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Bodhran: The Basics: A Beginner's Guide to Playing the Bodhran: The Basics Book with Online Audio - Softcover

Woods, Bill

 
9780786687800: Bodhran: The Basics: A Beginner's Guide to Playing the Bodhran: The Basics Book with Online Audio
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0786687800 ISBN 13: 9780786687800
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc., 2015

Synopsis

Bill Woods has used his decades of experience as a successful bodhrán performer and teacher to create this integrated instruction book and online audio download for the beginning bodhrán player. Using photographs, text, and audio examples, it takes you in easy steps from holding the bodhrán and stick through playing along with traditional Irish dance tunes. It shows you the basic accompaniment patterns for reels and jigs and demonstrates ways to make these patterns more interesting using rests, accents, and rolls. In addition to the audio examples, the audio recording has traditional Irish dance tunes recorded at different tempos so you can start playing along almost immediately and increase your speed as your skill improves. Also covered are the correct pronunciation of bodhrán, the history of the bodhrán in traditional Irish music, suggestions on playing with other musicians, suggestions on what to look for when choosing a bodhrán and stick, instructions on a simple and inexpensive way to make your own stick, and the basic structure of Irish dance tunes

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Product Description

Bill Woods has used his decades of experience as a successful bodhrán performer and teacher to create this integrated instruction book and online audio download for the beginning bodhrán player. Using photographs, text, and audio examples, it takes you in easy steps from holding the bodhrán and stick through playing along with traditional Irish dance tunes. It shows you the basic accompaniment patterns for reels and jigs and demonstrates ways to make these patterns more interesting using rests, accents, and rolls. In addition to the audio examples, the audio recording has traditional Irish dance tunes recorded at different tempos so you can start playing along almost immediately and increase your speed as your skill improves. Also covered are the correct pronunciation of bodhrán, the history of the bodhrán in traditional Irish music, suggestions on playing with other musicians, suggestions on what to look for when choosing a bodhrán and stick, instructions on a simple and inexpensive way to make your own stick, and the basic structure of Irish dance tunes

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Publisher
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0786687800
ISBN 13 
9780786687800
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
24