Do you perhaps have a track, album or artist list of crucial listening? That could be good

Why are Irish instruments always difficult to play?

More on timing of playing jigs vs reels. This video was very helpful. Thsnks!

Thank you for these effective advice

Thanks for watching bodhrán'eers! What video would you like to see next on my KZbin channel? Let me know in the comments below 👇 🌟

I could listen to ronan talk about bodhran all day.

I will play a note on my piano, and it goes "bong!". What note is that: minim (½), crotchet (¼), quaver (⅛), what? From there, how does a 6•8 time _differ_ in sound than a 6•4 time?

Thank you a ton for this. I will start practicing now. Is your whole instruction course free?

The time signature controls the speed of the notes played. However, the tempo (the amount of time allocated to each beat) controls the speed at which the notes are played. 3/4 time Waltz 1,2,3 which is the beat which, can be played at a slower tempo 1......,2.......3, the same beat but at a slower speed. Am I on the correct train of thought?

Another brilliant doco Ruairi, love Japanese culture and history, thanks for enlightening me on some more of it. Must have been a wonderful experience making it

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Great videos thank you. Could you list some songs to play along with?

I'm very old , English and insane and I have just started . It's great fun

Good stuff! Thanks!

I am mad 😂 he's got me

This was so great. Thank you so much

Well explained, found your video when Google searched the difference reels and jigs 😊 like the bodhrán, maith thú go raibh maith agat

Excellent. Will definitely try to to improve my cello playing rhythm. The extra difficulty of playing a string instrument is that although the bow hand follows the rhythm the fingering hand has to place the fingers a bit before. Cheers

Thank you for sharing your story. Many, many years ago I purchased a cheap bodhran at a renn fair. Last year I figured I should learn how to play it and the YT algorithm gods served up your channel. Yesterday I ordered a much better bodhran to replace the tin can I was playing! After watching your taiko documentary (I've watched all of them now), I had some more good luck: my local drum shop had a second-hand nagano-daiko for sale. It's mine now! KZbin in general has fed my appetite for all kinds of drumming (I probably have close to 50 different kinds of drums and countless percussion instruments) and I feel very fortunate that excellent drummers and teachers like yourself from all over the world are at my fingertips. Happy New Year!

Hup Yah Boyo Yah. Beir Bua. Malachy bodhran. Roundstone

Many thanks for putting this together, Ruairi. You have certainly developed your films. they've been fascinating and engaging. For me, I think the rhythms of Italy is my favourite it oozes rhythms and joy. I'm still waiting for African drums and rhythms I'm sure there are many stories to be told. One idea for your focus going forward could be a different look at the effects on our wellbeing and mind when we encounter drums. I've recommended to some of my clients the benefits of listening to uplifting music as part of a strategy of combating depression. You have touched on this before and I know when I hear and better still, feel, rhythmic drums it has an uplifting effect and that might be an interesting project for you to consider. Looking at some of the Science and psychology involved in what drums and music does to us? Keep it lit Ruairi!

I've been learning Bodhran for four days now (with your vids 🙏🏼)... I still can't seem to go faster than 60bpm tho... specially with the more complex beats :(

A part 2 or an advanced exercises video or even a small course would be great! the way you explain feels complete!

I played drums as a kid, for years. I could never read music and used to just listen and copy (basic pop stuff). Even now, at nearly 40, I still don't understand this. It is actually frustrating.

This is really useful. So the total time represented by a measure is t(seconds) = [(60s/minute)/bpm ] × (beats/bar). So at a tempo of 120 bpm with 4 beats per bar, then each bar represents 2 seconds.

Lata Ramachar! Wow! Wonderful. ❤❤

This sounds more like it should be used in the series The Chosen, the series about our lord and savior Jesus.

What bodhrán do you use? Looking to get into it, need a good recommendation.

Great video. Very interesting! Loved the Japanese women with the Irish accent. Mad

I used to hear those around Christmas time at home. People used to play that at our house. I miss those times. I want to learn now. So thank you so much for the memories!

BIG Thanks man! You make it easier to understand and praktice music😊

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As Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin stated in 1996: 'If you just go back a small bit, the bodhrán was played one day a year. All the old lads I talked to around 1970/71 told me “you take out the bodhrán any day of the year other than 26 December and you're mad. It’s like wearing shamrock on the first of June.'

Another superb video. You provide tools and mental hooks that really ground the beginner and create the basis for improvement.

No only in Ireland

Great time document. Thanks a lot !!!

Ireland was conflicted after independence they saw their language and culture as being a hindrance to them being part of the modern world. Thank you Ruairi

Great one

Are you still teaching?? If ya are.. Dublin? The big smoke😂

Great ❤

Have a bodhran laying around for years. Start practising every now and then but never kept at it. It would always be put back in the press . I really need to pull the finger out and get going. An amazing instrument with an amazing sound. Ive subscribed and will now practice to your youtube vids.. amazing stuff thanks. My plan is to be playing in my local trad band by next year. Not sure how good ill be but sure ill give it a shot.. Thanks for ur vids

bassiest bodhrán I've heard so far

Pumpkin orchestra! I am hopefully getting a bodhrán for just after Christmas, so I can learn it and impress my family. From England with love.

Thank you! Great tutorial, easy to understand and play along with. Thank you very much. x

Awesome. Complicated rhythm made clear, simple and easy. Go raibh maith agat, Ruairi.

Am I allowed to play left-handed? Like, drum on my right side?

Wonderful documentary, wondeful rhythms, wonderful story. Thank you for sharing. 👍💛

Thank you so much Ruairi for creating this wonderful documentary. Actually I'm crying now. The scene when my son plays Taiko then back to my father, the bridge was me. such a wonderful creation you make. Traditional Chichibu Yatai Bayashi beyond the country and generations but yet put all sides family together. Thank you so much Ruairi, you are absolutely amazing.

Thanks sooooo much