DADGAD Set - Sí beag, Sí Mhór / Blarney Pilgrim / Merrily Kiss the Quaker

[twangalot]

Nice work. Maybe see you at "Not Mells" in September. I'm planning on heading down. A great weekend by all accounts.

[jimguitarfan]

Great playing ! Excellent choice of tunes as well; they're all among my favourites. Merrily...is maybe my favourite jig of them all, and I'm still trying to find a TAB for it.

Top job, thanks for posting.

Cheers,

Jim

[Lplatesleaving]

really lovely tunes, I love O'Carolan and I really love Merrily Kiss the Quaker, well played Dave :)

[trvlnlight]

yer tar soun good

[micallo58]

very good!

which guitar do you use?

[davedupplaw]

@micallo58 Thanks for the comment. The guitar is a Takamine EG-560C.

[NRamirezCR]

Beautiful playing... Sí beag, Sí Mhór is one of my favorite Turlough O'Carolan's tunes... 5* By the way, nice guitar ;) I want to buy a Takamine...

[josecalcru1]

Lovely, 5*

I really like this :)

[clarebannerman]

Lovely rendition of these beautiful airs ~~~ Title for first one is "Sí beag, Sí Mhór" --translates "she's small,she's big."

[davedupplaw]

Thanks Mike. I'll update the spelling of the air. I got the current spelling from the book I learnt it from, so I guess they spelled it wrong too... it is a Canadian book after all.

[ormoluinhen]

I never knew that's what it meant! thanks!

[davedupplaw]

So, I have been learning Si beag, Si Mhor with the piper in our band recently, and I looked up what it means. Although I've not found a definitive answer, the consensus is that it means "Little Fairy, Big Fairy", referring to two hills. It's sometimes known as Fairy Mounds for that reason.

[shteamroller]

@davedupplaw Well done, you are very close....Turlough O Carolan the composer

spent alot of time around Si Beag and Si Mhor 2 fairy hills in my native County of Leitrim anglicised they would be written as Sheemore and Sheebeg, not all that far from Kilronan where the great master lies at rest......

[ipsbwizard]

Gotta love the face at 3:55

[ormoluinhen]

i enjoyed this - thought it was really good, especially the jigs! :)

[professionalreader]

Lovely, David!

[threelegsoman]

Brilliant Dave, I love it.

[davedupplaw]

Thanks Tony!