Celtic Music for Folk Harp

by Leslie McMichael, Laurie Riley

This book is intended to be an introduction to a style of music which has a long and noble history that is inextricable intertwined with that of the ancient harp. The tunes contained in this book were chosen for their playability on the folk harp as well as for ease of separating into categories of skill.

76 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1996

Reviews

[Kara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Introduction to the Celtic style harp music. Skill levels of moderate, intermediate & advanced. Contains a discussion of the differences between Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Breton. Chapter on ornamentation, O'Carolan. All tunes for nylon strung, has a chapter & tunes for the wire strung harp. 28 tunes all together.

[Alli · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my favorite book of tunes for celtic harp. It has good introductory information, as well as comments and history about each piece. It was the first book I used when learning the harp, so many of these tunes are now old favorites. I recommend this book to other folk harpers --beginners as well as more advanced--all the time.