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RNCM Day of Percussion

RNCM Day of Percussion

by | Jan 28, 2020 | Cormac Byrne, Events

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

by | Nov 15, 2019 | Teach Yourself Bodhrán

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

by | Sep 26, 2019 | Teach Yourself Bodhrán

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...
Bodhrán Tutorial: Reel and Variation

Bodhrán Tutorial: Reel and Variation

by | Aug 27, 2019 | Teach Yourself Bodhrán

Our bodhrán workshops at Ely Folk Festival have been very popular, and this year we had several requests for some follow up material so folks can practice at home, and progress from what they learned at the Festival. So, here you go: the first of a series of blogs...
Traditional Beaters

Traditional Beaters

by | Jul 8, 2019 | Product News

BOD have added some traditional double-ended styles to our range of beaters.  As always, our beaters are beautifully hand crafted from fine woods by Stevie Moises, and are wonderfully balanced in the hand. All three are made of beautiful macassar, a very hard and...