(Bodhran) Bodhran Lesson: Triplets & Rolls Using Top Of Tipper Part 1

Michelle Stewart from http://www.BodhranExpert.com demostrates how to use the top part of the bodhran tipper to play triplets and rolls. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCBnIw0C30w

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[mydrumvideos]

What would be instructive is to put the camera above the bodhran and point it down to simulate what a player sees when playing this

[BodhranMasterclass]

That's a great idea. Thanks for suggesting it. I will try to do that in another video about triplets.

[shmopus]

Trying out your tipper holding style as i play straight wrist and find the shock on my thumb painful I notice you choke up pretty high with tipper and i'm trying to adjust to that I find my thumb is further forward and scrapes the head sometimes

have you run across this with other students?

Thanx

Hutch in Seattle

[BodhranMasterclass]

Hi Hutch. Funnily enough I recorded a video on holding the tipper this week, but haven't had time to post it yet. Will make a point of putting it up asap.

The thumb scraping becomes more obvioius when we're trying to get closer to the skin - especially for triplets. I keep my nails quite short, but if my thumb nail gets even a bit of length to it I find even I can get a nail scrape. Amazing how just a small amount of nail growth can be the culprit sometimes.

[Cryptoenigma]

Good video this. Be nice to see you playing along to some music to demonstrate the art of accompanying.

[BodhranMasterclass]

Cheers Jeremy. Definitely have those videos on the cards. Need to be careful with playing along to recordings that arent royalty free on here so I'm working on recording some traditional tunes with my husband on his Irish pipes.

[lowfiwhiteguy]

go raibh mo agat mo chara

[JohnLRice]

Thanks for the good lesson! :-)

[cynsha]

Yay! I started playing triplets tonight!!! I bought my bodhran last month in Galway when on vacation to Ireland, and I am bound and determined that I will play this instrument! Triplets are FUN!

[lisamarieharvey]

These videos are extremely helpful - thank you so much!

[turnitback]

Hi again Michelle

I need to clarify my last post.

Obviously, triplets are routinely played with one end of the tipper. What I mean is where the stick bounces and produces a third beat, caused by stick-bounce, between the up and down stroke, and/or between the down and the up. I am getting this accidentally, and what I'm asking is if, as I would assume, players take control of this effect and use it .

[turnitback]

Hi Michelle

Great videos!

I wondered if you had come across this:

My arms are twisted inwards. This makes some instruments very difficult. However, with a bodhran, all I do is hold the drum at a different angle.

While trying to find a comfortable angle, I noticed that slight errors sometimes produce triplets with just one end of the tipper as it bounces.

I assume that other players have similar deformities. Am I right to assume that and that one-end triplets are used anyway?

Paul

[ILuvCaroline]

what size is her Bodhran?

[laellagos]

You think you know how to hold the tipper. I mean, how hard can it be? Just hold it like a pencil and hammer away. Well, it was tougher than I thought. I wasn't able to do triplets/rolls without them sounding forced, until I got really comfortable holding the tipper. So, it took me a while to learn -- but your vids really helped me to keep at it. Thank you so much for your inspiring vids. Keep them coming!

Best wishes from The Netherlands

[fibbafox]

taught myself with a 'straight wrist', without realising it, and always wondered why my wrist looked so stiff compared to most other players on youtube, and seemed to lack fluency. Now I've watched this, i understand why, and am re-learning the instrument with the 'curved wrist'. It feels odd still, but i think i have a better grip on the tipper, and it's more aesthetically pleasing.....but I'm finding triplets very hard now, whereas before i found them easy!! Ah well....practice, practice!

[soundwerxkaraoke]

I've been watching all your videos in anticipation of getting my first drum. I can't wait to get my hands on it and go thru your lessons! THANK YOU SO MUCH for doing these!! Keep them coming!