A compilation of ideas, suggestions, and helpful hints from experienced harp teachers. Contributors to this book included Stephanie Curcio, Sue Richards, Kim Robertson, Ellen Tepper, Derek Bell, Liz Cifani, Wendy Kerner Lucas, Louise Trotter, and many more. It was compiled at the Professional Harpers Gathering on the East Coast in the early 1990's. Sixteen chapters, well over 100 pages, and a complete index.This is an excellent resource for any teacher of harp.

Table of Contents:
The First Lesson, Group Lessons, Tuning, Relaxation, Theory, Practicing, Sightreading, Memorization, Musicality, Choosing Repertoire, Playing by Ear, Improvising, Sessions, Accompanying and Arranging, Orchestral Playing, Becoming a Confident Performer, Stage Deportment.

This hauntingly beautiful three-part harp ensemble was commissioned for the opening of a new 2000-seat concert facility, Strathmore Music Hall, in Bethesda, Maryland. Dance of the Harps is presented with an underlying 3/4 accompaniment of swaying rhythm. The melody is shared between the first and second parts, while the third part provides underlying rhythm. The melody develops and expands and is followed by a sharply contrasting middle section, which is much faster and jig-like. In this section, the harps let loose in their dance, which has become spirited and playful. Following this faster middle section, the ensemble returns to the original melody, but with greater intensity and rhythmic vitality. As the piece comes to its dramatic conclusion, layer upon layer of rich harmonies unfold and become increasingly intense, culminating in a bell-like explosion of syncopated celebratory sound. The piece can be played by an ensemble of all level intermediate lever or pedal harpists, as each of the three parts is written with a different degree of technical difficulty.

Popular melodies from the Medieval Period arranged for lever or pedal harp duet. Harp 1 is designed to be a complete solo arrangement while Harp 2 enhances and fills out the first part. Arranged for all harps using only the keys of F, C, G and D, with minimal lever or pedal changes. A range of exactly four octaves from C to C is needed to play all of the duet arrangements. Although these arrangements do not strictly adhere to medieval harmony and rhythm, they are nicely evocative of the Middle Ages.
Table of Contents:
Douce Dame Jolie, Miragres Fremosos, L'homme Arme, Santa Maria, Ja Nuns Hons Pris, Winder Wie Ist, E Dame Jolie, Orientis Partibus, Rosa das Rosas, Kalenda Maya, Reis Glorios, The Dauntless One, Stella Splendens, Chanson, Hymn to St. Magnus, Swa Eyn Vriund, Li Maus D'Amerand#65279;

This is an arrangement of Mad World for zither or lap harp. Just slip the sheet music under the strings and follow the notes which are connected by lines, easily showing you which strings to pluck.

This sheet music works on T.K. O'Brien Lap Harps, Music Makers, or Melody Harps. To use with a First Act instrument, you might need to trim farther inside the guidelines, and you may possibly lose a note at the beginning or end. Typical zither tuning, from bottom to top, is G A B C D E F# G A B C D E F# G..... which is the tuning I used for this particular arrangement.

Printing Instructions:
Print onto letter-sized paper. Select "Print Actual Size", and NOT "Scale to Fit". Landscape Orientation

When you're sure you have it printing correctly, you may want to print onto card stock for added durability.

Fifteen elegant, stately melodies from the Renaissance and early Baroque periods adapted from popular dance tunes, keyboard works and lute songs of the 16th and early 17th centuries. Freely harmonized, they capture the flavor of the period. The "primo" harp part can stand alone as a solo arrangement, while the "secondo" harp part is designed to enhance and fill out the first part. Composers are Gervaise, Dowland, Praetorius, Morley, Arbeau, Caroubel, and the ever popular "Anonymous".

Contents: Bransle de Bourgogne, Galliarde for Queen Elizabeth I, Siciliano, Captain Piper's Gailliarde, Pavane d'Angleterre, Spagnoletta, Bransle de Champagne, Nancie, Pavane: Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie, L'Espagnoletta, Ladie Laiton's Alman, Pavane: Le Force d'Hercole, Sleep Wayward Thoughts, Bransle de la Torche