The South Wind - Fingerstyle Guitar - Doug Young 

The South Wind is an Irish traditional tune, a waltz, that is popular with fingerstyle guitarists. The tune apparently dates from the 1700s, originally known in Gaelic as "A Ghaoith ó nDeas" or "The Wind from the South". This arrangement is based on the version I teach in my Peghead Nation course on alternate tunings:
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I think I first heard this tune from John Renbourn, who did a version in Drop-D tuning, tho the song has been recorded by the Chieftains and many others. I also play the tune as a duet with Teja Gerken in the key of D (DADGAD tuning), which seems to be a common choice among fingerstyle players. However, the tune is usually played in the key of G in Irish sessions. This arrangement is played in DADGAD in the traditional key of G, tho I am capo'd at the 2nd fret in this video, so it sounds in A here. I just liked the sound of the capo II.
Played here on an Ed Claxton EM, DADGAD tuning, recorded with a pair of Schoeps CMC6/MK41 mics.
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