Product Number:
30218BCDEB
Format:
eBook + Online Audio
Skill Level:
Beginning-Intermediate
Notation Type:
Standard Notation
Pages:
36
Binding:
eBook
ISBN:
1-6191-1431-3
ISBN13:
978-16191-1431-9
Series:
First Lessons
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
4/19/2016
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 and delight 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 reading methods 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 values and 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, allowing them to avoid tension in their hands and prevent injury. Accompanying online audio allows them to play along as they learn.
Music Basics
Ledger Lines and Time Signatures
Rhythm Table
Parts of the Folk Harp
How to Tune the Folk Harp
Wire Strung Harp or Nylon Strung Harp?
Sitting Position at the Folk Harp
How to Position Your Hands at the Folk Harp
Placing and Brackets
Basic Music Patterns
Neighbor Note Patterns
Mixed Patterns
Whole Notes, Half Notes and Rests
Pachelbel Canon
Streets Of Doolin
Quarter Notes, Rests and Replacing Patterns
Music Alone Shall Live
Un Canadien Errant
One Note Bass Patterns
Ton Ton Ton
King Arthur’s Harp
Dotted Half Notes and Ties
Red Is The Rose
Hand In Hand With Flora
Pick Up Measures and Drone Bass Patterns
Wake Up Cannon
Red River Valley
Alleluya
Eighth Notes1
Bourree
Brahms Lullaby
Ja Nuns Hons Pris
Peggy Gordon
May Day Carol
Glissandos
Golden Leaves In Fall
Butterflies In Summer
Snow Flurries On A Moonless Night
Dotted Quarter Notes
Childgrove
Come Follow To The Greenwood
Black Eyed Susan
Lonesome Road
Sweet Dreams Lullaby
Raising Levers for a New Key
Fairy Plaint Music
Last Song Before I Go
Bride Parish
Gavotte
Bass Hand Chord Patterns
Caliente Rojo
Los Tres Santos Reyes
She’s Gone To Be Wed With Another
Eileen Aroon
Greensleeves
Reading Ledger Lines
The Spanish Lady
All Night, All Day
Mixed Bass Patterns
Quick Scotch
Hibernia’s Lovely Jane
The Chanter
The Standing Stones
The Sweet Nightingale
Please To See The King
Boats Rocking In The Water
The Cat’s Jig
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