{"id":109199,"date":"2020-10-19T17:09:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T21:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/?post_type=product&p=109199"},"modified":"2023-11-26T07:09:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T12:09:58","slug":"the-sing-along-harper","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/all-music\/artists\/verlene-j-schermer\/the-sing-along-harper\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sing-Along Harper"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional notes<\/h3>\n

This book will give you tools to play along with singers and other instrumentalists without needing to read and memorize music! The concept is the same as for learning folk guitar — they only need to learn some chords and a few strumming or fingerpicking patterns, and away they go! So, why should guitar players get all the fun? Here at last is an approach to playing folk harp that is truly a folk style of learning. Although all the songs used for examples and practice in this book are from American and Celtic folk music, you can apply this to modern popular music as well. The book includes how to figure out the keys and lever settings for songs, and what to do about chords that are not “within the key.” It also includes a fingerpicking “library” with 80 patterns in four different time signatures. There are 20 fun folk songs with lyrics and chords, not a single note to read. The book comes with companion recordings of all 20 songs to rehearse along with. Verlene sings and plays her Celtic harp in a variety of styles to give you the sense of playing along with other musicians and singers. Then you can take these fingerpicking patterns, add your own if you like, and bring your harp to the next sing-along or jam session in your own community!<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to purchase companion book, The Complete Sing-Along Harper Songbook<\/em>, which contains transcriptions of the recordings that come with this book.<\/p>\n

Song Contents<\/h3>\n
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Amazing Grace
\nAmerica, the Beautiful
\nBarbara Allen
\nCat Came Back, The
\nCockles and Mussels
\nDown the River
\nFair and Tender Ladies
\nGo Down, Moses
\nJohn Henry
\nMidnight Special
\nMockingbird Song, The
\nOh Danny Boy
\nOld Joe Clark
\nScarborough Fair
\nStar of the County Down
\nStreets of Laredo
\nWade in the Water
\nWater Come a Me Eye
\nWater is Wide, The
\nWayfaring Stranger<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Verlene Schermer’s The Sing-Along Harper <\/em>is for the solo lever or pedal harpist seeking to play with singers and other instrumentalists. The book comes with companion recordings of all 20 songs to rehearse along with. Scroll down for additional notes and contents.<\/p>\n

This collection is available is a PDF download for $25.00<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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