Need advice on bodhran instructional materials

Whistle
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I have a bodhran coming in the next day or so if UPS doesn’t drive over it at the curb. (My daughter’s been expressing interest in this.) So, what’s a good book/cd or video instruction out there. I’ve seen a few advertised online, but I have no idea what’s useful. (This may seem off-topic, but if you think about it, hmm, it is.)
Tony

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Tony,
The bodhran Video by Steafan Hannigan is excellent and helped me a lot.Its from Ossian Publications.Peace :slight_smile: Mike

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http://www.ceolas.org/instruments/bodhran/

might be a useful site.

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Hey Tony ~ I loaned a video to Mack Hoover. If he hasn’t put it in the mail yet…I’ll have him send it on to you. I’ll also send you one of my homemade cipins (:slight_smile: Gm

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Betty, Tony, I’ll have it in the mail as soon as I get the address. Gm, you’re very kind. T, you’re a lucky man.
Mack

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For the record…

GM’s tippers are top notch! :slight_smile: I’ve been playing mine a lot recently, and love it more each time.

It’ll make you play better than Kevin Coneff himself!!!

Well, OK, so that’s a bit of a stretch, but they really are neat!

Thanks Betty!

B~ :slight_smile:

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You might want to check out the bodhran tutorial at http://www.MadforTrad.com.

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I have to second Mike’s suggestion for Steafan Hannigan’s video. It’s excellent.

Also you might check out the Yahoo message board if you haven’t already found it: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/bodhran

John

[ This Message was edited by: John-N on 2001-10-03 18:28 ]

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Thank you to all of you for your help and suggestions. I should have the bodhran by Thurs (it didn’t show up today :frowning:) Gotta get busy asap with the thumping and all.
Tony

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Tony,
Great to hear you are getting into Bodhran - it is soooooo much fun to play!
Mel Mercier has a very good teaching video out. Tommy Hayes also has a video, but I don’t recommend it as a good learning tool for beginners. He is a fabulous player but the “teaching” video is more him performing than istructing… which is fine if you can already play! When I first started learning Bodhran, years ago, all my friends would run away - not so much because it sounded so bad (which it did) but that it was dangerous to be around me. When I tried to keep my wrist loose and my tipper firmly in my hand, the tipper would often fly out into the room hitting in the head, those in close proximity. When I teach now, I try to sit beside a student, out of direct line of fire!
Good luck to you, and keep us posted on your progress!