Beltaine Song: Underneath the Mounds

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It's time for another song! This one is focused on the Sidhe-folk, literally the people of the mounds. What they are is confusing at best to us humans, but they're a clearly important group of beings in Irish lore and thus worthy of honoring with song in this a season where they are traditionally given extra attention. Plus, I was seeking to capture a bit of the healthy fear involved in approaching these beings, since they aren't exactly friendly to most people.

The tune I used is known as "The Butterfly" and is a pretty common tune in Irish seisiun playing (so common, indeed, that some complaints are out there that it's overplayed!). It is a slip jig rhythm, or three triplet beats per measure, which gives everything a rounded and loopy dance feel. The tune is also very playable on a D whistle, since it avoids the C natural note of the E minor scale, so it's almost an E Dorian scale rather than an E minor.

All works are copyright by yours truly, but may be distributed under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike 4.0. That means, in short, you can use them yourself and your grove, and play the song to your heart's content both in private and in public, but must give credit where credit is due, and if you're planning on selling something involving this song we need to talk about that first.

Sheet Music

Underneath the Mounds

Recording

Underneath the Mounds



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