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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
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“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.
Simon Chadwick 2008
Sruth beag - Little stream
Correct.
Colm Ó Baoill 2002