BOD Online Shop

BOD Online Shop

BOD has opened an on-line Shop page.  UK customers only can choose from our full range of beaters and click to purchase through Paypal, paying with credit or debit card, or your own Paypal account. All international sales and UK customers wanting anything other than...
RNCM Day of Percussion

RNCM Day of Percussion

BOD will be in the vendors’ hall at the RNCM Day of Percussion on Sunday, 2 February – come along to a wonderful percussion event and visit us too! The Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester is a highly regarded conservatory which attracts top...
Bodhrán Tutorial: Reel Variation 2

Bodhrán Tutorial: Reel Variation 2

How are you getting on with your Standard Reel, Standard Jig, and the first variations on each of those?  Ready to play around with some more variations? The Standard Reel gave you a steady 4 beat rhythm, repeated every bar.  Variation 1 gave you a second 4 beat bar...
Bodhrán Tutorial: Jig and Variation

Bodhrán Tutorial: Jig and Variation

As a bodhrán player,  you need to have some good jig rhythms in your repertoire.  Jigs are just delightful to play, the tunes are so catchy and cheerful, hardly anyone can sit still when a jig starts up. So in this second of our series of tutorials, we teach you a...