Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1768 (Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór)

RhythmMode
AirD Major
Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór / Sí Beag, Sí Mór / Si Bheag, Si Mhor / Sidh Beag agus Sidh Mor / Sheebeg, Sheemore / Sheebeg and Sheemore / Little Hill, Big Hill / The Bonny Cuckoo (also as song or waltz) (composed by pre-Carolan Scotland or Ireland (melody), Turlough O'Carolan (text))
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd Discography

Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.

Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune		 [Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
~19739#1[Plx 1] Planxty. Planxty. Liam O'Flynn (pipes, whistle), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandola, mandolin, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Donal Lunny (vocals, bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán), Christy Moore (vocals, guitar, harmonica, bodhrán).View album details

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recording listed above.

As tune #26 in volume 1 of [AW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle.
On page 32 of [RW] Robin Williamson. The Penny Whistle Book. [available]
On page 253 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
On page 98 of [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As ocar #14 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #89 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 147 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1973
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