- By Victoria Lynn Schultz
- 101 pages of detailed instructions
- Illustrations & music for the beginning harp student
- Condition: Brand new
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“You CAN Play the Harp!” Instruction Book
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“You CAN Play the Harp!” Instruction Book
#1 by Lisa Prior on April 22, 2010 - 11:24 am
Okay I may not be totall inept but the last time i had clases was in grade school. This book is very easy to work with and the lessons help teach how to play a harp with both hands. I find the language great for those of us who may have forgotten more than we knew. Great partner for the starter harp I ordered
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Arcturus70 on April 22, 2010 - 11:54 am
I’ve had the opportunity to try several beginner’s books for various instruments, and I have to say that this book is one of the best first books for any instrument that I’ve seen and used! Playing the harp is something I wanted to try; this book was my ticket to do that. It’s well planned and written in understandable, friendly language, with nice large fonts and illustrations–a blessing for eye glass wearers. Mrs. Schultz wins my heart and respect with this fantastic collection of beginner’s music lessons and harp-felt wisdom. Anyone new to music and / or to harps should purchase a copy!
Content Info:
A Brief History of the Celtic Harp
Chapter One: Fundamentals of the Harp with illustrations; Naming the Strings; Tuning; Harp Advice for New Harps that have been shipped; Practice Exercises
Chapter Two: Pre-Reading Music; Basic explanations of music notes / counting; recognition of music symbols; Practice
Chapter Three: Fundamentals of Reading Music; Treble Clef; Bass Clef; Reading the Grand Staff; Rhythm in Common Time and 3/4; Practice
Chapter Four: Position At The Harp; Sitting; Hand positions; Placement
Chapter Five: Easiest Pieces Reading Music; basic playing, right hand and left
Chapter Six: Thumbs Up; skill-building exercises.
Chapter Seven: Easiest Pieces Just for Fun; “Hot Cross Buns;” “Autre Clair de la Lune;” “Down By the Railroad.”
Chapter Eight: Anchors Away! More Playing Skills; Bass Clef
Chapter Nine: Both Hands Play on One Clef; “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”
Chapter Ten: Counting 3/4 Time Signature; “Row, Row, Row Your Boat;” “Scarborough Fair;” “Pop Goes the Weasel”
Chapter Eleven: Levers and Key Signatures; Key of G [various pieces of music]
Chapter Twelve: Playing With Both Hands Together
Chapter Thirteen: Counting Eighth Notes; “Baa! Baa! Black Sheep!” “Lavender’s Blue;” “Amazing Grace;”" Loch Lomond”
Chapter Fourteen: More About Eighth Notes; “Skip to My Lou;” “Ten Little Indians;” and others
Chapter Fifteen: Favorite Melodies with Both Hands Playing DIFFERENT Parts; “Ode to Joy;” “Greensleeves;” and others
Appendix I: Care of the Harp
Appendix II: Replacing Nylon or Gut Strings [Worth the price of the book for me!:D ]
Where Do We Go From Here? (The next step…beyond the book.)
Song Index
Here are some other songs that can be found in this book at various stages of the text’s instruction, but this is not a comprehensive list: Chorale / Cockles and Mussels; Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes; Erie Canal; Frere Jacques / Hush Little Baby / Largo / Looby Loo /Mary Had A Little Lamb / Robin Adair / Westminster Bells
Rating: 5 / 5