Guide to Reading Music
The Instrument: Parts of the Harp
Tuning the Harp
Holding the Clarsach
Hand Position
The book is complimented by a 39 track recording which includes tuning tracks and all the tunes in the book with the Gaelic titles pronounced. Please note that CD is not shipped with book but is available as a free download - see inner rear cover of the book for details.
Lesson One
The First Steps to Making Music
A Musician's Rule of Three
Lesson Two
Putting Fingers to the Strings
Patterns of Music
Lesson Three
The First Melody and Damping
Lesson Four
The First Melody and Ringing
Practice Techniques
Lesson Five
A Traditional Tune from Ireland
Lesson Six
A Traditional Tune from Scotland
Phrases
Lesson Seven
Two Tunes from our Primary Sources
Lesson Eight
Introducing the '6/8' Time Signature
Memory Techniques
Lesson Nine
Repeated Notes
Dynamics
Lesson Ten
Striking Strings Simultaneously with Different Hands
The Pickup Note
Lesson Eleven
Damping Two Strings in One Hand
Relaxation vs. Tension
Lesson Twelve
The Free Stroke
Tension and Release
Lesson Thirteen
Ringing Decisions
Lesson Fourteen
Introduction to Ornamentation
Practicing is Teaching Yourself
Lesson Fifteen
Building Blocks The Walking Pattern
Lesson Sixteen
Two Notes Struck Together in One Hand
Lesson Seventeen
The Flexible Thumb
Interpretation in Music
Lesson Eighteen
Repeating Notes with Different Fingers
Music with a Purpose
Lesson Nineteen
Breaking Free from Fixed Fingers
Lesson Twenty
Figures of Music
Goal Setting
Lesson Twenty-One
Moving Around the Harp
Appendix A
Tunes adapted for this book
Appendix B
Bibliography
Tune index