These three famous songs are arranged for lever harp to be played as a solo or to accompany a majority of singers with alto voices. America is in the key of Bb, America the Beautiful is in the key of G, and The Star Spangled Banner is offered in 2 keys: G and Bb, to accommodate both sopranos and altos. For full range lever harp or pedal harp. Notes on the history of the songs are included. INTERMEDIATE LEVER OR PEDAL.

This volume combines Louise Trotter's "Three Favorite Hymns" and "Four Hymns Plain and Fancy". Each arrangement is two to three pages in length with easy-to-read notation. Some fingerings are included. The use of harmonics, glissandos and arpeggios to make these arrangements interesting and "harpy".
Table of Contents: Amazing Grace, In the Garden, Jesus Loves Me, Be Thou My Vision, Sweet Hour of Prayer, Softly and Tenderly, and Fairest Lord Jesus

Your audience?s memory of this Eighties rock anthem by Journey will be playing along in their head?from the original album, a live performance, The Sopranos, Glee, karaoke, or all of the above. But they?ve never heard it before on a harp.

This arrangement makes good use of the double-strung by using both sides for repeated notes and letting the accompaniment hand overlap the melody. The result is beautiful but still ballsy.

Range and key: F major (one flat). 23x2 strings. C below middle C through D.
Lever changes: None.

Good for: Weddings, parties, performance, therapeutic settings.

Double-strung effects: The LH accompaniment frequently overlaps the RH melody range. Finger placements are suggested for playing echoed notes with alternating hands to work around or emphasize ringing strings. Since the alternate-hand echoing is not required, it?s a great piece to learn this technique on.

Characteristics: Arpeggios and a syncopated melody. The RH never places more than an octave spread; the LH places 1-9 twice. There are a few four-note chords (LH 1-3-5-8); the rest of the chords are three notes, usually not inversions. The RH has almost no chords. There are two bars of sixteenth notes that can easily be substituted for eighths. The LH has two long-run patterns (1-5-8-9-10 and 1-5-8-9) which can be played with cross-unders or a wandering thumb. The RH has only two cross-overs.

Finger placement: Finger number suggestions are provided for key phrases. Numbers above the notes are suggestions for the RH (marked with ?R? or ?R#? when they occur in the bottom staff). Numbers below the notes are suggestions for the LH (marked with ?L? or ?L#? when they occur in the top staff). To see what I mean, view the PDF of finger placement examples in ?Don?t Stop Believin?: www.EnjoyTheHarp.com/s/dont-stop-believin-notes-enjoy-the-harp.pdf

Notation: Chord symbols and lyrics are provided. Treble clef in both staves. To avoid switching between bass clef and treble in the accompaniment, 8vb lines are used for the low Cs, Ds, and Es (which means that you play an octave below what?s written). Low Fs use 8vb sometimes, so if you see a lot of low ledger lines, don?t worry: it?s that F below middle C. Instead of counting the lines, you can look at the chord symbols to confirm.

Length: 6 pages. 106 measures. 4:00?5:00 minutes, depending on tempo.

Page turns: If you are printing, double-side pages 2-3 and 4-5 to minimize page turns. Line breaks have been made with printed or single-page-tablet turns in mind; you can pick up some accompaniment notes in the RH to turn with the LH.

Analysis and performance notes at www.EnjoyTheHarp.com/dont-stop-believin

Etheriality (lap harp version) contains 26 pages of beautiful original lap harp solos, in the approximate range of "intermediate." There are 12 songs in the book. One is one page, one is three pages, one is four pages, and the rest are two pages. You need C below Middle C and 24-26 strings to play the songs in this book.

You can view several sample pages above. The audio sample is an excerpt from "By Way of Eternity."

Songs in this book: Autumn Breezes, Wings of Wonder, Loving Meredith, Reflecting on a Sad Heart, Etheriality, Desert Breeze, Little Baby Boy, Early One Morning, By Way of Eternity, Serendipity, Ivy Trails and It Could Be Spring.

Item Number: S0.645573

Unusual Celtic carol with an improvisatory feel. Few lever changes and awkward passages make these beautiful songs quick to work up for busy harpists who don't have time to start learning Christmas repertoire in July! One tune is in a key with three flats, four carols require one flat. Seven our of ten pieces require NO lever or pedal changes.
Titles: Christ Child?s Lullaby, Lullaby of the Virgin Mary (Manx), Away in the Manger (Scottish melody), Deck the Hall, The Virgin?s Lullaby, Christmas Day is Come, Blessed Mary, That Night in Bethlehem, Baloo Lammy, and What Child is This?. .