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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 leagadh anuas
spoken by Gráinne Yeats
Scottish Gaelic leagadh a-nuas
spoken by Tony Dilworth
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“By first finger and thumb: thumb stops the string sounded by first finger, and thumb string left sounding.” Simon Chadwick 2008 |
"A falling" or "Lowering from above" refers not to the musical progression but to the gesture of the hand.
The musical notation shows what appears to be five seperate independent instances of leagadh a-nuas. It is worth noting that the first three indicate the stopped note as a semiquaver, beamed to the main note; the last two show the stopped note as a grace note. Perhaps this indicates two different ways of playing leagadh a-nuas, first as a measured note as part of the tune, and secondly as a mordent, as a kind of ornament.
Simon Chadwick 2008
Leagadh anuas - A falling
As in Tead leagaidh & Tead leagtha, Bunting mistranslates leagadh, which correctly means 'a dropping' or 'a lowering'. Anuas is the common adverb for 'from above'.
Colm Ó Baoill 2002