November 24, 2017

This classic O’Carolan tune sounds so sweet on the Celtic D Download the two page PDF for “Si Bheag Si Mhor” on Celtic D Karimba Everyone has their favorite Celtic song. My favorite is “Si Bheag Si Mhor” – pronounced “she beg, she more,” and means “Little Fairy, Big Fairy.” The song consists of two variations of the melody, and the first one sounds like the “Little Fairy,” while the second one is a bit grander, and sounds like the “Big Fairy.” This song is attributed to the blind Irish harpist and singer Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738) as his first composition, but the melody is actually older.   Here is tablature

Two simple chords and a trick for using them together Try marking these tines green and red to help you play the two chords While the Celtic D Karimba is made for, and excels at, all sorts of jigs and reels and waltzes, I’m going to show you in this first lesson what it loves to do the most: a very simple two-chord progression. You don’t even need to know what a chord progression is  – you just follow the colors on the tines. I suggest you mark the tines of these two chords with two contrasting colors of Sharpie markers. The marks help make playing the chords very simple and