How to create your own arrangements

What you’ll learn

In this lesson Cindy introduces how to get started creating your own arrangement using the traditional folk tune "The Water is Wide."

Get the music

Cindy Horstman’s arrangement of “The Water is Wide,” mentioned in this tutorial, is available for purchase at Harp Column Music.

(Music is not included with Harp Column Academy membership.)

The Water is Wide

teacher:

Cindy Horstman

Topics: Voicing

Level All levels

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