Because it appears to be a simple instrument, people with no knowledge and no aptitude think they will be able to play it immediately, they can't, but it doesn't stop them, a few years ago it was even in the Hobgoblin catalogue, ' get a bodhran, and you too can join in. '

It's a complex thing to play well and good players certainly enhance most types of music, unfortunately most players don't understand the instrument or the music and they NEVER know when NOT to play.

Dave H