A really nice set list of unusual selections. Most tunes can be played on a harp with less than 26 strings with levers on B, E, F, and C. The level of difficulty ranges from very easy to intermediate. Derry Air and High Road are more challenging, having octaves and full left hand patterns. Helpful hints on how to accommodate a small harp are included.
Titles are: Play with Ideas, The Last Rose of Summer, She Is Always Cheerful, A Woman?s Lament for the Death of Her Hen, The High Road to Fort Augustus, Dr. Joe, Lament for Owen Roe O?Neill, Auld Lang Syne (not the standard melody), Mother?s Lullaby, Derry Air, Avila, Sagudana, Honey Harp, Bonnie George Campbell, Eleanor Plunkett, Carolan?s Receipt, Thy Delicate Rosy Lips, Banish Misfortune, The Morning Dream, Carolan?s Concerto, Lovely Stornaway.

Debbie Vinick's arrangement of Valentine is for the lever harp with at least 34 strings. There are lever changes on F and G. It is best printed in color, as the lever changes are written in red. This is a beautiful song for gigs, weddings, or just playing at home. 3 pages of music.
Debbie Vinick began playing the harp and piano at age 8. She attended Juilliard's pre-college division and graduated from Eastman andYale Schools of Music. She performs throughout the Northeast and has an activeteaching studio of piano and harp students. Please search her name for more arrangements!

She would love to hear from you! Ifyou have any questions, comments, or would like an online lesson, pleasecontact her:

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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!

Twenty arrangements of Irish, Scottish, and Welsh folk songs and tunes for lever harp, with and without vocals. Eighteen of the arrangements are playable with slight or no modifications on small harps of 23 or more strings with an F to G range and levers on B, F, and C. Introductions are included in songs written for vocals. History of the tunes is found in the front of the book.
Table of Contents:
Down By the Salley Gardens, Gartan Mother's Lullaby, Southwind, Gentle Maiden, Separation of Soul and Body, Samradh Samradh, I Wish I had the Shepherd's Lamb, The Two William Davises, Jock O'Hazeldean, Scotland the Brave, Baloo Baleerie, Weaving Lilt, Ye Banks and Braes, Bells of Aberdovey, Queen's Marsh, and Suo Gân.

A collection of gems -- some familiar and some are unusual, all are traditional tunes from Britain. The solos are superb and the ensemble arrangements are awesome. This book can be utilized by players of beginning to intermediate level. Keys of C, G or D.
Solos: Short-Coated Mary, Fear a'Bhata (The Boatman), Loch Earn, The Skylark, The Electric Jig (by Robin Ellis), and Munro's Rant.
Duet: Rosin the Beau (an exquisite arrangement).
Trios: Oran Sniomhaidh (Spinning Song), Braigh Loch Iall (Braes of Locheil), Picking of Sticks/Cuckolds All in a Row, Be Thou My Vision, Dargason, and June Apple.

A collection of Scottish tunes from the nineteenth century and earlier have been carefully selected for their suitability on harp. They lay well under the fingers, are enhanced by the rhythmic and tonal properties of the plucked string and its overtones, and are musically interesting. Airs were chosen for their melodic beauty. Arrangements are traditional in style with ornamented melodies, open chords, and spare harmonies. Tunes are given in two keys, one in all naturals or one sharp, the other in one or two flats. Suggestions for fingering are given, levers or pedals need to be set only at the beginning of each piece, except for the Boat Songs, which require one lever or pedal change. Finally, historical and performance notes on the music are provided, together with a list of sources that are available from U.S. or Scottish distributors.
Table of Contents:
Highland Boat Song and Arran Boat Song (medley), MacDonald Lord of the Isles, Mary Young and Fair, Soldier?s Joy, Garthlands, Niel Gow?s Lament for the Death of His Second Wife, Cradle Song, and St. Mungo?s Welcome to Scott Skinner.

Lower intermediate level, for lever or pedal harp. Keys of G, D, and F make this book accessible to harps with only B, C, and F levers. Les Poules Huppes is arranged for two harps. Kerry Polks and Rattlin' Bog Polka are written in lead-line form with accompaniment chords and a sample left hand pattern. Both songs can be strung together for a really nice medley.
Table of Contents: Beauty In Tears, The Belfast Hornpipe, Bunclody, The Butterfly, Danny Boy, Don Oiche Ud Im Beithil, Down By The Sallie Gardens, The Emigrant's, Farewell, The Gentle Swan, Joy Be With You, Knocknagow Jig, Les Poules Hupees, Polka, Rattlin'Bog Polka, Oft In The Stilly Night, The Rolling Waves, Women Of Ireland.

Arranged for 26-string harp, although easily playable on larger harps, this version of the famous and greatly requested tune is like a theme and variations. It is well edited with some fingerings, brackets, and dynamic markings, and in the key of E minor. Theme is in 3/4 time and is played through once. Five following variations are in more of a driving 6/8 time. Depending on how fast it's taken, this song can easily fill up a nice segment of set with something very pleasant and not too difficult. The tune is also used as "What Child is This" so could be played at a Christmas gig!

Beautiful, timeless melodies transcribed from Sunita Staneslow's recording of the same title. These flowing arrangements lay nicely under the fingers, well edited with some fingerings marked.
Titles: Wild Mountain Thyme, She Moved Through the Fair, Cape Clear, Down by the Salley Gardens, Skye Boat Song,
My Love is Like a Red, Red, Rose, Highland Boat Song, Jock O?Hazeldean, Bridget Cruise, Third and Fourth Airs, The Water is Wide.