First Harp Book

EASY, ALL HARPS. This is not considered a “method” book, but a collection of graded solos and exercises for a fundamentally thorough approach to harp playing. It begins with one-finger exercises and progresses through intervals and chords for four fingers. Many of the songs are folk tunes. EASY, ALL HARPS. Table of Contents: One-Finger Exercises, Harp Song, Big Brown Bear, Autumn Leaves, Elephant, Copy-Cat, Waltz, Bells, Alphabet Song, Swinging, Two-Finger Exercises, Jumping, Wooden-Shoe Dance, Cuckoo, Rocking, Russian Tune, Star Dance, Three-Finger Exercises, Scale Snippets, Sur Le Pon D’Avignon, Long, Long Ago, Pussy Cat, Swedish Folk song, Swedish Folk Dance, The Jolly Peasant, Rondo, Four-Finger Exercises, Rain Song, Lavender’s Blue, Scale Game, The Keys of Heaven, En Roulant, Lota, Barbara Allen, Interval Exercises, Night Song, Shepherd’s Cradle Song, The Bluebells of Scotland, A Riddle, The Wonderful Inn, Le Bon Petit Roi D’Yvetot, The Keel Row, The Judge’s Dance, Three-Finger Chords exercises, Song of the Evening Bell, Hymn of Thanksgiving, Jardin D’Amour, O’Carolan’s Air, Andante from the Surprise Symphony, Waltz, The Foggy Dew, Leezie Lindsay, Four-Finger Chord Exercises, Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes, All Through the Night, German Dance, Flowers in the Valley, Wi’ A Hundred pipers. Years ago this was one of the few collections for beginners available in the United States for beginning harpists.  It was widely used in schools.