Bodhran Basics is a compact A5 sized bodhran tutor book which includes a demo CD too. It has sound introductory passages good photos and diagrams. Sections also include: the bodhran, stick and hand style, getting started and preparing to play, dynamic playing, skin sounds, the reel, the jig, reels 2, advanced jigs, triplets and extra tunes to play along with.

Written by the multi-talented Celtic Music Guru Steafan Hannigan, this book is impossible to beat (no pun intended) for value and content.

In this tutor Steafan Hannigan takes nothing for granted – the beginner is carefully guided through numerous examples and exercises. Sections include: studies of traditional dance music, accompaniment, care-and-maintenance, a music help feature, discography and bodhran history and manufacture.

Steafan himself is an eminent professional musician and teacher, as well as a maker of instruments. He is well known throughout the folk circuit in Ireland, Britain and the rest of Europe for his multi-instrumental ability.