Bill Troxler
Bodhrán for Beginners
The six videos below will get you started on a few essential basics before we actually begin playing the drum. Don’t skip these!
PRACTICE. All music students are admonished to practice. Practice daily. Practice for twenty minutes each day. But, how exactly should a student go about the work of practicing? There is an excellent, simple answer to this question. Watch Ruairi Glasheen’s fourteen-minute video on how to practice.
Click on the first video below or go directly to Ruairi’s You Tube Channel.
How to Practice
How to Hold the Bodhrán
How to Hold the Tipper
How to Move Your Wrist
An Example of Good Wrist Movement
The Strike
Next we’ll learn how to hold the tipper, strike the drum and study a reel pattern
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