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Tune ID#1768 (Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Plx 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?8-bar phrase structureMode ?
AirAABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór / Sí Bheag's Sí Mhór / Sí Beag, Sí Mór / Sí Beag Sí Mór / Si Bheag, Si Mhor / Si Bheag Si Mhor / Sidh Beag agus Sidh Mór / Sidh Beag agus Sidh Mor / Sheebeg, Sheemore / Sheebeg and Sheemore / Little Hill, Big Hill / The Bonny Cuckoo (5th in set The Humours of Carolan on Ch 5) (also as song or waltz) (composed by pre-Carolan Scotland or Ireland (melody), Turlough O'Carolan (text))
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Discography cd

Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc.

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Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune?		 [Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~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). For this tune: Liam O'Flynn (pipes).
~19731.18#1
[FTIM] Festival of Traditional Irish [Music]. Discs 7 and 8 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Sean McGuire (flute), [Joe Sheridan (accordion)].
~19758#5 (5:30)
[Ch 5] The Chieftains. 5. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Derek Bell (harp, oboe, timpán), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones).
19942.2#1
[BPower] Brendan Power. New Irish Harmonica. Brendan Power (harmonica). For this tune: (F harmonica).
~19948#1
[CrlnAlbs] Máire Ní Chathasaigh and Chris Newman. The Carolan Albums. Máire Ní Chathasaigh (harp), Chris Newman (guitar).
199510#1
[KMKerry] Musique et Musiciens d'Irlande (Killorglin and Miltown, Co Kerry). Music and Musicians of Ireland. Musik und Musiker aus Irland. Mike Dowd (accordion).
20127#1
[PDArcy] Patrick D'Arcy. Wallop the Spot. Patrick D'Arcy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (D pipes).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Charles O'Connor		Ch 5
Played beforeOn Albums
Bumper Squire Jones		Ch 5
Sonny's Mazurka		FTIM
Drunken Landlady		KMKerry
Give Me Your Hand		PDArcy

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #26 in volume 1 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. [available]
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 tune #202 in [Crln] The Complete Works of O'Carolan. [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 only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1973
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