Intermediate Arrangement for 36 string Celtic Harp
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Everyone enjoys Celtic Folk Songs and Folk Hymns but not all realize that often they can be one and the same. A hymn text has often found its home in a folk song and a secular text sometimes finds a home in a hymn tune. This collection has a little of both. All but one of the tunes in this collection are of Celtic origin. The exception, ?Amazing Grace,? is a folk hymn of unknown origin that has all the markings of a Celtic Tune, including a pentatonic harmonic foundation.
For the harpists who also like to understand the history of a tune or even sing along, a variety of texts along with information about the tune and the lyrics can be found in the back of this book in the ?Notes on the Tunes.?

Titles: Ad Hyd y nos, Annie Laurie, Auld Lang Syne, Bunessan, Brother James' Air, Down By the Salley Gardens, Greensleeves, Iona Boat Song, Rorate (Rorate Coeli Desuper), Londonderry Air, New Britain, O Waly Waly, Slane, Scots W' Hae, The Ash Grove, Royal Oak, The Twenty-Ninth of May, St. Denio, Skye Boat Song, The Bard of Armagh, The Streets of Laredo, The Caledonian Hunt's Delight, St. Columba, The Road and the Miles to Dundee, The Rowan Tree, Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon

One of the nicest things about this book is that each song has a short but lovely introduction!

This great collection of Celtic tunes also contains notes on each tune, performance notes, and a bibliography. Music is easy to read, and the fingerings are superbly edited. The selection of tunes is varied and includes Irish traditional, O'Carolan tunes, an original by Larry Mallette, music from the Scottish Oswald Collection, from Bunting, Thomas Connallon, O'Neill and the Scottish Athole Collection.
Titles: Blind Mary, Carolan's Draught, Dilligaf's Fancy, Drowsy Maggie, Fanny Power, Flower of Edinburgh, Gordon's Tune, Granu Weal, Jhon Come Kisse Me Noue, King of the Fairies, Lady Iveach, Merrily Kiss the Quaker, Mrs. Crofton, Parisot's Hornpipe, Rights of Man, South Wind, Star of County Down, Trip to Sligo
Tripping Up The Stairs - Will Ye Run Awa' Wi' Me.

As recorded on his CD The Crystal Spring, Ray Pool brings us these six Celtic hymns in print. Each hymn is arranged in two keys, one for harps tuned in flats and one for harps tuned in C. Beautiful arrangements, improvisatory in nature and each is at least three pages long, utilizing the harp's full range. Intermediate level, with lush ringing harmonies.

Contents: Hyfrydol (Come Thou Long Expected Jesus), Ar hyd y nos (All Through the Night), St. Columba (The King of Love my Shepherd Is), Ebenezer (Once to Every Man and Nation / O, The Deep, Deep Love of Jesus), Slane (Be Thou My Vision), Amazing Grace