Download or read book English Carols for Celtic Harp written by LAURIE STAR EDWARDS and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of English Christmas carols is a warm welcome to the season of festive cheer. Steeped in tradition, each carol will fill your holiday celebration with merriment and reverence. These endearing spirited songs are fun to play, giving you hours of enjoyment year after year. The English Christmas carols are arranged for folk harp, which beginners and advanced beginners can play to usher in the gifts of this magical time. All of the songs contain guitar chords, fingering and brackets, suitable for nylon and wire strung folk harps, arranged using standardbass patterns. There are six songs that have lever changes which also include a simple visual aid for smooth transitions. The songs are in the keys of F, C, G and D. Included in this book is a bonus song arranged for two harps, especially fun for beginners.
Download or read book 50 Christmas Carols for All Harps written by Sylvia Woods and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1987-05 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For beginning and advanced harpists. Each is arranged in an easy version and a more difficult version. Each carol also contains lyrics and chord indications for harpists or other instrumentalists. The two arrangements can also be played as a duet. Songs include: Angels We Have Heard on High * The Boar's Head Carol * Coventry Carol * Deck the Hall * The First Noel * God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen * Hark! the Herald Angels Sing * I Saw Three Ships * Jingle Bells * Joy to the World * O Holy Night * Silent Night * The Twelve Days of Christmas * Up on the Housetop * We Wish You a Merry Christmas * and more.
Download or read book Christmas Songs for Folk Harp written by Chuck Bird and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2018-08-29 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful, sparkling, lyrical harp solos on 40 Christmas songs and carols gathered from around the world. The arrangements are wonderfully scored and may be played by non-pedal or pedal harp.
Download or read book First Harp Book written by B. Paret and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1987-03 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harp
Download or read book Light so Brilliant written by STEPHANIE CLAUSSEN and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Add this collection of 21 enchanting arrangements (including "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence," "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella," and "The Holly and the Ivy")to your Christmas gig bag. These renditions shine as solos but have the richnessto cut through background chatter at a holiday party. Evoking an ancient rather than modern setting, they contain variations that intermediate through advanced harpists will find both intricate and satisfying. The entire book can be played cover-to-cover in fifty-five minutes. Suitable for lever harps with 33 strings or more. Contains dynamics, chords, and some fingering suggestions.
Download or read book Favorite Harp Tunes Beautiful American Airs and Ballads written by Kim Robertson and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book First Lessons Folk Harp written by LAURIE STAR EDWARDS and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, countrhythm, 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 forstudents, allowing them to avoid tension in their hands and prevent injury.Accompanying online audio allows them to play along as they learn.
Download or read book Christmas Eve written by Sunita Staneslow and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas Eve is a transcription of the recording by harp virtuoso Sunita Staneslow. It features 16 exquisite holiday tunes written in standard notation for the Scottish clarsach or folk harp.
Download or read book Amid the Winter s Snow written by Suzanne Guldimann and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 20 Christmas carols popular in America and Britain in the 19th century. Each of the 20 carols includes lyrics, historical notes, fingerings and chord notation. The music has been arranged for lap harp, but it can also be played on larger harps or any melody instrument.
Download or read book Easy Celtic Harp Solos written by LAURIE STAR EDWARDS and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evoke the traditional sounds of the Celtic lands with these instrumental arrangements of songs for solo Celtic harp. These 25 tunes are Manx, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, Cornish, Hebridean, and Bretton, including pieces by Turlough O'Carolan and Robert Burns. Notes at the end of the book give insights into the meanings of the texts of the songs, aiding interpretation and inviting you to experience the ambience of the Celtic lands through their music. Lyrics for selected songs are given in the notes in English.
Download or read book 22 Romantic Songs for the Harp written by Sylvia Woods and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Harp). Nearly two dozen favorites, including: Evergreen * From This Moment On * Lady * Let It Be Me * Never My Love * Send in the Clowns * Sunrise, Sunset * The Prayer * The Rose * The Wind Beneath My Wings * Through the Eyes of Love * and more. Playable on lever harps and pedal harps.
Download or read book First 50 Songs You Should Play on Harp written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Harp). This one-of-a-kind collection of accessible solos for both pedal and lever harps includes 50 songs: Amazing Grace * Bring Him Home * Canon in D * Danny Boy * Fur Elise, WoO 59 * Hallelujah * Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) * My Heart Will Go on (Love Theme from 'Titanic') * Over the Rainbow * Sweet Child O' Mine * Unchained Melody * What a Wonderful World * You Raise Me Up * and more.
Download or read book 50 Irish Melodies for All Harps written by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Harp). 50 wonderful traditional and contemporary Irish melodies arranged by Sylvia Woods for both beginning and advanced hard players. Songs include: The Castle of Dromore * Cockles and Mussels * Danny Boy * The Gartan Mother's Lullaby * Killarney * Limerick Is Beautiful * My Wild Irish Rose * Sweet Rosie O'Grady * Warin' o' the Green * When Irish Eyes Are Smiling * Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral * and more. Also includes an alphabetical index and an index of first lines. Spiral bound. Playable on both lever harps and pedal harps.
Download or read book Green Grows the Holly written by Suzanne Guldimann and published by . This book was released on 2023-01-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suzanne Guldimann has researched and arranged for lap harp 25 medieval and Renaissance Christmas carols. All of the pieces can be played on a harp with a range of just two and a half octaves. They can also be played on larger harps, or on any melody instrument. The book includes lyrics and historical notes, as well as illustrations. The pieces are fingered and are in the key of C, or in sharp keys. All of the pieces include chord symbols. This is the revised, third edition of the original 1998 book.
Download or read book English Folk carols with Pianoforte Accompaniment and an Introduction and Notes written by Cecil James Sharp and published by London : Novello : Simpkin : Taunton, Barnicott and Pearce. This book was released on 1911 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kim Robertson Celtic Harp Solos written by Kim Robertson and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty-six Celtic arrangements for folk harp solo. Includes Blind Mary; Berceuse (excerpt), Martin Wynnd's Air; Blackberry Blossom; Give Me Your Hand; Moon Over the Rising Castle; and more!
Download or read book English Folk carols written by Cecil James Sharp and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
