A brilliant beginners' DVD that teaches the rudimentary and fundimental skills and techniques needed to play the Autoharp - one of the most beautiful (and easiest)traditional instruments. Step-by-step instruction of everything you need to know from proper use of the chord buttons strumming and fingerpicking techniques and how to pick out melodies and play instrumentals in the styles of the great traditional players. John Sebastian of Lovin' Spoonful presents his detailed but easy method which is perfect for novices and beginners as it teaches how to hold the harp how to tune it play simple strums and co-ordinate the fingers and thumb in fingerpicking for the first time.

Thirty-one Christmas songs from all over the world arranged for autoharp or chromaharp. The arrangements in this book assume that the player had mastered simple strumming techniques and knows the fundamentals of autoharpplaying. Many of the arrangements bring out the richness of the carols through frequent harmonic changes. Chords and lyrics are shown above the melody notes with chords for melody playing below. Most songs in this book arearranged for a 15-chord instrument although some require a 21 or 27-chord model.

The songs in this book are familiar to children of all ages. They include not only traditional children's songs but also rounds cowboy tunes and popular Christmas songs. They have been arranged in the keys that are mostsuitable for singing and can be played in a variety of styles using only the words and the accompanying chords. In cases where there are two versions of a particular tune both have been included. If one version is not wellknown however the most widely used melody is selected. The songs are written as lyrics with chord symbols only; no music notation is provided.