On Clips and Snips there is a version of Sheebeg Sheemore played on Silkstone PVC D whistle with accompanyment. It appears to be played in G. I like it because it takes away that screechy part (you know!). The ABC tune finder turned up nothing for this tune in G. Does anyone know where to find the sheet music?
Not in G, but JC’s has over a dozen, all in D
I can try to whistle-tab it for you at some point if you tell me what key whistle you want to play it on. Or I can just tell you the notes in an email. I can’t read/write music notation but I have discovered I’m pretty decent at transposing.
But that clip is only a note or so below (starts on C) the version of Shebeg that I know, which starts on a second octave D. Do you want to play it on a low G?
Also, I don’t think that clip included the ‘screechy part’ unless I am thinking of something else. I am thinking of the section of the B part which hits second octave B. In the key that that clip uses, it still hits second octave A…
Can it be done in G? I mean it can
be done, but isn’t it more screechy?
On a D whistle. The key of D
isn’t so bad, but of course
I’m playing a low D.
Hi,
Thanks for saying my version of Sheebeg Sheemor is “very nice”. I wished I could have played it on a lower whistle too!
Yes, it was on a D whistle and it started
on a C. I thought it would have sounded
better lower too, but it was the tune
for the “Dulcimer solo” on this album, and
what could I say, I’m “only the gal with
the gadget in her mouth”, ha ha ha
Lolly
Lolly: yer welcome for the compliment. It’s a nice piece and a creative way of doing it.
Ava: thanks for the offer. I’ve been able to figure it out by ear, which is really the best way to do it. The final run down from the “screechy bit” gave me a little trouble until I figured out that the F is played natural.
I’ve struggled with the regular D version of this tune for longer than it’s worth. But for some reason the fingering was just counter-intuitive for me. I was able to learn this version without sheet music and the tune just seems to run naturally off my fingers. Go finger!
Yes, it had that dang F Natural.
I’m glad you got it in another key just fine!
lolly
You can play it in G and when it gets to the screechy part, drop it an octave.
I have a recording of a Jump, Little Children concert where the whistle player (one Matt Bivins) does this, as after Si bheag he went straight into “copper kettle” (I think) which is in G.