Solos for the Harp Player: Harp Solo Review

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(More customer reviews)I am in process of moving, so I have not yet begun to really work on these pieces, but I did sit down with it and studied it a bit.I would call this book either intermediate or low intermediate in level. It has great variety in the pieces which is really wonderful for a music book as something to turn to regularly for repertoire.I have the two Chinese pieces separately and one of them is fairly advanced, so this is not a book for beginners, but, as titled, a "soloist" book.Many of these are wonderful for recitals.The price here on Amazon is very good, so this was a great bargain for a classic book of harp pieces which will be a resource for years.

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Contents: Arabesque No. 1 * Berceuse * Chaconne * Five Preludes * Fuga * Gavotte * Giga * Italian Pavane * Le Tambourin * Looking Glass River * Pavane * Rigaudon * Sarabande * Siciliano * Two Chinese Folk Songs * Zarabanda.

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Lennon and McCartney For The Harp Review

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(More customer reviews)My daughter, 14 years old and playing harp since age 6, found these arrangements a great pleasure if somewhat of a challenge tomaster. Beatles music sounds surprisingly good on the harp and has the advantage of allowingher to accompany friends in non-classical repertoires. Sometimes it seems easier to practice tunes more contemporary.......
These are well arranged and suitable for high-intermediate (and above) harpers. Nicely done.

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Eatures 46 of their best songs: All My Loving ¥ Because ¥ Eleanor Rigby ¥ The Fool on the Hill ¥ Girl ¥ Hey Jude ¥ If I Fell ¥ Let It Be ¥ Penny Lane ¥ Thank You Girl ¥ more. Includes a helpful introduction, glossary, additional lyric section, and more.

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Renaissance Music for the Harp Review

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(More customer reviews)This is another reliable book of harp pieces in the begginner to intermediate range by Deborah Friou.There is a wide variety here and most of these peices are readily playable on lever harp, and arranged in a very accessible manner for the modern musician.

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A delightful collection of more than 20 popular dances and airs of the Renaissance period, arranged for the harp by Deborah Friou.Includes pieces by well-known composers of the time, including Byrd, Dowland, Morely, and others.All can be played on folk harp.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber Arranged for the Harp Review

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(More customer reviews)All the favourites are here, "Don't Cry for me Argentina", "Memories", etc, beautifully arranged for the harp. Though a beginner, I have found this book easy to follow and am now fingering my way through some of my favourite tunes. I bet they play this in heaven.

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In this book, Sylvia Woods has arranged 11 songs byAndrew Lloyd Webber from many of his most famous pop operas. Five ofthe songs are from Phantom of the Opera, as well as hits fromCats (including Memory), Starlight Express, Evita,Jesus Christ Superstar, and others. For intermediate to advancedfolk harp players. Many songs have sharping lever changes within thepieces. They are in the key of C or G, with fingerings.

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Harp Exercises for Agility and Speed Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is exactly what it says it is. There are no lessons here - just a wonderful variety of excercises. They are clearly organized so that the harper or harpist can select the drills that are needed or a beginner can start at the beginning and work his or her way through.

Like the previous reviewer, I am a beginner. Harp Exercises is exactly what I was looking for: a book that would develop the skills that the lesson books touch upon in the pieces they present. This book will be useful long after I graduate from the introductory lesson books.

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This book was designed to help harp players develop and maintain strength, suppleness, and agility in the fingers and hands.It is intended for use by players of all levels.The repetition of patterns common to the harp should enable the player to perform with greater ease and confidence.

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50 Irish Melodies for all Harps Review

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(More customer reviews)I've been studying celtic harp for three years as an adult pupil and playing an istrument is not so easy for me. So these traditional songs that you can easily ear everywhere in celtic cds or in tv programmes are the best things to play as you can easily know how to play it. The arrangements are very good and you can learn having fun! Kiss from Italy!

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50 wonderful traditional and contemporary Irish melodies arranged by Sylvia Woods for both beginning and advanced hard players.Songs include:The Castle of Dromore * Cockles And Mussels * Danny Boy * The Gartan MotherÕs Lullaby * Killarney * Limerick Is Beautiful * My Wild Irish Rose * Sweet Rosie OÕGrady * WarinÕ OÕ The Green * When Irish Eyes Are Smiling * Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral * and more.Also includes an alphabetical index and an index of first lines.Spiral bound.

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Music Theory and Arranging Techniques for Folk Harps Review

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(More customer reviews)Music Theory and Arranging Techniques for Folk Harps by Sylvia Woods.
If you ever had to take a class in music theory in school maybe you are more fortunate than I in that and you can remember and apply some of what youlearned. For the rest of you Ihighly recommendbuying this book ofSylvia's titled; Music Theory and Arranging Techniques for Folk Harps.Written before the "..... for Dummies" series became so popular,this book takes you easily and with lots of examples and illustrations frommajor chords to transposing... and everywhere in between! In theintroduction Sylvia urges the reader to " Have fun with this book. Just goat your own pace, and take it step by step." Presenting concepts and theorystep-by-step is another thing Sylvia does best!!!

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This book teaches harpers step-by-step the music theory and techniques they need to make their own arrangements.Subjects covered include chords, inversions, keys, accompaniment patterns, transposing, and much more.The book gives plenty of examples and includes more than 90 pieces on which the students can practice their newly gained skills as they progress through the book.Spiral-bound.

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50 Christmas Carols for All Harps: Each Arranged for Beginning and Advanced Harpers (Sylvia Woods Multi-Level Harp Book Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a nice collection of Christmas carols, both well-known and some you may not have heard.Its main selling point is that there are arrangements for both beginners and advanced players.It's also in a spiral-bound book, which is a plus for those of us who hate struggling with bindings to keep a book open while playing.

The arrangements are mostly OK, with some noticeable exceptions.The book contains only a couple of accidentals, but the author avoids them in other situations by doing some rather strange arrangements, most noted by me in 'O Holy Night'.Instead of having an F sharp, she repeats a G, which just sounds bizarre to me.Some of the beginner versions are over-simplified, to the detriment of the piece overall.

Chord symbols are included with each piece if you'd like to create your own harmony or play with another instrument.

The book includes fingering notation but my instructor and I both agreed that the fingering was awful.It's the worst part of the book, but easily ignored and modified.

Lyrics are included, but note that for some songs they are lumped together as 'miscellaneous lyrics' where they weren't fit onto the same pages as the music.

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For beginning and advanced harpists. Each is arranged in an easy version and a more difficult version. Each carol also contains lyrics and chord indications for harpists or other instrumentalists. The two arrangements can also be played as a duet.

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Hymns and Wedding Music for All Harps: Harp Solo Review

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(More customer reviews)Hymns and Wedding Music for All Harps by Sylvia Woods.
Are you thinking about playing your harp for others to enjoy?If so then the pieces in this book will be just perfect for many of those special occasions. I have usedthe arrangements included in the book as processional and recessionalpieces for every wedding ceremony where I have played.The hymns areperfect for church services and I have played the traditional Israelipieces at Chanukah parties. Hymns and Wedding Music is a must in your harpbook collection.

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The third book in the Sylvia Woods multi-level harp book series.It contains popular hymns and church music, wedding processionals and recessionals, and a special section of Jewish music for joyous occasions.There are about 50 pieces, each with 2 arrangements: an easy version, and one that is more difficult. Also, each tune includes chord indications that can be used by harpers or other instrumentalists.Spiral-bound.

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