Bodhran Basics: Polka Rhythms

[@MrJodieodie]

thank you. very clear and instructive.

[@davidgunter6106]

Thanks, Matt!

[@mattdeblassmusic]

My pleasure! My goal is to help train the next crop of bodhran players, so when the pandemic finally dies down and sessions are more regular again, we can take over and show those fiddle players who's boss :-D

[@Harlem55]

The standard polka comp is two eigths and a quarter in 2/2. Think lawrence welk's count in. [(e)-&-a 1 - - - &-a-2- --&-a]. Also polkas tend to have a trio form (three seperate distinct principal melodies or ABCC form) like a sousa march or ragtime, and the countermelody will usually feel like straight sixteenths.

[@CrustySofa]

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[@bmeistergeneral]

Brilliant video! However i don't see the list of 2x4 songs. Where did you post these?

[@mattdeblassmusic]

Oops! I thought I'd posted some in the description. It's been a while, but I'll try to go back and figure out which ones I had in mind