In this bodhran lesson you can learn a great Irish jig drum pattern from professional percussionist Jim Higgins, step by step. Our e-Learning system and expert tuition help speed up your progress getting you playing your bodhran in music sessions faster. Take this lesson here then go the Online Academy of Irish Music's website for an overview of this course and to download this drum pattern's notation -
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00:00 Introduction
1:24 Rhythm demonstration
2:23 Learning the A Part
3:08 Learning the B Part
5:34 Playing the A Pattern & B Pattern
6:43 Back hand positioning
7:31 Demonstrating the full rhythm again

Learn to play the Irish handheld drum, the bodhran, with one of Ireland's finest players. Master this amazing Celtic instrument with some step-by-step advanced technique instruction.

Bodhrán Technique Course Synopsis:
In this course of 13 bodhran lessons, maestro percussionist Jim Higgins presents a range of rhythmical accompaniments to cover a variety of tune types - Reels, Jigs, Slip jigs, Slides, Polkas and Hornpipes. Over the course of the13 tutorials, Jim discusses and demonstrates many techniques that the learner Bodhran player can add to his palette of techniques - rolls, backhand motion, the use of syncopation, the 'Bo Diddley Beat', and rim techniques to name but a few. As a drummer, he frequently discusses how to apply what can be done on a drum kit to the Bodhran. The video tutorials are in a split-screen format, so the learner can view the backhand as well as the forehand at all times. Jim Higgins, who hails from Renmore, Galway has been a member of 'The Stunning' and 'The Saw Doctors'. He spent four years touring with 'River Dance' and is a member of 'The Mairtín O'Connor Band' and also of Donegal band 'Altan. He has also played with Lunasá, Paul Brady and Christy Moore.
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