{"id":16717,"date":"2017-09-05T07:49:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T11:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harpcolumnmusic.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=16717"},"modified":"2026-08-07T13:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T17:06:23","slug":"harping-cats-and-dogs","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/all-music\/artists\/kathryn-cater\/harping-cats-and-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Harping Cats and Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Listen<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grumpy Dreams of Flying Student Harp Music by Kathryn Cater\" width=\"1020\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6B3gNzigfbI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Baron&#8217;s Blues&#8221; played by Kathryn Cater<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Baron&#039;s Blues Student Harp Music by Kathryn Cater\" width=\"1020\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MVpNuEwwN14?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Notes from the composer<\/h3>\n<p>All pieces are named after family pets. Danny Solves the Mystery is a cute minor melody in 6\/8 using both hands for the quick melody. Lullaby For Smokey is slow and sweet with a repetitive left hand accompaniment. Walkin&#8217; Wally is like early 60s rock music! Left hand gets a cool walking bass, right hand has a fun syncopated melody. Just keep it slow, because poor Wally has very short legs (he&#8217;s a Basset). Grumpy Dreams of Flying has mysterious glissandos and a whole note melody that is almost chant-like (Grumpy is a very lazy, fat cat). Chasing Buddy is perfect for the student who wants to play everything fast and loud &#8212; very showy and not really hard! Baron&#8217;s Blues is a slow jazz piece with clever lever settings. This is a great piece for teaching counting and syncopation. Forest Friends and Buckwheat&#8217;s Baby are great for teaching running eighth notes, and the latter teaches left hand I, IV and V chords as well. Students will love all of these pieces!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s something for every pet lover in this collection of eight original solos by Kathryn Cater, playable on both lever and pedal harp. The pieces are written in a variety of moods and styles and make great learning material for students. See below for a video sample and further notes from the composer. Pieces include:<br \/>\nDanny Solves the Mystery<br \/>\nLullaby for Smokey<br \/>\nWalkin&#8217; Wally<br \/>\nGrumpy Dreams of Flying<br \/>\nGrumpy Dreams of Flying (in flats)<br \/>\nChasing Buddy<br \/>\nChasing Buddy (in flats)<br \/>\nBaron&#8217;s Blues<br \/>\nBaron&#8217;s Blues (in flats)<br \/>\nForest Friends<br \/>\nBuckwheat&#8217;s Baby<\/p>\n<p>This collection is available as a PDF download for <strong>$12.00<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Length<\/em>: 21 pgs.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note:<\/em> this PDF has been\u00a0scanned\u00a0from the\u00a0original print\u00a0publication; some minor formatting irregularities occur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[792],"product_tag":[266,570,477,417,320],"class_list":["post-16717","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-kathryn-cater","product_tag-back-to-school","product_tag-collection","product_tag-harp-solo","product_tag-instructional","product_tag-original-solos","pa_artist-cater-kathryn","pa_collection-collection","pa_composer-cater-kathryn","pa_genre-contemporary","pa_genre-educational-etudes","pa_genre-original","pa_harp-type-harp-lever","pa_instrumentation-harp-solo","pa_level-advanced-beginner","pa_publisher-afghan-press","first","instock","downloadable","virtual","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/16717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=16717"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=16717"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=16717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}