I have a question for all you bodhran players. Today I have been watching some oldish (70's?) Irish TV footage and on it I noticed that the bodhran players seemed to play it straight, driving along the rhythm of the tune and keeping the time. Recently I have noticed that a lot of the players I see localy play a more fancy style (pushing the skin behind to alter the tone), now at first this seemed interesting, but they seem to do it all the time. Am I going to get in trouble for saying this? - I like the simple rhythmic playing best
How do you play yours and what opinions do you have on style of playing, do you play in a variety of styles to suit the tune being played?