Thanks so much for checking out this video - I hope you enjoyed! ☘️ You might be interested online course How to Play Bodhrán : Begin Your Journey which includes over 4 hours of video content in 42 videos, specially recorded practice tracks and much more! Check it out at the link below-> bodhran.teachable.com/p/how-to-play-bodhran
So excited to find this video. I was given a Bodhran as a gift a few years ago because I love the sound of it so much. I finally got motivated to pick it up. I was able to get some decent sound out of it but when I went to look at how it was actually being played I was disappointed to find I was doing it wrong! Now, I realise that the videos I watched were the top end style you mentioned and what I was in doing was the Kerry style. It came quite naturally actually and I am thrilled. I hope that I will get comfortable enough to play it when I next travel to spend time with my Ceilidh loving family in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. At 67 years old it just goes to show you can teach an old dog some new tricks!
This has done a great job of breaking down the movements for using the back of the tipper! Feels a lot less unnatural to me now. Very informative and excellently presented video as always! Big thanks
I picked this up accidentally when I first started learning - I found that if I held the tipper loosely in the middle, holding like a pencil, it’ll bounce itself into a triplet. Similarly to the end demonstration but without the whole hand gripping. In fact there’s fair distance between the palm and the tipper with my approach. I found you can do a really fast roll with this approach. I do use one of the classic tippers with a ball in each end (I think this one comes with lots of beginner bodhrans). Very much appreciate your videos! The photographic/cinematic quality is excellent too.
Excellent stuff! I only started to learn a week ago, but your 'feel it out' approach had me 'playing' triplets in no time at all! I found that bringing the stick parallel, and allowing the stick to have it's own way was the answer. Great videos, thanks for sharing!
Thanks Ruairi! Really loving the Bootcamp videos! Triplets were my Nemesis up until a short while ago, and this video has really cemented the technicalities for me. I really struggled with triplets/rolls for a while, but now things have just "clicked". Once I understood the movements, I found it very helpful to close my eyes and really feel what my hand/tipper are doing. Now I can crank triplets out really fast and find myself automatically adding them here and there when I play! Your videos have opened so many doors for me - and I’m sure I’m not alone in saying that! 😁
Really appreciate these videos Ruairi. I started bodhran this year, and you have been a really big help. 🎶💕 Playing along (well, trying to) to music I love has been keeping me sane through the lockdown. 😀
Clear and helpful (as usual) I can do this but I never knew how I was doing it. The parallel 'instinct' approach means that I might be better at controlling it :-)
Thanks again, Ruairi, for another excellent tutorial. I think the second approach will work better for me. I've been following your lessons and returning to them since July. I have also been playing along to playlists I have put together on the three formats of jigs,reels and hornpipes. On another topic, I would have liked to see you drum longer on the Wellerman song.Your part finished too early. Best wishes, John
Thanks for the video Ruairi, I would love to hear your opinion about traditional bodhrans vs modern bodhrans. I can't find any videos about this. I love the deeper sound of a more traditional drum.
Thanks Colm - for sure. Ultimately I think it comes down to individual taste, and I tend to prefer more traditional untaped drums myself. Each to their own, and I always encourage my students to try as many different instruments as possible and follow their ear ( and heart!) to choose which sound they prefer.
Im a string folky. Me and my partner have just started learning the bodhran. Really enjoy your video and style mate. You have a website or any online courses ? Many thanks Tom
Thanks so much for checking out this video - I hope you enjoyed! ☘️ You might be interested online course How to Play Bodhrán : Begin Your Journey which includes over 4 hours of video content in 42 videos, specially recorded practice tracks and much more! Check it out at the link below->
bodhran.teachable.com/p/how-to-play-bodhran
thanks ever since my son started he got so much better
So excited to find this video. I was given a Bodhran as a gift a few years ago because I love the sound of it so much. I finally got motivated to pick it up. I was able to get some decent sound out of it but when I went to look at how it was actually being played I was disappointed to find I was doing it wrong! Now, I realise that the videos I watched were the top end style you mentioned and what I was in doing was the Kerry style. It came quite naturally actually and I am thrilled. I hope that I will get comfortable enough to play it when I next travel to spend time with my Ceilidh loving family in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. At 67 years old it just goes to show you can teach an old dog some new tricks!
Thankyou ❤
The second method works much better for me, thanks for the video!
Cool
you´re a great teacher and musician! thank you so much for your videos and greets from Austria! Herwig
Very kind of you to write - thanks Herwig 🙏
I'll test both approaches. Thanks a lot !!!
Amazing Ruairi, what a great explanationi Thx a lot
This has done a great job of breaking down the movements for using the back of the tipper! Feels a lot less unnatural to me now.
Very informative and excellently presented video as always!
Big thanks
amazing, I got it all! Thank you very much 😊🤝
I picked this up accidentally when I first started learning - I found that if I held the tipper loosely in the middle, holding like a pencil, it’ll bounce itself into a triplet. Similarly to the end demonstration but without the whole hand gripping. In fact there’s fair distance between the palm and the tipper with my approach. I found you can do a really fast roll with this approach. I do use one of the classic tippers with a ball in each end (I think this one comes with lots of beginner bodhrans). Very much appreciate your videos! The photographic/cinematic quality is excellent too.
Hi Ruiri I have a beater with the ball on each end , and am a beginner.Is this OK for the double ended triplets?
Excellent stuff! I only started to learn a week ago, but your 'feel it out' approach had me 'playing' triplets in no time at all! I found that bringing the stick parallel, and allowing the stick to have it's own way was the answer. Great videos, thanks for sharing!
Thanks Ruairi! Really loving the Bootcamp videos! Triplets were my Nemesis up until a short while ago, and this video has really cemented the technicalities for me. I really struggled with triplets/rolls for a while, but now things have just "clicked". Once I understood the movements, I found it very helpful to close my eyes and really feel what my hand/tipper are doing. Now I can crank triplets out really fast and find myself automatically adding them here and there when I play! Your videos have opened so many doors for me - and I’m sure I’m not alone in saying that! 😁
FANtastic! Delighted to read this Jeni, so glad the video helped to consolidate it a little - Happy practice! Ruairi
Really appreciate these videos Ruairi. I started bodhran this year, and you have been a really big help. 🎶💕 Playing along (well, trying to) to music I love has been keeping me sane through the lockdown. 😀
Wonderful to read this, and I'm delighted the tutorials have been helpful. Fingers crossed for a brighter, music filled 2021 🙌💫
Nice😌 cant wait for me Mc neela to arrive and try this.
How are you finding your mcneela?
Great lesson. Love your videos. Thank you
My pleasure!
Thank you... You are the best... I'm a Conga player learning to play this fantastic instrument.
Thanks Jerry - your very kind to write, and honestly, I'm just delighted people find the videos helpful 🙇♂️
Love it!
Cheers James!
Great and straight to the point (of the tipper 🤭) as usual 👏 👏 ♥ 🎶 🥁 🇮🇪
😂hahahaha! Good stuff!
Another great tutorial, cheers.
Your very welcome 👍🎵
Hi Ruarí great video . I'm new to the Bodhrán.
Brilliant, like all your other videos
Thank you Marjorie!
Clear and helpful (as usual) I can do this but I never knew how I was doing it. The parallel 'instinct' approach means that I might be better at controlling it :-)
Great stuff Kieran!
Thanks again, Ruairi, for another excellent tutorial. I think the second approach will work better for me. I've been following your lessons and returning to them since July. I have also been playing along to playlists I have put together on the three formats of jigs,reels and hornpipes. On another topic, I would have liked to see you drum longer on the Wellerman song.Your part finished too early. Best wishes, John
Thanks for the kind words John, and glad the videos are a help. take care, Ruairi
Thanks for the video Ruairi, I would love to hear your opinion about traditional bodhrans vs modern bodhrans. I can't find any videos about this. I love the deeper sound of a more traditional drum.
Thanks Colm - for sure. Ultimately I think it comes down to individual taste, and I tend to prefer more traditional untaped drums myself. Each to their own, and I always encourage my students to try as many different instruments as possible and follow their ear ( and heart!) to choose which sound they prefer.
The feel out approach seems to work! just hit it until something happens is my style 😄
Awesome! Usually one of the two approached does the trick 😉
Im a string folky. Me and my partner have just started learning the bodhran. Really enjoy your video and style mate. You have a website or any online courses ?
Many thanks
Tom
Awesome, thank you! Yes, I do a 6 week online course and all the details are over on my website - happy practice! Ruairi
Is there a way to do a triplet on the upstroke?
Hi Ruairi from Jamie Victoria Australia
Awesome! Thanks Kylie !
this is witchcraft! LOL another few weeks before I'll be even attempting this!
an-mhaith, go raibh míle maith agat
Tá fáilte romhat Gearóid 🙌
I want to see you go nuts on that tonbak behind you.
Thankyou ❤