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from Edward Bunting, Ancient Music of Ireland (Dublin 1840)
Irish briseadh spoken by Gráinne Yeats Scottish Gaelic briseadh spoken by Tony Dilworth Click the play button to hear it spoken. help "Performed by the thumb and first finger: the string struck by the thumb is stopped by it, and the first finger string left sounding." Click on the picture to watch the video. help Bill Taylor Note that although brisidh is listed under "Graces performed by the treble or left hand", Bill is playing it with his right hand in the video. The musical notation shows what appears to be five seperate independent instances of Briseadh. It is worth noting that the first two indicate the stopped note as a semiquaver, beamed to the main note; the last 3 show the stopped note as a grace note. Perhaps this indicates two different ways of playing Briseadh, first as a measured note as part of the tune, and secondly as a mordent, as a kind of ornament. Simon Chadwick 2008 Brisidh - A break A mis-spelling of briseadh, verbal noun of bris, 'break'. Colm Ó Baoill 2002
Click the play button to hear it spoken. help
"Performed by the thumb and first finger: the string struck by the thumb is stopped by it, and the first finger string left sounding."
Click on the picture to watch the video. help
Bill Taylor
Note that although brisidh is listed under "Graces performed by the treble or left hand", Bill is playing it with his right hand in the video.
The musical notation shows what appears to be five seperate independent instances of Briseadh. It is worth noting that the first two indicate the stopped note as a semiquaver, beamed to the main note; the last 3 show the stopped note as a grace note. Perhaps this indicates two different ways of playing Briseadh, first as a measured note as part of the tune, and secondly as a mordent, as a kind of ornament.
Simon Chadwick 2008
Brisidh - A break
A mis-spelling of briseadh, verbal noun of bris, 'break'.
Colm Ó Baoill 2002
