Harpe d'or / Golden Harp Doming Bouchard
	Contents:	Tutor book in English, French & German with tunes - see contents below
	Instrumentation:	Lever Harp
	Level:	Elementary Grade 1 -2
	Format:	Stapled Score
	ISMN:	979-0-043-05993-6
	Publisher:	Gérard Billaudot
	Edition/Year:	1996
	Origin:	France
	Our Ref:	UM0015
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Also by Dominig Bouchard

This is the “Golden Harp”, a new teaching method for Celtic Harp. There are simple exercises with corresponding little pieces, which allow every child to get familiar with the Celtic Harp and to learn a good basic technique in its own time. It is possible to start to learn the Celtic Harp at an early age (at 7 years, sometimes even earlier), and this book should be good fun and yet be efficient. Explications about technique, the repertoire, creativeness etc. have been reduced to a minimum. The harp teacher can add to each exercise supplementary pieces of his own choice according to his experience. The “Golden Harp” is the result of eight year’s work of teaching the Celtic harp at the Quimper Conservatory of Music. I am also very grateful for the collaboration with my pupils and I thank them sincerely.

I wish you a lot of fun in starting to learn the Celtic Harp.

Dominig Bouchaud

August 1994

The Celtic harp

Fundamentals...

I.     Placing

II.   Intervals

Seconds

• Echoes in the forest
• The giraffe
• Shells...

Thirds

• The pebbles
• The giraffe 2

Fifths

• The bear and the mouse
• Little by little

Sevenths

Other intervals

• Kol Slaven
• Mastermind

III. Placing the fingers

• Umbrella 
• The crab 
• At ten o’clock in these green fields...

IV. Arpeggios with 3 or 4 fingers

• Swallows
• Butterflies
• Butterflies at the opera!
• Julia’s smile

V.  Chords, contrary movements

• Evening’s blackbird
• Procession

VI.  Scales with 2 hands, scales with 1 hand

• Ant’s steps 
• Blue Ant
• Red Ant
• I love scales!

Other pieces

• Lullaby
• Little rabbit
• The ball 
• Merry go round’s wooden borses
• Hungarian Folksong
• South-American tune
• Christmas in the snow
• The seal-baby
• Little Romance
• Misterious
• Restlessness
• Waltz
• The misterious forest