Basic Harp for Beginners Ref: SM327 |
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 FULL SONGLIST 1. Blossom Petals Falling 2. Brian Boru's March 3. Campbell's Farewell 4. Castle Kelly 5. Cathedral Bells 6. Flowers of Edinburgh 7. Levers 8. Lovely Joan 9. 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 |