Harp / Dulcimer Books
This is the Complete Method For Autoharp Or Chromaharp currently available. Teacher and author Meg Peterson presents a diverse array of songs and styles as well as a myriad of strumming patterns in an easy-to-understand manner. This self-teaching course features Meg's highly acclaimed and easy-to-use system for teaching melody solo performance on the Autoharp, alongside access to downloadable audio that demonstrates many of the strum patterns and tunes included.
A great beginner's autoharp book containing basic technical instruction plus melody lines, chords, and lyrics for 48 folk favorites.
The songs and ballads in this book include a rich selection of favorite American folk songs, patriotic songs, sentimental songs from the past, and songs from other lands.
This collection by Janita Baker contains 21 songs arranged in a fingerpicking style for the mountain Dulcimer.
First Lessons Hammered Dulcimer is designed to instruct beginning players on the instrument. The melodies in this collection include a variety of hymns, holiday music and fiddle tunes written in standard notation, with instructions on how to read the notation. Lyrics and suggested chords for accompanying instruments are also included. The accompanying online recording offers two tracks for each selection: a performance track with rhythm Guitar and an instructional track with detailed phrase-by-phrase demonstration. The guided audio instruction at a slow tempo will prove invaluable for the "by ear" player. This method provides a "private lesson" approach for success on the hammered Dulcimer.
Designed to instruct beginning players.
Includes a variety of hymns, holiday music and fiddle tunes.
Written in standard notation.
Lyrics and suggested chords included accompanying online recording, including two tracks for each selection: a performance track and an instructional track.
You Can Teach Yourself Lever Harp is an updated, step-by-step method for playing the Harp. Designed to be used alone, or with guidance from a teacher, this method produces results from musicians of all levels of ability, regardless of their amount of previous experience.
The music of church and traveling musicians dominated the middle ages. Twenty-one tunes are now available and arranged for the Celtic Harp. Book includes song notes and brief historical preface.
This unique book of 14 lever harp arrangements includes excerpts of some of the most famous French works by Debussy and Ravel, including Clair de lune, The Girl with the Flaxen Hair, and Pavane. The book features classical excerpts but there are five folk tunes and a medieval melody. The level of difficulty ranges from advanced beginner to advanced intermediate.
This instruction manual and song collection is a well-crafted collection of basic Dulcimer technique and traditional songs that might have been popular in Cripple Creek, Colorado in the 19th Century-- plus a few modern day tunes by its current inhabitants.
These compositions have been arranged so that each will work both as an air and as a song. All of the selections in the book appear on the companion CD.
The Autoharp Owner's Manual covers autoharp maintenance, conversions, tuning and string schedules (both diatonic and chromatic), building your own instrument, playing techniques, evaluating instruments, chord bar setups, amplification, history, and much more.
Evoke the traditional sounds of the Celtic lands with these instrumental arrangements of songs for solo Celtic harp. These 25 tunes are Manx, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, Cornish, Hebridean, and Bretton, including pieces by Turlough O'Carolan and Robert Burns.
There is a wide selection of hymns in this book, including traditional Hymns of Praise, Thanksgiving, Easter, and Lent. Added to this rich array are the most popular Hymns of Christmastide and a collection of our most beloved Spirituals. They have been arranged in the keys that are most suitable for singing, and can be played in a variety of styles using only the words and the accompanying chords. In cases where there are two versions of a particular tune, both have been included. If one version is not well known, however, the most widely used melody is selected.
This 50-song collection of popular songs, spanning four decades, will add variety to your mountain dulcimer repertoire and will be loads of fun to play! Each well-crafted arrangement is written in standard notation and tab in standard D-A-d tuning and includes lyrics plus chord diagrams for additional accompaniment. Many songs utilize the 1+ and 6+ frets commonly found on mountain dulcimers, which greatly expand song possibilities. Songs include: Ain't No Sunshine · Can't Help Falling in Love · Fields of Gold · Folsom Prison Blues · Free Fallin' · I Heard It Through the Grapevine · I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry · Leaving on a Jet Plane · The Long and Winding Road · Lyin' Eyes · Maggie May · Mr. Tambourine Man · Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) · Puff the Magic Dragon · Red, Red Wine · Runnin' down a Dream · Smoke on the Water · The Sound of Silence · Sweet Caroline · Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) · Under the Boardwalk · Wonderful Tonight · Y.M.C.A. · You've Got to Hide Your Love Away · and more!