass harmonica lion's roar musical saw nail violin verrophone

Rhythm section	acoustic guitar bass guitar drum kit DJ drum machine electric guitar keyboards electric piano Hammond organ piano synthesizer percussion instruments

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Dord (instrument)

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