20 arrangements, from elementary – advanced from Scotland, the Isle of Man, Cornwall, Ireland and Rachel’s own compositions.
The melody 'Looking at a Rainbow Through a Dirty Window' is already in high demand. Rachel Hair has made a beautiful arrangement of this beautiful melody. This book contains the original melody, plus a simple arrangement for harp and also an arrangement for advanced harpists.
Although the Isle of Man shares a Gaelic language and many other cultural influences with Scotland and Ireland, it has never had a tradition of harping. Rachel Hair had some pioneering to do when she started as a harp tutor on the island in 2011. She har arranged many Manx tunes for her students which she has learnt from collections both old and new and from local Manx musicians. This book
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The second volume of Claasagh. Harp arrangements of tradiotinal and new Manx tunes. Inspirational as a composer, performer and teacher, her arrangements have the uncanny ability to reveal the subtleties of Manx music for everyone, to shape a sense of something new and old at the same time.
Since the first volume of Claasagh was published, Manx traditional music has well and truly made its mark at festivals
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Rachel Hair - Mostly Scottish Harp Volume 1: Rachel Hair is one of one of Scotland's finest young players of the Clarsach, the traditional Harp. This is her first book and it features Scottish, Irish, Manx & original tunes arranged for Celtic Harp. There are 17 tunes ranging from lower-intermediate to advanced level. Including fingering suggestions. 28 pages.
Titles:
The Heights Of Cassino,
Elementary-advanced level harp arrangements of original and traditional Celtic tunes, some of which are on the albums No More Wings, The Lucky Smile and Hubcaps and Potholes. 34 pages.
Fingering: The fingering in this music is the fingering I use when playing these tunes. Please try it, but if it doesn’t work for you, you don’t have to use it.
Dynamics: I have chosen not to include any
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In the period from June 25 up to July 6, 2024, Davide Rosso from Salvi and Lyon&Healy comes to maintain and regulate Salvi and L&H lever harps and pedal harps.
maintenance/regulation lever harp, duration 1.5 hours, costs 150 euros
maintenance/regulation pedal harp without new felts, duration 2 hours, costs 275 euros
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The prices quoted do not include new parts, such as strings, levers, wheels or pedal caps.
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