Traditional Irish Bodhr?n for Beginner 2

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Intermediate

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Last updated on June 21, 2025 1:29 am

Learn to accompany Irish music on the bodhrán with Dermot Sheedy, drummer with Hermitage Green. Master hornpipes, jigs and reels in 12 self-paced video lessons.

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This free online bodhr?n course suits anyone who wants to gain the technical know-how to accompany music on the traditional Irish drum. Your tutor is Dermot Sheedy, an all-Ireland champion and drummer with top Irish band Hermitage Green. He is joined on fiddle by TV presenter Doireann N? Ghlac?in for some lessons. A sequel to our Beginner 1 course, it is perfect for those who are keen to master new rhythms and playing techniques.

What You Will Learn In This Free Course

  • Identify a reel rhythm including the…
  • Adapt the basic motor rhythm to add …
  • Play double-ended rolls…
  • Play single-ended rolls…
  • Identify a reel rhythm including the reel motor rhythm and clean up and down beats
  • Adapt the basic motor rhythm to add more space
  • Play double-ended rolls
  • Play single-ended rolls
  • Identify a jig rhythm
  • Adapt the jig rhythm for added interest
  • Recognise a hornpipe rhythm and its similarity to the reel
  • Ornament a hornpipe rhythm by the addition of a single-ended roll
  • Add colour to the motor rhythm with single and double-ended rolls
  • Describe and perform a funky new reel rhythm with its emphatic ?up? beat
  • Complement a tune by moving the beat around the bodhr?n
  • Jigs, Reels and Hornpipes

    Learn the rhythms for drumming along to jigs, reels and hornpipes in this Beginner 2 course. Tutor Dermot Sheedy demonstrates the basic rhythms along with techniques to add colour to your bodhr?n playing, with help from fiddle player and TG4 live music presenter Doireann N? Ghlac?in.

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