The class will demonstrate the basic skills required to master the bodhrán: how to hold the drum and tipper (beater), how to strike the drum, how to play a few essential reel and jig rhythms, how to make a cheap drum sound great, and how to select a bodhrán to purchase. Students will have access to a website with videos that support study of the bodhrán beyond the class. If you can count to 9, turn a doorknob, and shake water off your hands, odds are you can master the bodhrán.

If you don’t have a bodhran, we have pizza boxes that surprisingly work quite well as practice drums.

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