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from Edward Bunting, Ancient Music of Ireland (Dublin 1840)
Irish Crónán spoken by Gráinne Yeats Scottish Gaelic crònan spoken by Tony Dilworth Click the play button to hear it spoken. help Cronan - Drone bass Crónán essentially means "act of humming, murmuring", and is applied to such sounds as the purr of a cat, the drone of a bagpipe and the murmur of a stream. It is probably related to the English verb croon, but has a long history in Gaelic. On p.32 Cronán is explained as 'The bass in music', and on p.88 Bunting tells us how, in Cos Antrim and Down, cronan was sung by a group of people "in consonance" with a soloist singing the words of the text (see also p.55). Notation for such a Crónán, for It's pretty to be in Ballinderry, is given on p.2 of the insert following p.88. Colm Ó Baoill 2002
Click the play button to hear it spoken. help
Cronan - Drone bass
Crónán essentially means "act of humming, murmuring", and is applied to such sounds as the purr of a cat, the drone of a bagpipe and the murmur of a stream. It is probably related to the English verb croon, but has a long history in Gaelic. On p.32 Cronán is explained as 'The bass in music', and on p.88 Bunting tells us how, in Cos Antrim and Down, cronan was sung by a group of people "in consonance" with a soloist singing the words of the text (see also p.55). Notation for such a Crónán, for It's pretty to be in Ballinderry, is given on p.2 of the insert following p.88.
Colm Ó Baoill 2002
