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from Edward Bunting, Ancient Music of Ireland (Dublin 1840)
Irish freagradh téad na bhféith eolach spoken by Gráinne Yeats Scottish Gaelic freagairt teud nam fèith-eòlach spoken by Tony Dilworth Click the play button to hear it spoken. help Freagrach tead na feitheolach - Response to leading sinews Since freagrach must clearly mean 'a response', it is likely to be an error for freagradh, an acceptable variant of freagra, 'an answer', the string, as Bunting tells us in his foonote, "Being octave below the string of melody" (see Tead na feitheolach and Fhreagrach). Colm Ó Baoill 2002 The ms12 chart gives ‘freagrach’ as the name of this string, though the chart may be indicating that all of the bass strings between comhluighe and cronan may be referred to as freagrach. Simon Chadwick 2008
Click the play button to hear it spoken. help
Freagrach tead na feitheolach - Response to leading sinews
Since freagrach must clearly mean 'a response', it is likely to be an error for freagradh, an acceptable variant of freagra, 'an answer', the string, as Bunting tells us in his foonote, "Being octave below the string of melody" (see Tead na feitheolach and Fhreagrach).
Colm Ó Baoill 2002
The ms12 chart gives ‘freagrach’ as the name of this string, though the chart may be indicating that all of the bass strings between comhluighe and cronan may be referred to as freagrach.
Simon Chadwick 2008
