Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór - Low whistle and guitar 

Oh my gosh Star, i hope u are ok. I cried for u when i read this x

Have things gotten better for you?

Good luck to you, and all the people you love.

great whistle great tune but the guitar has got to go. Need something softer.

Thank you! :)

I’ve bought some off of amazon!

@@WaterAssassini do they sound good? how much are they?

Awkwardtunity They sound beautiful! The high D Tin whistle (most common) can go for maybe $10 (United States), the Low D whistles (such as in the video) can go from $70 or higher (again in United States dollars)

The low whistles are a little pricier. I just got my first one, a Kerry chieftain v5 - it's 99 gbp I think, but very smooth and creamy.

Well done..really enjoyed that..thank you

a nice version -- seems to be based on the (1973) Planxty version of it ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ooZyBJxQGgE.html

I never knew O' Carolan had written it. Amazing

turns out it's more complicated: www.earlygaelicharp.info/tunes/cuckoo/ related to 'the bonny cuckoo' which clearly the same melody - listen here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-golkXwAp_Do.html Wikipedia says the Cuckoo an earlier tune, but article above disagrees - but think it a fiddle tune, so probably not from Carolan. Complicated :-)

Wow, that really is great, thanks for recommending it.

***** Go raibh míle maith agat, a Shinéad.

Ok, if you pay for our trip to France why not.. lol

Thanks!

I downed a fifth to this in the liquor aisle!

Here is how you learn to play anything by ear: - You learn roughly where the notes are on your instruments. Never mind the names, just get a sense of what is up and down, and perhaps develop a beginning sense of what distances or stretches roughly corresponds to what intervals. But really it's just to get your most basic geograhpic bearings and be able to sound the notes. Which way is up, which way is down, how do I place my hands right to go either way. - FInd an easy song you like. Not too fast, where you can clearly hear the notes of the melody, and it's good but not too fancy. - Listen to the first note of the recording of the melody. FInd it on your instrument. Listen to the second note. Find it on your instrument. Play them in sequence till you got it. Listen to the third not. Find the third note on your instrument. Play the second and third note in sequence till you got it. Play all of them in sequence till you got it. Proceed like that until you have 6-8 notes in a sequence down. Learn it well. Then start on a new sequence, same way. It may take some time to match the notes on your instrument with what you are hearing, but logically, a systematic approach will eventually get you there. - The basic skill here is very simply to find a note and then first determine whether or not the next note in the tune is up or down from the one you're already on. Once you know that, it's just how much up or down: half note, whole note, second, third fourth etc. You can find any note if you progress chromatically in half note steps testing against the recording (or in your head if you can hear it there) until you hit and identify the right one. - Do this endlessly with all the tunes you like. Over time - you will instinctively learn, intervals, common patterns will stand out etc. You will be able to apply what you have learned this way to other things that you are hearing in your head and the fingers will begin to fall in place on their own. - Of course on the side you can always practice scales just to lay a more organised foundation but really it's just note by note, hard work, transcribing. - We used to do it on tape recorders or even vinyl records running the same sequence over and over and over again. Start - listen very keenly - stop try to match wth instrument - rewind go again. Now it's easy with digital players and even slowdowners that stay in the right key. You can even make some of them loop a part so you dont have to rewind yourself. - No theory is needed to do this. It helps in the long run but this is music in it's natural form: sound and hands and brains and a little bit of systematic approach. Trust me - doing this you simultaneously practice the song enough that you can remember it without notation. And with time - If you can hear it in your head - you can work it out on the instrument with no need for a recording or a sheet for reference.

Hey guys...is that a no? Your arrangement is genius. No clues to the guitar part?

Joel Simbrow Believe it or not, my brother doesn't arrange anything in advance, what you see is improvised. He has no tabs. Sorry.

TinWhistler awesome

DADGAD, I think.

Nope, sorry, we're in Europe.

It's a Chieftain low whistle in D but it's an old model that's not manufactured anymore...

@@TinWhistler thanks for your reply! That whistle sounds beautiful. Excellent playing!!

Michael Weaver yes there are tabs. I assume you found them already. If not. Just type the name of the song then whistle tabs. Several places show up. 😊

@@randykrajniak3993 I was actually looking for guitar tabs.

Solo sé que es uno antiguo que detrás pone "KWL CHIEFTAIN".

@@TinWhistler Gracias amigo