[Grammar] Anser to (negative or/and positive?) question?

[italno]

Hello,
this message is about the response to a question, which I am not sure if it is a negative, positive, and/or a tag question.

Let's say I go see a silent show (a show without music) at a theatre.
After I get out to the theatre, a friend asks me about the show saying, "There wasn't any music, right?"

Would the correct answer to such question be: "No" or "Yes"?

 

[Raymott]

You'd say, "No, there wasn't". Neither 'Yes' nor 'No' by itself is sufficient to answer an unnatural question like that.

 

[GoesStation]

Let's say I go see a silent show (a show without music) at a theatre.
After I get out to the theatre, a friend asks me about the show saying, "There wasn't any music, right?"

Would the correct answer to such question be: "No" or "Yes"?

When someone asks me a question phrased like that, I grab the tag they've left dangling for me and answer "right." That's for an affirmative response, of course. For a contradictory response, I say something like "Yes, there was."

 

[GoesStation]

French has a very handy third response to a yes or no question like "It isn't raining, is it?". A single word, si, means "Yes, it is." If you answer oui,​ it means that you agree with the assertion.