Basic Harp for Beginners

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Harp (diagram)
The Type of Harps

Learning Sections

1. 1. How to Sit With Your Harp
   2. How to Tune Your Harp
   3. How to Use Your Hands

Diagram: How the Musical Staff Compares with the Harp and Piano

1. 1. How to Read Music Notation
   2. Finger Placement
   3. How to Read Harp Tablature
   4. Beginning Etudes
   5. First Tune: “The Beginner’s Waltz”
   6. Preparatory Etudes 4 and 5
   7. Second Tune: “The Spider’s Hornpipe”
   8. Walking Fingers
   9. Third Tune: “Blossom Petals Falling”
   10. Non-Threatening Theory
   11. Crossovers and Scales
   12. Fourth Tune: “Cathedral Bells”
   13. More Easy Theory
   14. Fifth Tune: “Brian Boru’s March” version 1
   15. Rolled, Broken, and Open Chords
   16. Variation on the Fifth Tune: “Brian Boru’s March” version 2
   17. Sixth Tune: “Nonesuch”
   18. The Levers
   19. Octave Jumps

Etude: “Leap Frog”

1. Ninth Tune: “Return From Fingall”
2. Ornamentation
3. Tenth Tune: “The Grace Note Waltz”

More Tunes to Learn

Campbell’s Farewell
Castle Kelly
Flowers of Edinburgh
Lovely Joan
Mist-Covered Mountains
Parson’s Farewell
Round the Horn
The Rushes
Sally Gardens
Tha Mi Sgith

Glossary