Product Number:
95109
Format:
Book
Skill Level:
Beginning
Notation Type:
Standard Notation
Pages:
80
Binding:
Saddle Stitched
Size:
8.75 x 11.75
ISBN:
0-7866-0021-7
ISBN13:
978-07866-0021-2
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
3/16/1994
A basic, easy-to-understand, step-by-step method for playing the harp. Extensively illustrated, this book is for musicians of all levels, requiring only an interest in learning to play the harp. The material in the book can be applied to the harp with or without pedals and to any style of music. Specific topics covered include basic positioning, tuning, techniques, etudes, and a colorful selection of folk harp solos. Each section of the book is arranged to show the most efficient way to learn quickly and easily.
Introduction
The Harp (diagram)
The Type of Harps
Learning Sections:
How to Sit With Your Harp
How to Tune Your Harp
How to Use Your Hands
Diagram: How the Musical Staff Compares with the Harp and Piano
How to Read Music Notation
Finger Placement
How to Read Harp Tablature
Beginning Etudes
First Tune: "The Beginner's Waltz"
Preparatory Etudes 4 and 5
Second Tune: "The Spider's Hornpipe"
Walking Fingers
Third Tune: "Blossom Petals Falling"
Non-Threatening Theory
Crossovers and Scales
Fourth Tune: "Cathedral Bells"
More Easy Theory
Fifth Tune: "Brian Boru's March" version 1
Rolled, Broken, and Open Chords
Variation on Fifth Tune: "Brian Boru's March" version 2
Sixth Tune: "Nonesu.ch"
The Levers
Octave Jumps
Etude: "Leap Frog"
Ninth Tune: "Return From Fingall"
Ornamentation
Tenth Tune: "The Grace Note Waltz"
More Tunes to Learn:
Blossom Petals Falling
Brian Boru's March
Campbell's Farewell
Castle Kelly
Cathedral Bells
Flowers Of Edinburgh
Levers
Lovely Joan
Mist-Covered Mountains
Nonesuch
Parson's Farewell
Return From Fingall
Round The Horn
Sally Gardens
Tha Mi Sgith (I Am So Tired)
The Beginner's Waltz
The Grace Note Waltz
The Rushes
The Spider's Hornpipe
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