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Guid Scots Sangs £12 +PP
Arranged as Instrumental Airs for Small Wire-Strung Clarsach
Twelve songs Karen has loved since childhood, with fingering, damping, and ornamentation all written out, and including the words (with glossaries for non-Scots!) so that you know what the song is about. Range of G below middle C up to treble D. Harp in C tuning throughout although several keys and modes are used.
Twelve songs Karen has loved since childhood, with fingering, damping, and ornamentation all written out, and including the words (with glossaries for non-Scots!) so that you know what the song is about. Range of G below middle C up to treble D. Harp in C tuning throughout although several keys and modes are used.
Taylor's Miscellany £12 +PP
This book is aimed at new and inexperienced players with small gut-strung harps of about two and half octaves. Fingerings, placement brackets and ornamentation are given in this progressive introduction to Scottish music on the harp. Airs, lullabies, marches, jigs, and reels, from a variety of sources, are included along with recent compositions.
**NB Currently out of stock please email if you would like notification of when it is back in. Thanks.
**NB Currently out of stock please email if you would like notification of when it is back in. Thanks.
Early Scottish Airs £15 +PP
This book contains arrangements by leading wire-harper Bill Taylor, of pieces from the 17th-century lute manuscripts along with tunes and airs from 18th-century collections. They are intimate pieces, music enjoyed in the households of wealthy landowners, set out here for a range from G below middle C up to treble D. Ornamentation, damping, gestures and fingering are all written in, and clearly explained in the glossary.
Key Techniques for Harp £20 +PP
100 exercises, studies & tunes - a practice manual of harp techniques, essential for wire and bray harps, and of great advantage to players of gut-strung harps for clean playing and ornamentation of Scottish traditional tunes. Techniques from the Robert ap Huw ms along with some others.
**NB Currently out of stock please email if you would like notification of when it is back in. Thanks.
**NB Currently out of stock please email if you would like notification of when it is back in. Thanks.
First Steps £12 +PP
A good introductory book for wire-strung harps, using traditional Scots, Gaelic and Karen's own tunes.
The Clarsach Collection Vol 3 Advanced £15 +PP
Vol. 3 contains 19 tunes arranged in 9 sets, from grades 7-8 to Diploma level, ornamentation is written in and some fingerings are given.
The Clarsach Collection Vol 2 Intermediate £12 +PP
Volume 2 contains 17 traditional and new Scottish tunes arranged for gut-strung harp to approximately Grades 4-6 standard, with fingerings given.
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CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT - PLEASE EMAIL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN IT COMES BACK INTO STOCK
The Clarsach Collection Vol 1 Elementary £10 +PP
Volume 1 contains traditional Scottish tunes arranged for gut-strung harp to approximately Grades 1-3 standard, with fingerings given.