Túirne Mháire slide

There are 6 recordings of this tune.

Túirne Mháire has been added to 3 tunebooks.

One setting

X: 1
T: Túirne Mháire
R: slide

M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:D2G GFG F2G A2c|B2c A2G F2A D2C|
D2G GFG F2G A2c|1 B2c A2F G3 G2D:|2 B2c A2F G3 G2A||
|:B2d dcd B2d d2B|c2B A2G F2A D2C|
D2G GFG F2G A2c|1 B2c A2F G3 G2A:|2 B2c A2F G3 G2D|

One comment

Túirne Mháire

Taken from the playing of Séamus Begley and Oisín Mac Diarmada: https://thesession.org/recordings/4292 .
This track is on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClGYegtn4Mw

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A fine, simple slide which, I guess, is based on the air to a song of the same name. It translates as Mary’s Spinning Wheel. The expression in Irish can also mean "a punishment" or "a trouncing", if you get a TM.

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