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!

Far From Home a traditional Irish reel in G major, arranged here for two harps, or harp and melody instrument.

Harp 1 is at a late intermediate/advanced level, and may also be played as a solo. Harp 2 is suitable for 26 string harp or larger, is at an early intermediate level, and may also be played as accompaniment in a session setting. Harp 2 does not contain the melody.

4 pages - includes harp parts together and both parts separate. Some fingering suggestions have been included, as well as chord symbols.

ISBN 9781513455907. 8.75x11.75 inches.

Discover over two dozen traditional tunes from Scotland and Ireland: a mix of novel and familiar jigs, reels, airs, marches, and strathspeys. Intermediate through advanced harp players will enjoy these lovely melodies and their fresh, sparkling accompaniments. The arrangements include several optional transitions for combining tunes into sets, as heard on Claussens album The Road Home from Skye. Suitable for harps with a range of at least two octaves below middle C. Contains dynamics, chords, practical technical exercises, and fingering suggestions.

Thirteen original songs and arrangements for beginner to early intermediate harp. Harp-friendly keys of C, D, and G, some songs have lyrics.

Table of Contents:
The Frog and the Leprechaun (with lyrics), Introduction, Theme and Variations on an English Folk Song, Canarios by G. Sanz, Song in G, Canyon, Warm Sienna, Autumn's Waltz, Far Across the Ocean (with lyrics), Les Fenetres de Paris, An April Lullaby, I'll Come Along, The Green Hills of Clare (with lyrics), My Home Town (with lyrics).