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Our must recent publications include pop music arrangedby BeverlyMyrow,
Colors of Italy by William Mahan, The Harper’s Accomplice Gets the Lute by Ellen Tepper, and HistoricalHarp Collection Volume 2 by Nancy Hurrell. Of note prior to that, the Caccini Ave Maria arranged for harp and melody instrument by Kathryn Cater.
For your immediate convenience, all Afghan Press publications can be found at Melody’s Traditonal Music. We will soon have a comprehensive listing of all retail outlets carrying harp print music by Afghan Press.
Pamela Bruner has transcribed three of her performance quality pieces into easy-to-read music notation for your playing enjoyment. The titles are Mist and Moonlight, Rosita’s Song and Rorschach in D Minor. These are challenging pieces of intermediate to upper intermediate level. They are rhythmically and harmonically interesting, with glissandos, grace notes, syncopation, LH crossunders, and other harpistic techniques. Rosita’s Song is on the CD Music in the Glen, Mist and Moonlight is on the CD of the same title, and Rorschach is on the CD An Abundance of Time. 13 pages of exciting harp music!
Beautiful arrangements that lay well under the fingers, enjoyable for the listener and player. This offering contains the tunes from Pamela Bruner’s Midsummer Meadow CD. All relaxing original music, each arranged for 36-string harp, small harp and lap harp- also suitable for pedal harp. These are lovely compositions. Just a few lever changes, lever presets are indicated, generally 1 flat to 2 sharps. Contains: Midsummer Meadow, Daydreams, Contemplation, Valerie’s Song, Grace, Dragonfly Waltz, Forest Stroll, Pacific Waves, Estella’s Fancy, Setting Sail, Enchantment, Gathering Dusk. 83 pages.
Designed as a companion book to Play the Harp Beautifully Level 1 and Level 2. Each piece has two page numbers listed after it in the table of contents, designated “skills” and “notes.” The pieces are designed to follow the method books and give interesting repertoire to play as musicians progress. Each piece has specific instructions to assist in specific techniques and phrasing. The book is available with or without CD, which contains all 16 repertoire pieces as performed by Ms. Bruner
This well written and wonderfully illustrated book is designed as an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to playing the harp for those who have completed Play the Harp – Beautifully! Level 2, or are quite familiar with playing the harp already.
This well written and wonderfully illustrated book is designed as an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to playing the harp for those who have completed Play the Harp – Beautifully! Level 1, or have some familiarity with playing the harp already. By the end of this book, you will have the skills to play most of the advanced beginner or intermediate harp music available.
Play the Harp Beautifully by Pamela Bruner: The harp world has long awaited a book like this! Teachers can supplement existing learning books, or students can use this to teach themselves! Valuable explanations on string location, electronic tuner usage, hand position, and much more. Hand position pictures in this book are valuable and helpful, leaving no question on how to hold your hands at the harp. Notes are large, easy-to-read and Ms. Bruner moves slowly enough to grasp the necessary concepts needed for good technique and tone. Anyone using this book will have a firm concept about theory, fingering & brackets, and come to the harp with confidence. Also gives a solid explanation of placing, which is essential to playing lyrically and with good phrasing. This is clearly one of the finest methods books available for harp.
Although originally intended to be performed as duets, the pieces can also work nicely as solos by playing the harp 1 part and omitting Harp 2. The Highlander’s Farewell to Ireland is a wire harp solo. The designations “gut or nylon harp” and “Celtic harp” are interchangeable; the “gut or nylon” distinction is made in the pieces that call for wire-strung harp as Harp II in order to clarify the need for the two distinct sound colors. Harmonics are played where written. Fingerings are generally omitted except for damping suggestions in “The Highlander’s Farewell”, in which they are very useful! This book has recently been revised. It contains only the score, with harp 1 and harp 2 on the same page. Page turns have been adjusted so they are as easy as possible.
