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from Edward Bunting, The Ancient Music of Ireland (Dublin 1840), Page 26: Double notes, chords, etc. for the left hand.
Irish glas
spoken by Gráinne Yeats
Scottish Gaelic glas
spoken by Tony Dilworth
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“By first and third fingers, a fourth.” Simon Chadwick 2008 |
Glas is unique for appearing with the same Irish spelling, and the same translation, in both the left (treble) hand, and in the right (bass hand) however the musical examples differ.
See also Glas (for the right hand).
Simon Chadwick 2008
Glas - A joining
This must be glas, the normal Irish word for 'a lock' (as on a door); to be distinguished from the glass appearing in Tead a' leithghleas above.
Colm Ó Baoill 2002