Bodhran. Part 1. How to play

[hallkev]

Very nice!!

[Wubslin]

Good skills man, good skills!

[rftgf08]

Great drummer, but this isn't really a 'how to play' video; more of a demonstration of styles and techniques. The beats were incredibly complex, and by the end of the video I still have no idea how to even hold a tipper.

[Gevito236]

When you have a part 1 as good as this, who needs part 2? :P

[rmsydiaha]

Oh, and as far as pronunciation: I've heard three different Irishmen say, respectively, BODrun, boRON and BOWron. It's an interesting aspect of folk music - there is never any definitive information, it's all regionally specific, which is the way it should be.

[rmsydiaha]

This may be the coolest vid on playing bodhran yet! Love the left hand finger work.

[Dalanshin]

Awesome. That's is all I can say. 

[mrstephenjamessmith]

nice work, i bought a bodhrán a month ago and am not too bad but this video helped a lot!

[horselovers71]

I bought a bodhran, Because of this video.Thanks for posting this video!

[hamstersniffer]

Fantastic! I REALLY wish you would repost this with subtitles. Been thinking about buying one too.

[DjOptix]

me too!!! found one local!

[MrGnaes]

pronounce it like this "bore on" bodhran

[sheilamaclean]

genius - great to see what goes on behind the skin and what an amazing spectrum of sounds can be achieved other than flipping the tipper up and down. This truly gives inspiration.

[Steph9737]

Spasibo :) thanks for the explanation, i bought a bodhran 3 years ago and i didn't know how to play it (the right way) i was always complaining about the sound, thanks for showing me how to play it correctly

[thorralf]

I think that this overview is good to get an idea about the sounds. As I do not speak Russian I cannot say anything about the explanations :-S

[skuzboll]

You rock dude

[Isai25]

sounds awesome

[a0e0roberts]

I call my sticks "tippers." I can charge more for them that way, ha, ha.

[corryydrummy]

Thanks man!!! very intresting video!!!!! it helped me a lot. Thanks to you, now i play much better.... :)

[tubebabytube]

irish people pronounce it bow (like the part of a ship) like, boWRAwn, if that helps you

[rabbitspliff]

lol that's what i meant by the first one. okay, i'll say it like that. that's what i used to call it, until the á made me think that that the emphasis was put on the last syllable

[padraicohare]

@tubebabytube Supposed to rhyme with MORON!

[rabbitspliff]

I thought it was either pronounced BAOron or BorRAN, the latter is how i pronounce it since it makes sense [the accent over the a - spelt Bodhrán - doesn't the á mean emphasis is put on the last syllable?]

[Sonofsoil]

it's pronounced exactly the opposite of how it's spelled... [baronn]

[spacedogpie]

Yes. That's how I'd pronounce it too. (An old Irish friend taught me.)

[RedSidhe]

Wow! I love this bodhran sound!

[HorseyIndyJones]

Thank you for puting this up!*Ish Russian so I understand the words*

[FAUSTORICCARDO]

Thanks

[PHenry500]

Great tutorial if you habla the Slavic.  :)

[SV753]

Thats is really, I mean REALLY good lesson!! Well done for Russian-Scottish Bodhran rhythms!! Well done :D

[rubiks899]

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[ciaran2929]

its bódhrán

[killergirls]

WOnderful!

[iLoveObento]

Great!!

[Ring0fSaturn]

Thanks, olgascotland! I enjoy this video for a number of reasons: it's wonderfully cross-cultural (like music itself), Y.S. is a fine player showing some enthusiasm for diverse approaches to playing the bodhran, and I love the fact that he's speaking in a language that I don't speak. This helps me to focus on the playing, instead of the words and consider the similarities between, oh, say, Russia and Ireland. Also, nice use of the video info section. Peace.

[benitogallego]

Russia meets Ireland!! That is GRREATT!!

I love both countries.

[Normanskie]

I cannot understand a word you say but a picture is worth a thousand words, thank you for posting.

[leethal62]

I'm Irish and all I can say is feck me, he's good

[Sammoab]

You know it would be really cool if someone on here posted a version with subtitles or translated! Good stuff but I would like to know what he is saying too!

[olgascotland]

look at video info please

[ffarelly]

There is no single common school of playing. Techniques are still developing. You can play with your hands, sticks, which you can hold at middle or at the one end of it, in this case the strike becomes more powerful but it is not apropriate for playing sophisticated things (triols), with brushes ( soft or hard). And I have personal invention - soft stick. At least I haven't seen it before. Sound becames more soft and reminds shaman drum.

[ffarelly]

membrane. Classical bodhran is made of birch and goat skin. But this one is made of goat skin and maple and pear tree. Skin must only from goat and wood may be different. All the more maple is very good for musical instruments. Stick is called born-stick(that what I can hear - ffarelly). But also with other different things, including hands :). Usually stick is made of heavy wood which sink in water. There are a lot of different forms of sticks.

[ffarelly]

With the help of left hand you can imitate the melody that is played by soloist. Also you can play on the rim. You can also use the fully opened membrane and in this case it sounds like shaman drum. Or you can combine all this types of playing. There is rather tricky movement - left hand beats.

The instrument you see is modern. It doesn't has the cross. Now it is rarely used and you can see only in souvenir variants. Also it has tuning ring and pegs which enable you to adjust the tune if the

[ffarelly]

that kind drum. The fundamental move in playng the bodhran reminds the same when playing the guitar or balalaika (russian traditional instrument) with plectra. One end of the stick moves up and down. To make it more beautiful< may be add triols, one should also use the other end of stick. Bodgranist use his left hand widely. Left hand is responsible for tune and timbre of the drum and it enables you to produce open or muffled sound. So it 'open' or 'muffle' membrane and change its tune.

[ffarelly]

Hello guys!

here is translation:

Hello! My name is Yura Sergeev, I play the bodhran (you can say it the different way - boYran or boDhran - as you like). The correct I think bodrhan. This word means thunderous or muffled. I'm not shure certainly. I've been playing it for several years. And I began to play bodrhan when I met the best bodhran player Frank McGuaer by a lucky chance. We had a lot of talk, he was teaching me. I also had met there local craftmen who tought me to make that kind of

[artmusicsessions]

wow, great, thanks a lot ¡¡

[nstrukov]

Thenks for a tips, realy good for start, in few weaks get a bodhran from this guy. Gonna try it

[teague316]

the bodhran is a great way of playing traditional irish music, but what the fuck have u got this on u tube without showing people how it works, stop giving it tappy, tappy, tap.

[billythehobbit]

I gotta get one of my russian friends to translate for me

[wcburns]

Can't understand Russian but he's certainly a great player and the visual instruction is quite understandable. :)

[gareth358]

why the hell do the irish think they have the handle on the bodhran ? its a sodding eastern european instrument!

[peterstranney]

Yes, the Irish are great at playing the bodhran, so too are the Eastern Europeans

[Chetnik14]

lol no it's not Slavic, he's just demonstrating it as an Irish instrument

[kingofcelts]

You're right..

[solwolfpunk]

well..whatever the origin of this drum. It has a great sound . I wish I could play it.

[AndreasLeidenfrost]

The Bodhran IS an Irish traditional instrument. Maybe eastern Europe does have something like it...

[martin91sep]

you are an idiot, bodhran is an irish word and this drum accompanies irish trad.get ur facts right

[amyruggere]

Know what you are talking about before calling someone an idiot. :) There are many cultures who use this drum. It does not even originate in Ireland. One commonly accepted origin of the bodhran is that it migrated to Ireland from either Asia or Africa, arriving with the Celtic migrations to Ireland from Europe.

Get YOUR facts right... and next time you will not be the fool. :)

Great video.

[martin91sep]

Hold up......., of course many of the old drums are similar and all that. Butt 'Bodhran' is an irish word. the eastern europeans did not borrow a word from a different language to name one of their drums. if you can fill in that gaping hole in your explanation you might not seem so mentally challenged.........pos

[amyruggere]

different names.. same drum.. who cares. I think you are just looking for a way to be arrogant. Well done. Tá sibh bómánta.

[martin91sep]

you need to listen once in a while.......

My point was of course they are going to be similar drums, we are talking hundreds of years ago. but that doesnt stop the 'BODHRAN' being irish........yfpos

[gunnerglory]

The human race is musically inclined. The "bodhran" is an Irish instrument and is part of our heritage, in line with the harp; I think its safe to say that all instuments are a variation of one thing or another originating from some concise focal point. I don't understand why you want to get into technicalities. Is it to provoke? I'd doubt it; is it to prove superior intellect?...maybe; but you have no absolutely no place here with the point you make.

[diarmaidok]

@gareth358 lol its an Irish instrument! The eastern europeans have similar instruments as do people from a wide range of countries...though the bodhran is Irish.

[TELYTUBYSRULE]

wtf this guy is a fagat hes fucking russian hes not good not a master class completely shite and im probely the only irish person in the freaking comments

[solwolfpunk]

It is not only an Irish instrument.

[kingofcelts]

It is an Irish instrement and if you look behind him you can see Irish script on the wall. He like a lot of other non irish people love our culture..

[joasia989]

it's a shame that I don't understand Russian well, I'm Polish, so I can guess a lot :)

[TELYTUBYSRULE]

lol that was shite im second in antrim and ulster and got 81% i al ireland and that was defently shite

[upkilt]

Agreed!

[lowellirish]

Don't be a hater, man...I'm sure that you think you are awesome...but you and I know that this guy IS. I've been playing drum now for 7 years, and am recognized as a Pro player, I've spent HOURS a day getting as good as I am, and this man has it going ON! Why don't you put up your video, and let US be the judge? LOL..

[sheilamaclean]

yes, I think Mickwor is right, am not an expert but know what pleases my ear - he has a lovely sense of rythym and yes some bodran players go a bit mad not really interpreting the music. I'd like to hear this guy play with Irish musicians...interesting

[mickwor1111]

he is actually a basic enough player , nowhere near the best , but he has a lovely style about him , which is important in irish bodhran players , alot of the new players get 2 technical which tends 2 ruin irish trad

[sheilamaclean]

I agree with Jabouh - this guy is something special - up there with the very best.

[Jabouh]

waow!

this is the best show of Bodhrán for me !

[Kiledin]

Excellent bodhran playing and tutorial. Any chance of doing this in English ?.

[lesjsin]

SUPERB master class, if you play a drum (like I do) you KNOW how skilled this guy is!

[fischerenz]

great! don´t need to know russian to get the point. cool teaching! cool playing!

[Braindazzled]

Don't know what he was saying, but the teaching came through clearly!

[Ussuratonkachi]

Thank you!!! I just bought a Bodhran and didn't know were to start!

[jamesandgrainne]

I didnt realise how international the bodhran was !!!!

[JPParent]

merci de partager!

[catinnahat]

Thank you so much for posting your bodhran videos! Though I do not understand Russian, the bodhran speaks it's own language. Fascinating!

[IamTENaCiOuS999]

massive bodhran mines tichy

[MadDogQ]

No english subs :(

[Ptarmi]

Hey - I didn't know Rab Cherry played the Bodhran! :-)