Harmonic features
The following features are found in:-
FQ
PP
CBLM29
CBLM1840
FG
F
TIMC20
TIMC33
BC
BM29
BM33
• tendency of the 3rd to appear between the main bass and treble notes when the
melody note is the third note of a triad
FQ, PP, CBLM29/1840, FG, F, TIMC20/33, BC & BM29/33
• occasional swapping of melody notes between bass and treble
PP, CBLM29/1840, FG, F, TIMC20/33, BC & BM29/33
• staggered octaves in the bass
FQ, CBLM29/1840, FG, TIMC20/33, BC, BM29/33 & perhaps PP
• predominance of magadising in providing bass harmony
FQ, PP, CBLM29/1840, TIMC20/33 & BM29/33
• appearance of the 5th between main bass and treble notes
FQ, CBLM29 p158, FG, TIMC20/33, BC & BM29/33
• octaves staggered between bass and treble (note usually first struck in the treble)
CBLM29/1840, TIMC20/33 & perhaps PP
• repetition of chords in the bass
F, TIMC20/33 & BM29/33
chords in one hand:-
• octave in the bass (glas?: +,3 or ladhar?: 1,3)
FQ, CBLM1840, FG, TIMC20/33, BC & perhaps in PP
• 5th in the bass (1,3?)
CBLM1840, F, TIMC20/33 & perhaps PP.
• 4th & 5th in the bass (+,1,3?)
FG, TIMC33, BC & perhaps PP
• 3rd in the treble (boilsgean?: 1,2)
CBLM29/1840, TIMC20, BC & perhaps PP
• 4th in the treble (glas?: 1,3)
CBLM29/1840, FQ book & perhaps PP
• tonic triad in the bass (ceann an chroibh: +,1,2?) - TIMC20/33, BC & BM29
(lán chrobh: +,1,2,3) - CBL29/1840, FG
• tonic triad in the treble
CBLM1840 & TIMC20
• bass arpeggio chords at the end of phrases or sections
including that of the 3rd, 4th & 5th in the bass (lán chrobh: +,1,2,3 arpeggio)
CBLM29/1840 & FG
• 4th in the bass
CBLM1840, BM33 & perhaps FG
• 3rd in the bass (ladhar láir?: 1,2)
CBLM1840 & BC
• melody note in the bass being repeated as the top note of a chord in the treble
CBLM29
• 10th in the bass (+,3)
BM33
the Joly collection version of Fairy Queen
the Straloch Port Priest
Bunting's primary notations of Cumha Bharúin Loch Mór
Cumha Bharúin Loch Mór from the 1840 Introduction to The Ancient Music of Ireland
Féachain Gléis in Bunting MS29 pp54-55
an Féileacán in Bunting MS12 f33r
Táim i mo Chodladh in Bunting MS20 ff8v-9r
Táim i mo Chodladh in Bunting MS 33 book III f28v-29r/pp56-57
Banks of Claudy in Bunting MS29 f1r
BM29 Hampsey's Burns' March in Bunting MS29 ff14v-15r
BM33 Quinn's Burns' March (Pretty Peggy) in Bunting MS33 ff31r & 32r