BODHRAN: THE BASICS

BODHRAN: THE BASICS

A Beginner's Guide to Playing the Bodhran

Bill Woods

Note: Bodhran: Beyond the Basics now also available; catalog number 21884BCD.

Bill Woods has used his decades of experience as a successful bodhrán performer and teacher to create this integrated instruction book and CD for the beginning bodhrán player. Using photographs, text, and audio examples, it takes you in easy steps from holding the bodhrán and stick through playing along with traditional Irish dance tunes. It shows you the basic accompaniment patterns for reels and jigs and demonstrates ways to make these patterns more interesting using rests, accents, and rolls.

In addition to the audio examples, the CD has traditional Irish dance tunes recorded at different tempos so you can start playing along almost immediately and increase your speed as your skill improves.

Also covered are the correct pronunciation of bodhrán, the history of the bodhrán in traditional Irish music, suggestions on playing with other musicians, suggestions on what to look for when choosing a bodhrán and stick, instructions on a simple and inexpensive way to make your own stick, and the basic structure of Irish dance tunes.

--An integrated bodhrán instruction book and CD for the beginning player
--Teaches the basic accompaniment patterns for reels and jigs
--Discusses what to look for when choosing a bodhrán and stick
--CD has traditional Irish tunes recorded at different tempos

Beginning level.

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Pronunciation
  3. What Is a Bodhrán?
  4. A Very Short History
  5. Playing with Others
  6. Choosing a Bodhrán
  7. The Head
  8. The Frame
  9. Tunable or Not Tunable
  10. Crossbars
  11. Choosing a Stick
  12. Making Your Own Stick
  13. Protecting Your Bodhrán and Stick
  14. A Little Music Theory
  15. Notes and Rests
  16. Staff Lines
  17. Measures
  18. Beats
  19. Tempo
  20. My System of Notation
  21. Holding the Bodhrán
  22. Holding the Stick
  23. Hitting the Bodhrán
  24. How to Use the CD
  25. Starting to Play
  26. Jigs
  27. Playing Different Rhythms
  28. Rests
  29. Accents
  30. Rolls
  31. Combining Rests, Accents, and Rolls
  32. Now What?
  33. Shameless Promotion
  34. About the Author

Retail Price: $14.95

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Product Details: Paperback Book & CD Package, Bodhran

24 Pages

Product Code: 21883BCD

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