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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...