Introduction to the 30th Anniversary Edition
How to Use this Book
Types and Parts of Harps
Brief History of the Folk Harp
Holding the Harp
Hand Position
Fundamentals
How to Read Music
Lesson 1
fingerings and placing
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Yankee Doodle
Go Tell Aunt Rhodie
Lavender s Blue
Are You Sleeping
Lesson 2
overlapping brackets
The Water Is Wide
White Choral Bells
Long, Long Ago
Country Gardens
Allemande
Lesson 3
Joy to the World
Blue Bells of Scotland
Minuet
Lesson 4
All through the Night
parentheses
Robin Adair
Ode to Joy
Lesson 5
bass clef
Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes
Planxty George Brabazon
Scarborough Fair
Lesson 6
The Grenadier and the Lady
My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose
Searching for Lambs
Greensleeves or What Child Is This
Planxty Irwin
Lesson 7
Trip to Sligo or Lark on the Strand
Minuet
Farewell
Lesson 8
2- note chords
The Christ Child's Lullaby
Cherry Blooms (Sakura)
St. Anthony's Chorale
Lesson 9
3- note chords
Lullaby
Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
Flow Gently, Sweet Afton
Theme from the New World Symphony
Lesson 10
Cockles and Mussels
Au Clair de la Lune
Shenandoah
Lesson 11
sliding
cross-overs and cross-unders
Gilliekrankie
Ash Grove
Wild Mountain Thyme
Lesson 12
glissando
harmonics
Minstrel Boy
Southwind
Sheebeg Sheemore
Jesu, Joy of Man s Desiring
Appendix
Tuning Your Harp
Sharps, Flats, and Key Signatures
Harp Tuning Methods
Accidentals and Lever Changes
Taking Care of Your Harp
Replacing Strings
Tying the Harp String Knot
Table of Symbols
Alphabetical Index of Tunes
What's Next?