Distinctive Characteristics of Ancient Irish Melody

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. He came very near to the light, but his practice was not equal to his theory; or, must we ask, did he, too, like others, sometimes yield to the temptation of flattering the modern ears, instead of keeping his work consistent with the antiquity of his material Petrie, Dr. Joyce, not to speak of others Of less mark, show in their harmonization, similar signs of imperfect method.l Even Dr. Parry, in his exhaustive essay upon scales, is shy when he comes to treat of the peculiarities of the Irish scale form. Looking into the work Of such a man as Carl Engel, expecting there, if anywhere, to find firm ground, we meet confusion worse con founded. Indeed his definition of an Irish scale - he gives us only one - is the most ridiculous and farthest from the truth of any.