Fairytales on the Harp

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Featured in the 2025 (and onwards) Trinity College Harp Exam Syllabus. Set in the key of C major, with both hands starting in the bass clef, this piece has lots of running scale passages, a few staccato notes and lots of movement. He’s a cheeky wee frog prince!

Featured in the 2025 (and onwards) Trinity College Harp Exam Syllabus. A stompy little piece (this duckling might be wearing gumboots and stomping in puddles) set in the key of C major and in simple quadruple. Plenty of practice at getting nice balanced chords in the left hand.

Featured in the 2025 (and onwards) Trinity College Harp Exam Syllabus. A gentle waltz in simple triple, consisting of mostly two hands together, with many small scale passages and patterns. Key of C major.

Featured in the 2025 (and onwards) Trinity College Harp Exam Syllabus. A plucky little march in simple quadruple and the key of C major, a mix of minims, crotchets and quavers, and using all four fingers in both hands. Mostly hands separately.

Contents

Hansel and Gretel
Mother Gooses’s March
Rapunzel’s Hair
The Three Bears
The Little Red Hen
Thumbelina’s Waltz
The Hare and The Tortoise
Wicked Stepmother
The Frog Prince
The Little Match Girl
March of the Seven Dwarves
The Ugly Duckling Stomp
Snow White and Rose Red
The Magic Carpet
The Little Gingerbread Man
Climbing the Beanstalk