The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #152011   Message #3553756
Posted By: Megan L
28-Aug-13 - 10:51 AM
Thread Name: Bodhrán Tutorial
Subject: RE: Bodhrán Tutorial
I came to this piece not as a musician but as a trainer in another discipline and was pleasantly surprised. It could do with a bit of spit and polish but it would be an interesting project as perhaps a series of short tutorials on different aspects.

I am inclined to think still in skill breakdowns so if you bear with me for a moment.

THOUGHTS

1. Sound is important if you did decide to make a series see if you can get your hands on some higher spec recording equipment. (Don't know where you live but is there perhaps a local college that does a media course? They might be willing to do the recording side as a project.)
2. Carefully examine what you do when playing so that you don't miss something because it is second nature to you.
3. Think about content try to stick to need to know as the main part with a small amount of nice to know and avoid waffle.
4. Plan the session
What do you want them to learn
What knowledge and skills do they need to achieve to have successfully followed your instruction.
How do you present the individual elements in a clearly understandable order. (e.g. you spoke about flicking of honey then showed the movement in the air which was good, then you could have followed showing the individual stroke on the instrument.)

If you do feel the need to say that other people do things differently do not include it in the session but put it as a throw away line at the end along the lines of "As you get more experienced with your instrument you will develop your own style."

You have a nice relaxed way which is good for learners and kept it simple withou leaving me(your audience) feeling talked down to.

Well done lad hope to see this as a full project someday.

Meg