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!

Delightful arrangements that will come in handy for that St. Patrick's Day program. Intermediate difficulty, compelling repertoire. Most of the tunes are in the key of G, a few in D, one in A, and one in F. There are a few lever changes here and there.

Table of Contents:
Ballydesmond Polka #2, Blackbird, Butterfly, Cuckoo's Nest, Flowers of Edinburgh, Katie's Rambles, Lanagan's Ball, Trip to Sligo, Leitrim Fancy, Maggie in the Woods, Mist on the Mountain, Nancy McDermott, O'Farrell's Welcome to Limerick, Sally Gardens Reel, Sally in the Garden, Swallowtail Jig, Out on the Ocean, Ship in Full Sail.

That Night in Bethlehem arranged for intermediate/advanced solo harp. 3 pages.

?Anthology? is a collection of fifty themes and melodies in a smart format developed by Ray Pool. It is in ?enhanced lead sheet? format that includes fully fingered melody lines, and in-depth liner notes, unlike traditional fake books. Conveniently indexed according to topic (folk, Celtic, children, hymns, spirituals, plainsong, Jewish, Christmas, opera, and classical), alphabet, and level so that no matter what, the harpist may always find his/her music. It includes four pages of basic chord progressions, and helpful performance notes. Perfect for the harpist of any type or level!
Includes: Air (?Water Music?), All Through the Night, Amazing Grace, Angels We Have Heard on High, Aura Lee, Away in a Manger, Barcarolle, Blest Be the Tie That Binds, Candle Blessing, Chanuka Chag Ya?fe, Cockles and Mussels, Creator of the Stars of Night, Down By the Salley Gardens, Eine Kleine Nacht Musik, Erev Shel Shoshanim, Fairest Lord Jesus, Hinnei Mah Tov, Humbly I Adore Thee, I Gave My Love a Cherry, I Know Where I?m Goin?, I?m a Little Teapot, Intermezzo, Jacob?s Ladder, Kum Ba Yah, Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, Let Us Break Bread Together, Loch Lomond, London Bridge, Lord, I Want To Be a Christian, Lullaby (Brahms), Morning, Musetta?s Song, O! mio babbino caro, Old Hundredth, Polovetzian Dance #1, Rondo in C (Clementi), Shalom Chaverim, Sheep May Safely Graze, Shenandoah, Silent Night, Sonata in C (Haydn), Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, The Farmer in the Dell, The Harp That Once, The King of Love, This Old Man, To a Wild Rose, Traumerei, Un bel di vedremo.

ISBN 9781619118560.

At the end of the eighteenth century, Edward Bunting published a major work of Irish music called A General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland (1797). He followed this publication with two more collections in 1809 and 1840. Many of the tunes in these books came from the harpers he heard performing at the Belfast Harp Festival in 1792. In the first part of his 1840 collection, Bunting described the anatural keya of the harp used by the Irish harpers as leith glass or leithghlas. The Irish harpers tuned their instrument in this key, which we would recognize as G major because it had an F sharp. Frances Thieleas Leith Glass explores the musical possibilities and sounds achievable with a single tuning on the lever harp. The collection includes nine traditional tunes from Ireland, Scotland and England that together give a sense of the many musical colors that can be produced from the leith glass tuning if we think modally like the harpers of old. Suitable for intermediate lever harp players, the arrangements are all playable on a 34-string lever harp with sharping levers on F and C (C# is only required for one of the pieces with accidentals a aMy Lagan Lovea). The lowest note used is C, two octaves below middle C.

Beautiful melody that has made its way across folk groups and Renaissance Faires. This arrangement is meticulously edited with well thought-out fingering that lays well on the strings. This wonderful addition to repertoire can be used for many occasions. Single note melody is supported by a moving arpeggiated bass line, key of G, no accidentals.

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?. .

This is an original composition for the double strung harp. The imaginary is that of a mother saying goodbye to her son by the river. The story takes place in the ancient days when people travel by boats to faraway lands and it would probably be years before seeing loved ones again. The mother silently watches the flowing river take away her son until he is no longer in sight . . .

The song is in aeolian mode in the key of G. The range is low A (1.5 octave below middle C) to E (2 octaves above middle C). It requires one mid song D# lever change on the right.

Ten popular Irish tunes arranged for flute (or violin) and harp. All tunes are in C or sharp keys, with fingerings and chord symbols. There are no lever changes within the tunes.
Table of Contents:
Danny Boy, Carrickfergus, Star of the County Down, The Rights of Man, The Butterfly, Garret Barry's Jig, Tripping Up the Stairs, Larry O'Gaff, The Wind that Shakes the Barley, Ships Are Sailing.

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.

Also known as "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?," this traditional Scottish tune is a staple in every harpist's repertoire. My arrangement includes two versions (late beginner and intermediate) one verse each, with no frills (except some ornamentation!)

This version is in E Flat major, a lovely low register that allows the harp to ring beautifully. For smaller harps, I recommend the identical arrangement in C major instead: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/wild-mountain-thyme-in-c-major-lap-harp-digital-sheet-music/21891496.

For lever harp or pedal harp
Chord symbols and some fingerings included
Late beginner and intermediate version included
The lowest note is the E flat an octave and a half below middle C. The highest note is the E flat an octave and a half above middle C.

ISBN 9781610659604. The musical journey through this book of folk harp arrangements expose the player to music from the 12th to 20th centuries. Information about the tunes and composers, plus lyrics, stories and poems, give insight to the music and are valuable performance tools. You will enjoy music not usually found in harp repertoire that lies well on the harp with few lever changes.* Contains 43 arrangements on 84 pages * Traditional music from Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Canada, England * Contemporary composers include Roger Tallroth, Leif Gras,(Sweden), Tom Anderson, (Shetland), Alisdair Fraser, (Scotland), and Dr. John Turner, (US).* Spanning the 12th through 20th C.* Historical notes concerning the tunes and composers* Legends, stories, lyrics and poems.