Bodhrán Masterclass with Siobhán O'Donnell 

I only started my Bodhrán journey two weeks ago and this is the best lesson I’ve encountered so far. Thank you so much!

Love this. Playing the bodrhan has been great for my mental and physical health. I have been a guitarist since my childhood. I bought a bodrhan for one of children years ago which he plays well. At the beginning of the pandemic 3 years ago I put a guitar strap on it and started marching around the kitchen and later on the garden playing along to all types of music. Then I added a second heavier stick to my tonal hand and I would recommend this self music therapy to anyone as it gives me the greatest pleasure and now I can play in any trad sessions confidently.

I play from a wheelchair and simply don't have the balance to move much with my tone / skin hand, so I really love your unfussy push / pressure technique

You are a great teacher as well as a player. A rare find. Gracias

I'm always amazed by how many possible techniques there are for doing triplets

Excellent master classic.

Thanks Siobhan, brilliant bodhran lesson ❤

Great masterclass!!! One day ( I don't remember his name) a famous drummer said about rythms, " if you can sing it, you can play it"

Huge fan. I love your bodhran playing singing and guitar. Your guitar vids with orlaith mccauliffe are amazing. I love your lilting as well.

You are so very helpful. I'm still working on it.

Thank you so much. 13mn into the video and I'm already learning lots.

AWESOME video and tutorial. Great teacher and player.

Thanks, Siobhan for a brilliant tutorial! 🙂

Thanks Siobhan! Great vid. Bonus learning your way of doing triplets! Cheers, Alec x

Thank you very much for all these explanations which are very beneficial to me. And well done!

Verry good . Many thanks from Annapolis MD.

Fantastic! Thanks for posting this. I'm going to keep on watching so as to master to bodhran.

This is really useful, fully explained..

Wonderful instructor Thank you 😌

grazie,Siobhan,da turin,Italy

Boísimo Video

Hello dear Madam, from Québec, Canada.

I want to start playing the bodhran, what would be the best model to start with? I currently play the drums. Thank you!!

Super❤

Super

Rewards many relistens. A shame that I can only like once!

What size bodhran is she playing?

Amazing lesson. Can anyone tell me the name of the tune she is lilting?

Sound level is very low - at least on my laptop :-(

I can't find the soft brush tipper anywhere

So many of these teachers seem to use the rod-type tipper. There must be something to that.

How big is your bodhran? And which manufacturer?

😎🍀

Hi...! From Catalonia, which kind of stick is this?

I'm learning the Boharan in England and the teachers Demonstrate how to play by showing how they do it but forget they know how to what about the pupils that know nothing about How to use the tipper

Lovely clear instruction Siobhán, but unfortunately your video has a synch problem. The sound is 5 to 8 frames ahead of the picture. The synch between the picture and the sound is never more important than when trying to learn musical skills. In rhythm instruction the eye informs the ear and vice versa. Is there perhaps something you can do to correct this? It's' not a small thing.

Nice playing, but I absolutely detest the bbq sticks.