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from Edward Bunting, The Ancient Music of Ireland (Dublin 1840), Page 24: Graces performed by the treble or left hand.
Irish sruth beag spoken by Gráinne Yeats Scottish Gaelic sruth beag spoken by Tony Dilworth Click the play button to hear it spoken. help “By thumb, first, second, and third fingers of the left hand.” Simon Chadwick 2008 It is notable that the footnote for sruth beag indicates which fingers on the left hand should be used to sound the four notes, but do not mention which fingers are used for stopping, if any. The video shows two possible solutions: stopping the first 3 together, and sliding the ring finger up one position to stop the 3rd string. Other possibilities include stopping each string seperately as the figure progresses, or not stopping any strings at all. Also demonstrated is different ways of playing the figure: slow as measured notes, and fast as a grace, against a right hand bass figure. Simon Chadwick 2008 Sruth beag - Little stream Correct. Colm Ó Baoill 2002
Click the play button to hear it spoken. help
“By thumb, first, second, and third fingers of the left hand.”
Simon Chadwick 2008
It is notable that the footnote for sruth beag indicates which fingers on the left hand should be used to sound the four notes, but do not mention which fingers are used for stopping, if any. The video shows two possible solutions: stopping the first 3 together, and sliding the ring finger up one position to stop the 3rd string. Other possibilities include stopping each string seperately as the figure progresses, or not stopping any strings at all. Also demonstrated is different ways of playing the figure: slow as measured notes, and fast as a grace, against a right hand bass figure.
Sruth beag - Little stream
Correct.
Colm Ó Baoill 2002
