Simon Chadwick

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Early Gaelic Harp Ref: SM168
Progressive Lessons for Early Gaelic Harp.
Simon Chadwick

This tutor book presents the historical curricilum as collected in the late 18th century from the last of the old harpers, as the tradition was dying out. The three beginners' tunes are presented, transcribed from the source manuscripts, along with comprehensive background information on the history of the tradition, the structure and design of the instrument, its tuning, and the old harpers. The CD has demonstrations of all of the tunes played on replica harps with brass, silver and gold wire strings as well as sung versions of the associated songs, and demonstrations of the two main tuning systems.
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Gestures Ref: SM397
Simon Chadwick

This book gives a whole palette of techniques to make your harp playing more expressive and articulated. Subtitled “Harp technique from old Irish, Welsh & Scottish tradition”, the book presents annotated editions of the lists of fingerings and grace notes from the Robert ap Huw manuscript, and from Edward Bunting’s 1840 book, The Ancient Music of Ireland. These are then brought up to date for present day harpers, with a detailed description of how to play a comprehensive selection of gestures, based on and expanding on the ones presented in the historical sources. Additional sections give discussions of performance and interpretation, and examples from three different tunes are presented and the use of gestures to perform them is described.
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Price: £24.00