Mel Bay Playing Your Tiny Harp - Riley/Govier - Harp - Book

Authors: Laurie Riley, Lorna Govier
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Harp
Level: Beginning

A tiny harp may have as few as 8, 12, 15, 18, or 22 strings. Although small compared to other harps, you can make beautiful, fulfilling music on a tiny harp.

This book was written for those who have never played any type of harp. You may wish to play by ear, or perhaps you aspire to read music or to improvise, playing tunes you already know or learning new ones. All of that is possible on the tiny harp.

The book contains an introduction to reading standard notation, and a progressive repertoire for various sizes of tiny harps.

Laurie Riley is a popular harp performer and teacher whose many instructional books and DVDs have been used by students worldwide since 1990. Co-author Lorna Govier is a longtime harpist and music scholar who maintains a harp studio in Tucson, Arizona. Their combined expertise on all sizes and types of harps provides exceptional instruction for beginning your harp learning journey.

Contents:

• Accessories You Should Have
• Caring for Your Harp
• Tuning Your Harp
• How to Hold Your Tiny Harp
• Plucking the Strings
• Terminology
• How to Read Standard Music Notation
• Fun Things to do with Your Tiny Harp
• Tunes for Your Tiny Harp
  • Tunes for One Hand, 15 Strings:
    • Tha Mi Sgith (I Am So Tired)
    • Give Me Your Hand
  • Tunes for Two Hands, 15 Strings:
    • Walking Fingers-Two Hands
    • The Beginner's Waltz
    • The Spider's Hornpipe
    • Cathedral Bells
    • Blossom Petals Falling
    • Give Me Your Hand
    • The Chanter's Tune
    • The Mist-Covered Mountains of Home
    • Lovely Joan
    • Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
    • The Fairy Lullaby
    • Eleanor Plunkett
    • Peat Fire Flame
    • Atholl Highlanders
    • Morrison's Jig
  • Tunes for Two Hands, 19 Strings:
    • Eleanor Plunkett
    • Give Me Your Hand
    • Glenlivet
    • Tha Mi Sgith (I Am So Tired)
    • Lovely Joan
    • The Mist-Covered Mountain of Home
    • Morrison's Jig
    • Peat Fire Flame
    • The Chanter's Tune
    • Give Me Your Hand