Favorite Harp Tunes - Beautiful American Airs and Ballads (eBook)
Renowned harpist, arranger and instructor, Kim Robertson has created this diverse collection of 25 engaging American melodies for solo folk harp. The selections include traditional Appalachian, patriotic, and cowboy ballads plus lyrical melodies by American composer, Stephen Foster. With the long sustain and resonance of the harp, playing these melodies can serve as a bridge between generations of listeners, young and old.

The arrangements are easy to intermediate in ...more
Product Number:
30966EB
Format:
eBook
Skill Level:
Beginning-Intermediate
Notation Type:
Standard Notation
Pages:
56
Binding:
eBook
ISBN:
1-5134-7180-5
ISBN13:
978-15134-7180-8
Series:
Favorite Harp Tunes
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
12/6/2022
Renowned harpist, arranger and instructor, Kim Robertson has created this diverse collection of 25 engaging American melodies for solo folk harp. The selections include traditional Appalachian, patriotic, and cowboy ballads plus lyrical melodies by American composer, Stephen Foster. With the long sustain and resonance of the harp, playing these melodies can serve as a bridge between generations of listeners, young and old.

The arrangements are easy to intermediate in difficulty with chord symbols included for optional accompaniment. The grand staff notation is intended for lever harps with up to 36 strings. The key signatures contain up to two sharps or one flat with a few simple lever changes. These arrangements can be simplified or embellished as desired without changing their inherent peaceful and nostalgic effect.

America, the Beautiful

Aura Lee

Barbara Allen

Beautiful Dreamer

Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair

Blackest Crow, The

Cindy, Cindy

Colorado Trail, The

Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies

Cowboy’s Lament

Dink’s Song

Down in the Valley

Flora, The Lily of the West

Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair

Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier

Lakes of Pontchartrain

Land of Rest

Long Time Ago

Nine Hundred Miles

Oh, Shenandoah

Pretty Polly

Pretty Saro

Red River Valley

Shady Grove

Why, No One to Love?

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