Si Beog an Si Mhor was Turlough’s first musical creation and concerns a most ferocious dispute between two fairy factions over whose mound was the burial place of Finn McCool. Album: Instrumental Music in the Celtic Tradition © 1997, The Angel Band, all rights reserved. Sam Goodall, fiddle; Jeff Lind, bass; Bob Frost, banjo; Emery Hutchins, concertina & bodhran; David Behm, guitar; Mary Paul, harp; Mark Rockwood, mandolin; Bob Paul, hammered dulcimer. Banjo in G-Tuning, key of D, no capo played 3-finger style with picks.

The Kilnamona Barn Dance/Father Kelly’s No. 1–Traditional. On our last trip to Ireland, while we were touring around County Clare, we spied a sign at a turnoff road in a very rural area—Kilnamona 1 km. We were working on this music at the time and directly proceeded to Kilnamona, which consisted of a small country crossroads with only an elementary school and yes, on the opposite side, a little way down, there it was. The Barn! We chose Father Kelly’s No. 1, a lively reel, to medley with the barn dance. The contrast between the two, highlights the many dimensions of Irish traditional dance music.

Album, Come under My Protection. © 2003 The Angel Band, all rights reserved: David Behm, Guitar; Bob Paul, Hammered Dulcimer; Mary Paul, Celtic Harp; Emery Hutchins, Concertina, Bodhran; Cathryn Norris, Violin; Mark "Rocky" Rockwood, Mandolin; Bob Frost, 5-String Banjo. G-Tuning, finger style with picks.

in open G

two reels : the reel of Mullivanat and the ships are sailing.

May the ships come to the harbour before the hurricane

Jim Rollings showing how to play slow songs in the tremelo style. Keep in mind a player of his caliber doing this for someone he never met and did it just to be helpful and share banjo.

Live recording. Banjo solo single string style using Cm scale

Another exercise in 5-string flatpick improvisation; trying to play may way into and out of corners, hence the title.

Jamming with some new picker friends this weekend. Enjoy