Basic Harp for Beginners Laurie Riley
	Contents:	Tutor / Method Book see Table of Contents and Contents panels below
	Instrumentation:	Solo Lever or Pedal Harp
	Level:	Beginner Harpist
	Format:	220 x 300mm stapled score
	ISMN / Publisher Ref:	9780786600212
	Publisher:	Mel Bay Publications
	Edition/Year:	1994
	Origin:	USA
	Our Ref:	SM0327
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Basic Harp for Beginners
Laurie Riley

A basic, easy-to-understand, step-by-step method about 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 any type of harp (with or without pedals) and any type of music. Specific topics covered include basic positioning, tuning, and 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 as easily.

 

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Harp (diagram)
The Type of Harps

Learning Sections:
01 How to Sit With Your Harp
02 How to Tune Your Harp
03 How to Use Your Hands
Diagram: How the Musical Staff Compares with the Harp and Piano
04 How to Read Music Notation
05 Finger Placement
06 How to Read Harp Tablature
07 Beginning Etudes
08 First Tune: "The Beginner's Waltz"
09 Preparatory Etudes 4 and 5
10 Second Tune: "The Spider's Hornpipe"
11 Walking Fingers
12 Third Tune: "Blossom Petals Falling"
13 Non-Threatening Theory
14 Crossovers and Scales
15 Fourth Tune: "Cathedral Bells"
16 More Easy Theory
17 Fifth Tune: "Brian Boru's March" version 1
18 Rolled, Broken, and Open Chords
19 Variation on Fifth Tune: "Brian Boru's March" version 2
20 Sixth Tune: "Nonesuch"
21 The Levers
22 Octave Jumps
Etude "Leap Frog"
23 Ninth Tune: "Return From Fingall"
24 Ornamentation
25 Tenth Tune: "The Grace Note Waltz"

More Tunes to Learn:
Campbell's Farewell
Castle Kelly
Flowers of Edinburgh
Lovely Joan
Mist-Covered Mountains
Parson's Farewell
Round the Horn
The Rushes
Sally Gardens
Tha Mi Sgith

Glossary

Basic Harp for Beginners
Laurie Riley

Song List

01. Blossom Petals Falling
02. Brian Boru's March
03. Campbell's Farewell
04. Castle Kelly
05. Cathedral Bells
06. Flowers of Edinburgh
07. Levers
08. Lovely Joan
09. Mist-Covered Mountains
10. Nonesuch
11. Parson's Farewell
12. Return From Fingall
13. Round The Horn
14. Sally Gardens
15. Tha Mi Sgith (I Am So Tired)
16. The Beginner's Waltz
17. The Grace Note Waltz
18. The Rushes
19. The Spider's Hornpipe