{"id":17080,"date":"2017-09-06T06:28:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T10:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harpcolumnmusic.com\/?post_type=product&p=17080"},"modified":"2026-08-07T13:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T17:06:23","slug":"basic-harp-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/all-music\/artists\/laurie-riley\/basic-harp-for-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Harp for Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Table of Contents<\/h2>\n

Introduction
\nThe Harp (diagram)
\nThe Type of Harps<\/p>\n

Learning Sections<\/h4>\n
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  1. \n
      \n
    1. How to Sit With Your Harp<\/li>\n
    2. How to Tune Your Harp<\/li>\n
    3. How to Use Your Hands<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Diagram: How the Musical Staff Compares with the Harp and Piano<\/p>\n

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

          Etude: “Leap Frog”<\/p>\n

            \n
          1. Ninth Tune: “Return From Fingall”<\/li>\n
          2. Ornamentation<\/li>\n
          3. Tenth Tune: “The Grace Note Waltz”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            More Tunes to Learn<\/h4>\n

            Campbell’s Farewell
            \nCastle Kelly
            \nFlowers of Edinburgh
            \nLovely Joan
            \nMist-Covered Mountains
            \nParson’s Farewell
            \nRound the Horn
            \nThe Rushes
            \nSally Gardens
            \nTha Mi Sgith<\/p>\n

            Glossary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Laurie Riley presents this basic, easy-to-understand, step-by-step method about playing the harp. Extensively illustrated, this book is for musicians of all levels, requiring only an interest in learning to play the harp. The material in the book can be applied to any type of harp (with or without pedals) and any type of music. See below for a list of topics covered.<\/p>\n

            This method book is available as a PDF download for $17.99<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

            Length<\/em>: 75 pgs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[812],"product_tag":[266,8323,570,352,817,816,477,815],"class_list":["post-17080","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-laurie-riley","product_tag-back-to-school","product_tag-challenge-23","product_tag-collection","product_tag-easy","product_tag-etude","product_tag-exercises","product_tag-harp-solo","product_tag-method","pa_artist-riley-laurie","pa_collection-collection","pa_composer-riley-laurie","pa_genre-educational-etudes","pa_harp-type-harp-lever","pa_instrumentation-harp-solo","pa_level-beginner","pa_publisher-mel-bay","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\/17080","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=17080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=17080"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=17080"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=17080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}