{"id":63223,"date":"2019-11-02T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T16:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/?post_type=product&#038;p=63223"},"modified":"2026-08-07T13:06:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T17:06:22","slug":"the-creative-harpist","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/all-music\/artists\/louise-trotter\/the-creative-harpist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Creative Harpist"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Contents<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Some basics to consider as you begin<br \/>\nBuilding a Repertoire \u2013 Music Sources<br \/>\nRepertoire suggestions<br \/>\nResources for Further Study<br \/>\nVarious Ways to Tune a Folk Harp<br \/>\nBasic Harmony and Theory<br \/>\nIntervals<br \/>\nSeventh chords<br \/>\nI &amp; V7th Chords and Pedal diagrams<br \/>\nDiminished 7th Chords<br \/>\nVoicing<br \/>\nInversions<br \/>\nLeft Hand Bass patterns<br \/>\nMore Bass Patterns<br \/>\nChord progressions<br \/>\nSteps in making an arrangement<br \/>\nSpecial Effects<br \/>\nIntroductions<br \/>\nEndings<br \/>\nModulating<br \/>\nForm and Dampening<br \/>\nArranging from piano music<br \/>\nSubstituting for Accidentals in a Melody<br \/>\nStyles of Music, description, and examples<br \/>\nImprovising<br \/>\nCountry style<br \/>\nHammer-on and Pull-Off<br \/>\nReverse Roll, Walking Bass<br \/>\nTremolo<br \/>\nRed River Valley<br \/>\nRed River Valley Variations<br \/>\nPedal Slide<br \/>\nHome on the Range<br \/>\nSuggested Country Repertoire<br \/>\nImprovisation Exercises<br \/>\nAccompanying a Singer or Soloist<br \/>\nThe Importance of Playing by Ear<br \/>\nUsing a Microphone<br \/>\nSuggestions for Performing with the Harp<br \/>\nGetting it Memorized, The Value of Workshops<br \/>\nPreparing to Play Professionally<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louise Trotter&#8217;s <em>The Creative Harpist\u00a0<\/em>is filled with repertoire suggestions, scales, exercises, as well as advice on improvising, modulating and much more for the intermediate lever or pedal harpist! This method book strives to bridge the gap between the classical to pop playing styles. View the contents section for the full list of topics covered.<\/p>\n<p>This method book is available as a PDF download for\u00a0<strong>$20.00<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Length<\/em>: 67 pgs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":63224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1405],"product_tag":[266,477],"class_list":["post-63223","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-louise-trotter","product_tag-back-to-school","product_tag-harp-solo","pa_artist-trotter-louise","pa_composer-trotter-louise","pa_genre-educational-etudes","pa_harp-type-harp-lever","pa_instrumentation-harp-solo","pa_level-intermediate","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\/63223","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=63223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=63223"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=63223"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=63223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}