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!

A collection of fifty hymns of The Church Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon faith) in lead sheet or fake book format, taken directly from the collection printed in 1985 with the simple title ?Hymns.? It includes a broad selection of these hymns to print with melody line, chord symbols, editings for harmonic adjustment on either lever or pedal harp, simultaneously, and the first verse of lyrics. Three separate ?Table of Contents? listings organize the entries according to first line of text, level of difficulty, and key signature.If you already play from a fake book, this will be a resource of immediate use to you. If you want to learn to play from a fake book, this is a great place to start.

Titles: Abide with Me, Angels We Have Heard on High, Christ the Lord is Risen Today, Come Unto Jesus, Come, Come Ye Saints, Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice, Come, O Thou King of Kings, Come, Ye Children of the Lord, Come, Ye Disconsolate, Did You Think to Pray?, Far, Far Away on Judea's Plains, Father in Heaven, For the Beauty of the Earth, For the Strength of the Hills, God Be With You Till We Meet Again, God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand, God, Our Father, Hear Us Pray, He Is Risen!, High on the Mountaintop, How Firm a Foundation, How Gentle God's Command, How Great the Wisdom and Love, I Know that my Redeemer Lives, I Need Thee Every Hour, I Stand All Amazed, I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go, In Humility, Our Savior, In Hymns of Praise, Israel, Israel, God is Calling, Jesus, Once of Humble Birth, Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me, Jesus, The Very Thought of Thee, Joseph Smith's First Prayer, Joy to the World, Let Us All Press On, Lead, Kindly Light, Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful, Now Let Us Rejoice, O My Father, Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow, Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel, Redeemer of Israel, Rejoice, the Lord is King, Silent Night, Sweet is the Work, The Lord Is My Shepherd, The Spirit of God, There is a Green Hill Far Away, We Ever Pray for Thee, Zion Stands with Hills Surrounded.

This is a study of ear training through melodic development. Small melodic fragments from familiar nursery rhymes, folk, patriotic and hymns tunes are used. The numbers 1 through 7 are used instead of using ?Do, Re, Mi?? to identify the notes in the scale. Melodies are categorized by range, beginning with a range of only three notes, progressing through a total of nine categories. Skills in ear training are highly useful to musicians who might be asked to take requests at hotels, parties and restaurants, or those involved in harp therapy. With the melodic fragments that are the focus of study, performance by ear can be highly strengthened and developed.
Table of Contents:
All Through the Night, Amazing Grace, America, Angels from the Realms of Glory, Angels We Have Heard on High, Au Clare de la Lune, Away in a Manger, Be Thou My Vision, Billy Boy, Cindy, Clementine, Day is Done (Taps), Down in the Valley, Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes, For He's a Jolly Good Fellow, Frere Jacques, Go Tell Aunt Rhody, Go Tell It On the Mountain, Goin' Home, Good King Wenceslas, He's Got the Whole World in His Hands, Here We Come A'Wassailing, Home on the Range, Home Sweet Home, Hot Cross Buns, I'm a Little Teapot, Jingle Bells, Joy to the World, Kumbayah, Lightly Row, London Bridge, Lonesome Valley, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Michael Row the Boat Ashore, Morning Has Broken, My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean, Ode to Joy, Oh Susanna, Oh How Lovely is the Evening, Old Folks at Home, Old Hundredth, On Top of Old Smokey, Over the River and Through the Woods, Row Row Row Your Boat, Shenandoah, Silent Night, Skip to my Lou, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, The Farmer in the Dell, The First Nowell, The Harp that Once Thro' Tara's Halls, The Star Spangled Banner, This Old Man, Three Blind Mice, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, We Wish You Merry Christmas, When the Saints Go Marching In.

Great exercises and tune selections, an outstanding addition to the learning material for harp. Formerly in two volumes, now nicely combined into a 60-page method, this superb collection of exercises and songs can be used for all harps, though the range is specifically for small harps. Exercises are simple and move slowly, developing a solid technique. The book is meant to be used under the guidance of a harp instructor. Fingerings and brackets are well marked, songs are well known, aiding in learning! Tunes are laid out well.

Contains: Drink to Me Only, Amazing Grace, London Bridge, Lavender?s Blue, Cockles and Mussels, Hints of Christmas (a one-page medley that is easy and impressive!), Susy Little Susy, Ode to Joy, Brahms? Lullaby, Kum-ba-yah, We Three Kings, For He?s a Jolly Good Fellow, Crusader?s Hymn, Potpourri (an original tune using many of the techniques found in the book), and Untraveled Path, a tune by one of Ms. Drake?s theory students, arranged for small harp.

Modern and traditional harmonies, all songs written in the keys of C and G, so they can be played on a C-C lap harp or G-G. Arrangements work on the 26 string harp as well. INTERMEDIATE LEVER OR PEDAL HARP, ALSO SUITABLE FOR SMALL HARP WITH NO LEVERS
Table of Contents:
Angel Hymn, Away in a Manger Medley, Cherry Tree Carol, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Good Christian Men, Good King Wenceslas, I Heard the Bells, I Wonder as I Wander, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear Jingle Bells, Joy to the World, O Come All Ye Faithful, O Holy Night, O Little Town of Bethlehem, O Christmas Tree, O Come Emmanuel, Silent Night, The First Noel, Wassail Song, We Three Kings, What Child is This.

Fifteen arrangements and three original compositions for lever harp. This collection includes music from all over the world, including a special arrangement of a hymn from New Zealand, by Maori composer Richard Puanaki. The music includes a few lever pre-sets, and some lever changes, plus some harmonic effects. This music ranges from early to late intermediate and is all playable on a lever harp.Contents:Baloo Lammy (Scotland)Ma\'oz Tzur (Jewish)Twinkling Lights (original)Jul, Jul Stralande Jul (G Nordqvist)Ka Waiata Ki a Maria (R Puanaki)O, Little Town of Bethlehem (English version)I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (American)The Seven Joys of Mary (Irish)Seashells, Christmas Bells (original)Christ Child\'s Lullaby (Hebridean)Let\'s Celebrate (original)Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel (12th Century)Zion\'s Daughter (G.F Handel)Watts\' Cradle Song (Isaac Watts)In The Bleak Midwinter (Rossetti/Holst)Mitt Hjerte Alltid Vanker (Brorson/Danish)The Cherry Tree Carol (English)See Amid the Winter\'s Snow (Caswell/Goss).