First Lessons Folk Harp is designed for the beginner Harp student who has no prior music training. In this book they will learn to read music notation count rhythm implement important fingering techniques organize practice tune a Harp play common bass patterns and make a decision about which kind of Harp to play.Tips are included to help students get the most out of practicing. The songs serve as examples of Harp basics allowing the student to learn while playing vibrant melodies instead of repetitive or trite exercises. This book features traditional Irish Scottish Welsh Canadian American and Renaissance music. These songs will transport anddelight audiences with their simplicity and profound clarity. They invite us to ancient landscapes steeped in mystery and to experience the traditions of Harping throughout the ages. This book presents two new note readingmethods based on logical predictable music patterns that employ cutting edge techniques. They were developed to move students beyond reading notes as single isolated symbols. The rhythm table compares the different note valuesand rests to each other and visually shows how they are related through counting out rhythm increments.Helpful photos define how important hand positions are on the harp. These are an immense resource for students allowingthem to avoid tension in their hands and prevent injury. Accompanying audio allows them to play along as they learn. Includes access to online audio.

A comprehensive and easy-to-follow beginner's guide the Hal Leonard Folk Harp Method is designed for anyone just learning to play Folk Harp.With this clear method you'll discover plenty of techniques tips and fun songs to learn and play. The accompanying CD contains 56 demo tracks that cover most of the music examples in the book.The Hal Leonard Folk Harp Method covers the following topics:The Harp and its partsSitting with the HarpHand position and finger placingKey signatures and meter signatures Scales and arpeggiosThe I-IV-VchordsOstinatos and slidesMany classic folksongs and much more

Arranged for Harp-Say Something is an original song by the American duo A Great Big World. The lyrics are about letting go when a relationship ends. It became an international hit when Christina Aguilera joined A Great Big World on a re-recorded version in 2013. Sylvia Woods has made a 4-page advanced beginner to intermediate arrangement playable on either lever or pedal harp. This music features a pedal point (also called a pedal note or pedal tone) which is a sustained or continually repeated note that is held constant while harmonies change in other parts. A pedal point is usually found in the bass but here it is in the middle register. Virtually every measure includes a middle Cnote on the downbeat. Sometimes it is played with the right hand and at other times with the left. But it is almost always there. This pedal point harmony is what originally drew me into this beautiful piece of music the first time I heard it on the radio. The music is in the key of C and no sharping levers are required as there are no lever changes. Fingerings lyrics and chord symbols are included. The harp range required is 24 strings from a low C up to an E. It can be played on 24-string to 26-string harps with a C as the lowest string if you play both hands an octave higher than written.

Ten pieces for the beginner harp player for Irish or Concert Harp with CD accompaniment.

This unique book of 14 lever harp arrangements includes excerpts of some of the most famous French works by Debussy and Ravel including Clair de lune The Girl with the Flaxen Hair and Pavane. The book features classicalexcerpts but there are five folk tunes and a medieval melody. The level of difficulty ranges from advanced beginner to advanced intermediate. This is a collection of some of the most beautiful French melodies and is a perfectaddition to almost every harpist’s repertoire. The arrangements all have fingering and dynamics. The keys range from two sharps to one flat but a full set of levers is needed for several of the more advanced classical excerpts.Eight of the pieces require no lever changes and five of the classical melodies require multiple lever changes.

This collection of English Christmas carols arranged by Star Edwards is a warming welcome to the season of festive cheer. Basked in tradition each and every carol will fill your seasonal celebrations with merrimentand joy.These timeless classics are a delight to play providing hours of entertainment year after year. The carols in 'English Carols for Celtic Harp' are arranged for the Folk Harp which beginners andadvanced beginners can play to usher in the gifts of this magical season.All of the carols in this book are provided with Guitar chords fingering and brackets suitable for nylon and wire strung folk harps arranged usingstandard bass patterns. Six songs contain lever changes which also provide a simple visual aid for smooth transitions. The carols are in the keys of F C G and D. Included with this book is a bonus song arranged for two harps perfect for beginners.

Par KINNAIRD ALISON. There can be little to replace the one-to-one relationship between teacher and pupil, but this hugely popular introductory tutor to the small harp, first published in 1989, is widely seen as the first and best beginners guide to the instrument, and is often supplied with newly built harps by several of the most renowned instrument makers. The Small Harp Tutor was written by Alison Kinnaird MBE, one of the foremost exponents of traditional Scottish harp music, who has been researching the repertoire of the harp in Scotland for more than twenty-five years, recorded several critically acclaimed albums, written several books of harp music, and co-authored the first published history of the harp in Scotland. This book includes an accompanying 60 minute tuition CD or Audio Download advice on buying and maintaining a small harp a basic guide to musical notation lessons and exercises for two, three and four fingers advice on arranging music 40 tunes varying from elementary to advanced historical notes and information on the tunes/ Méthode / Harpe

Recueil Harpe-Six Short Pieces is a set of short works for Harp composed by Henriette Renié. Written in two suites for pedal or lever Harp the volume is divided as per below: Suite 1: - Conte de Noël - Recueillement - Air de Danse Suite 2: - Invention dans le Style ancient - Rêverie - Gavotte This set of pieces is really enjoyable to play and was written for upper beginners/intermediate players. It includes chords arpeggios a few accidental alterations and some natural harmonics. Henriette Renié (1875-1956) is a French harpist who hadAlphonse Hasselmans and Théodore Dubois as professors at the Paris Conservatoire. She received a First Prize for the Harp and composed many pieces for Harp including a concerto some chamber music works and some transcriptions of other works for the Harp.

Arranged for Harp-Wondrous Love is a modal hymn from the shape note (also called ?Sacred Harp?) singing popular in churches of Colonial New England. Sylvia's arragement includes three variations and is for advanced beginners andintermediate harp players. 3 pages with fingerings and no lever changes in a C tuning. Playable on lever harps and pedal harps.

Petite Berçeuse by Alphonse Hasselmans is a really sweet melody that can be played on lever or pedal Harps. Easy to play for both hands it perfect for medium-beginners (second years). Written on a double page the finger positions are indicated to help the young players execute this piece properly. It will enable them to play a music piece aside from their usual exercises. Alphonse Hasselmans (1845-1912) was a Belgian-born French Harpist a great composer and renowned professor. He composed numerous pieces for Harp and transcribed numerous works for the Harp. He also edited and reviewed a collection ofworks by Bochsa. His most famous piece is a concert piece called 'The Wellspring Op. 44'.

A spectacular collection of Harp pieces and includes two arrangements for each of the 52 Scottish Songs featured here. One is for beginners and one for advanced players meaning that all Harp players will be able to glean something useful from this volume. With classic songs and popular favourites such as: Annie Laurie Auld Lang Syne The Blue Bells Of Scotland Loch Lomond My Heart's In The Highlands and many more. This fantastic book also features lyrics biographical and historical notes a glossary of terms and an index of first lines making it the complete book for harpists.

For Beginners and Advanced Harpist-Carlos Salzedo. For beginners and advanced harpists. Suitable as warm-up exercises and can also be played by both hands individually.