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Learn the bodhrán for one trad session

"What if you went from zero to playing in a session in eight weeks?"

Why this is so fun

There is something genuinely electric about the moment a session pulls you in and you are no longer just watching from a barstool. The bodhrán is one of the few instruments where eight weeks of honest practice can get you there. You will discover a whole side of Irish culture that most people only ever hear from the next room, and the feeling of locking into a reel with a roomful of fiddles and flutes in some draughty parish hall in Clare or Kilkenny is impossible to fake or forget. It teaches you to listen more than you play.

Someone who did this

Siobhán (27), Waterford — dental nurse, keeps a sourdough starter she has named Gerald

I bought the bodhrán off a lad in Dungarvan for €45 and it smelled like a pub from 2003.

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First 3 steps

  1. 1Find your nearest Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann branch at comhaltas.ie this week.
  2. 2Buy or borrow a starter bodhrán from a music shop like Waltons in Dublin.
  3. 3Watch a free beginner tutorial on YouTube to learn the basic tipper grip tonight.
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