Unless you’re happy to simply play your bodhran at home along to a YouTube video – which of course, can be a great way of practicing – it’s likely that your first live musical outing to try out your beaters will be when you decide to attend a session.
Playing with other musicians is a joy, especially when you know that own musical contribution has lifted the performance of a tune.
Understandably, and as with any instrument, if it’s your first time at a session, or your an infrequent attendee, you will be excited but probably also very nervous.
We will take the opportunity to look at how you should prepare for a session, some do’s and dont’s, and how to make sure you’re welcomed back.
There are so many hints and tips we will bringing you, that it’s almost impossible to say which is more important. The reality is, they are all important!
Sections
To bring some structure to The Session, we will separate it into three sections: The Basics, Competent and Advanced.
- The Basics section will be for those who are either a total beginner or still consider themselves a relative novice
- The Competent section will relate to players who can reliably pump out a steady background beat to the music, but feel they can do more…
- The Advance section will be for experienced players who really want to really exploit the fantastic potential the bodhran has to offer, This page will be added in due course.