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December 6, 2010 at 2:22 am #158084

Karen Johns
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Getting ready for Yuletide Wine & Dine in my hometown. Really knuckled down and put fingers to strings and learned nine Christmas carols in three weeks. Just kept playing them over & over. Here is the list of songs I learned (easy level of course!)

Pat-A-Pan

Masters In This Hall

The Angels & The Shepherds

The Holly & The Ivy

The Boars Head Carol

I Saw Three Ships

Deck the Hall

Good King Wenceslas

Silver Bells

Most of these were from Sylvia Woods 50 Christmas Carols. I would assess myself at lower intermediate level as far as playing skill goes, comparing to music I feel comfortable learning. I find that

December 6, 2010 at 6:55 am #158085

Philippa mcauliffe
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This sounds like me

December 6, 2010 at 1:15 pm #158086

Karen Johns
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Wow, and I thought I had the pressure on! LOL I’m doing the easy versions of the Sylvia Woods carols, for the most part, adding some rolled chords and glisses here and there to customize. I love the Coventry Carol too. How many hours a day do you practice? I can only squeeze in an hour before & an hour after work tops. 300 lines of new music? All I can say is “uff-dah”!!

December 6, 2010 at 6:42 pm #158087

jessica-wolff
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I’m playing mainly from the Sylvia Woods book too, but just using the chord symbols for the bass rather than version I or version II. In the past I’ve also used a mixture of I and II.

December 6, 2010 at 11:17 pm #158088

Philippa mcauliffe
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I try and do a bit before school, about an hour when I get home and then Mummy usually plays with me if she is not at the hospital

December 7, 2010 at 1:13 am #158089

Karen Johns
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Whew! And three hours later and I’m all done with that mini-concert! Went well, got lots of compliments & tips. It’s so much fun spreading holiday cheer by sharing the beauty of the harp with others. What a wonderful evening

Now, onto some playtime music- I’m thinking to tackle ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ next, and polish up ‘Arabian Dance/We Three Kings’ medley, both from Sylvia Woods.

Cheers,

Karen

December 7, 2010 at 4:03 am #158090

Philippa mcauliffe
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In the Bleak Midwinter is my granny’s favourite carol so I know that one.
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