A tiny harp may have as few as 8, 12, 15, 18, or 22 strings. Although small compared to other harps, you can make beautiful, fulfilling music on a tiny harp.

This book was written for those who have never played any type of harp. You may wish to play by ear, or perhaps you aspire to read music or to improvise, playing tunes you already know or learning new ones. All of that is possible on the tiny harp.

The book contains an introduction to reading standard notation, and a progressive repertoire for various sizes of tiny harps.

Laurie Riley is a popular harp performer and teacher whose many instructional books and DVDs have been used by students worldwide since 1990. Co-author Lorna Govier is a longtime harpist and music scholar who maintains a harp studio in Tucson, Arizona. Their combined expertise on all sizes and types of harps provides exceptional instruction for beginning your harp learning journey.

Accessories You Should Have

Caring for Your Harp

Tuning Your Harp

How to Hold Your Tiny Harp

Plucking the Strings

Terminology

How to Read Standard Music Notation

Fun Things to do with Your Tiny Harp

Tunes for Your Tiny Harp

Tunes for One Hand, 15 Strings

            Tha Mi Sgith (I Am So Tired)

            Give Me Your Hand

Tunes for Two Hands, 15 Strings

            Walking Fingers-Two Hands

            The Beginner’s Waltz

            The Spider’s Hornpipe

            Cathedral Bells

            Blossom Petals Falling

            Give Me Your Hand

            The Chanter’s Tune

            The Mist-Covered Mountains of Home

            Lovely Joan

            Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms

            The Fairy Lullaby

            Eleanor Plunkett

            Peat Fire Flame

            Atholl Highlanders

            Morrison’s Jig

Tunes for Two Hands, 19 Strings

            Eleanor Plunkett

            Give Me Your Hand        

            Glenlivet

            Tha Mi Sgith (I Am So Tired)

            Lovely Joan

            The Mist-Covered Mountain of Home

            Morrison’s Jig

            Peat Fire Flame

            The Chanter’s Tune

            Give Me Your Hand