Scottish harp concert with Rachel Hair and her harp students.
Location: Harp shop De Zingende Snaar, Koningin Elisabethplantsoen 5A, Rhenen.
Tickets are available at the door at Harpwinkel De Zingende Snaar. Reservations can be made by email or telephone info@zingendesnaar.nl, tel. 0317-769135.
A ticket costs 10 euros, children up to 12 years old 5 euros.
In this section of the website you can find original sheet music for harp, from publishers from Europe and America, in all genres: folk, classical, modern, spiritual, jazz etc. The books can be filtered on various attributes such as arranger, composer, category, etc. They can also be easily found by searching on a title of a piece, a composer etc. Of all the books you will find a description of the contents and an image of a small piece of the music.
Descriptive solos for lever or pedal harp, with historical notes and regional recipes. Music is intermediate level, and contains several accidentals. Full levers are recommended. These would make great teaching pieces as they contain a lot of variety and techniques. Titles are: Echoes from the Alamo, Chili Pepper Rag, Flying Petticoat Waltz, Armadillo Amble, Saddle Sore Blues, and Longhorn Lament. 27 pgs.
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This sweet waltz by Louise Trotter was inspired by the live butterfly exhibit at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Houston. It has a lovely, music-box melody, and can be played as a harp solo, duet, or ensemble. It is in the key of G (1 sharp) with one C# lever change. There are no fingerings. Harp 1 can be played as a solo, or with the harp 2 accompaniment. Chord symbols are printed for optional guitar or
Besame Mucho by C. Velazquez arranged by Louise Trotter. Two page rendition of this favorite piece that is a real audience pleaser. For pedal or lever harp, pedal graphs and markings included. Begins with light hand ascending triplets and continues playing 1-5-10-5 in a typical Latin rhythm. Right hand usually plays single notes. Glissando, playing with fingernail and close to soundboard are effects
A couple of nice American folk tunes in a fun medley. Louise has made an arrangement that it fun to play and lovely to listen to. Part of the melody is in the left hand, which makes it easier to play. Good fingerings and easy to read.
Bluegrass is an American musical style that resembles Country, and finds its roots in Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English traditional music. It is played with a lot
Whether compositions are written according to style and form, or consist of random chords, arpeggios or glissandos, it is possible to be harmonious and effective with the help of this publication. A 20-minute companion CD is recorded with the etudes as they are written in the book, and then in free-form improvisation. There are bass, melody and arpeggio patterns, and one page of suggested improvisational styles
The oft-requested tune "Danny Boy" in duet form for lever harp. Lyrics for both the Londonderry Air and Danny Boy are included. Key of F, no accidentals, intermediate level. There is a nice ending in harp 2. Each part has its own separate score. 2-pg score.
Very playable three page version of this audience pleaser. For lever or pedal harp, requires full range lever harp. Pedal graphs and marking included, for lever harp, sharp all Gs. Right hand plays parallel thirds or single note melody. Some full chords. Allegro section is simplified by using descending triplets in right hand. Simple yet very effective! Glisses at end. Intermediate. 3 pages.
Marked "freely with expression" quarter note at 108. In 3 and in the key of Eb. Several Cb and Gb pedal changes. This piece has a nice flow. It was the most popular solo in a book that Ms. Trotter composed years ago with a space theme (since she lives so close to the space center south of Houston.)
Six traditional American melodies arranged for lever harp. These beautiful renditions, in free-form style, were notated from improvisations recorded on an album for Sampler Records in 1990, called Shenandoah. Intermediate level and easy to read, these pieces will add variety to any harpist's repertoire. Tunes are: Old Joe Clark, Shenandoah, Black is the Color, Deep River, Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen and...
Louise Trotter has arranged this traditional American melody for intermediate level solo harp. Originally this was one of the improvisations that Louise recorded on a 1990 album called Shenandoah. These beautiful renditions, in free form, were recorded after the recording was completed.
Duets for all harps in the key of C. These are written in a very playable and likeable manner, and work well for students learning to play hands together in octaves, and for playing three-note arpeggios as an accompaniment. Titles are: A Mighty Fortress, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, and Morning Has Broken. 28 pgs.
Written specifically for pedal harp, this piece is also known as "Theme from The Fifth Symphony" by Tchaikovsky. Upper intermediate in difficulty, with the left hand using mostly continuous eighth note triplets and the right hand mostly three and four note chords. In the key of F with a glissando conclusion. A very pretty rendition of this romantic piece. 3 pages.
Descriptive solos for lever or pedal harp, with historical notes and regional recipes. Music is in the keys of C, G, and F, with several accidentals. Full levers would be recommended. Music is beginner to intermediate level. Titles are: Silver and Turquoise, Mountain Rapids, The Pink Coyote, tall Cactus Tango, Canyon Sunrise, and Prairie Dog Stomp. 28 pgs.
Plain and Fancy.
Intermediate to lower intermediate level hymns for lever harp. Trotter uses harmonics, glissandos and arpeggios to make her arrangements interesting and "harpy". Each arrangement is two to three pages in length with easy-to-read notation. Lyrics and some fingerings are included. Tunes are: Amazing Grace, In the Garden, Jesus Loves Me, Be Thou My Vision, Sweet Hour of Prayer, Softly and Tenderly,...
At long last, Louise's very playable version of Summertime is available. People have been asking for this arrangement for years and years. Very playable, with a few lever and pedal "slides". It's in the key of A minor. For lever harp, you will need to slide middle D# to natural, and then F# above middle C to natural, and then Middle C# to natural. (Pedal slides on those same notes.) There are a few other lever...
Described as a "glissando waltz", this is a wonderful, showy piece of music that works great as a solo or as a harp duet. The easy Harp II accompaniment is simple enough for beginners and is without the challenge of a glissando. The lever harp solo with the glissandos is sharp and snappy. LOWER INTERMEDIATE. Solo: 2 pages, Harp 2: 2 pages.
Louise Trotter's wonderful, jazzy swing arrangement of the beloved spirtual Swing Low, Sweet Chariot is from her Sacred Treasures CD. It is for intermediate PEDAL harp, and includes pedal slides, glisses, jazzy chords and arpeggios. The pedal changes are marked in the music. It modulates from the of key E-flat to the key of F. There are no fingerings.
A delightful duet for lever and pedal harp that is both easy and fun. The lever harp part does not require any lever changes, but does require levers on F and B. 6-pg score.
Scottish harp concert with Rachel Hair and her harp students.
Location: Harp shop De Zingende Snaar, Koningin Elisabethplantsoen 5A, Rhenen.
Tickets are available at the door at Harpwinkel De Zingende Snaar. Reservations can be made by email or telephone info@zingendesnaar.nl, tel. 0317-769135.
A ticket costs 10 euros, children up to 12 years old 5 euros.
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The Bard in the Parlor
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Duets for Clarsach - Oran Nan Eilean
Gilchrist, Maeve
The Lighter Touch
Metheney, Megan
Phoenix
Norton, Christopher
Preludes Collection - lever harp
Pancaroğlu, Şirin
Nihavend Zeybek - lever harp
Hair, Rachel
Looking at a Rainbow Through a Dirty Window
Dunstone, Stephen
The Journey
Pancaroğlu, Şirin
Pençgâh Oyun Havasi - pedal harp
Dunstone, Stephen
Rêverie
Walschot-Stapp, Astrid
Providence
Finch, Catrin
Hellewell, David - Rags 'n romance - arr. Catrin Finch
Pampuch, Christoph
Harpa Mundi 32 - Maremma
Macdearmid, Anne
Ceol na Clarsaich book 3
Macdearmid, Anne
Christmas Garland
Speak, Jeroen
Reflections for lever harp
Finch, Catrin
Hellewell, David - Passionata - arr. Catrin Finch
Dunstone, Stephen
Wind Across the Poppy Field
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Nikriz Kasap Havasi - lever harp
Cornelisse, Yolanthe
Verlangen naar Brederode
Finch, Catrin
Pictures
Pampuch, Christoph
Harpa Mundi 25 - Carolan's Ramble to Cashel
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Kaldeway A. en Jamin J. - Simply Harp 2
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Christmas Garland book 2
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The Toy Chest
Pancaroğlu, Şirin
Nikriz Peşrev - lever harp
Norton, Christopher
The Microjazz Collection 2, pedal harp
Robinson, Meg
Irish Dreams
Staneslow, Sunita
Psalms for Peace and Healing
Versteegh, Michael
De Elfentuin - PDF versie
Pancaroğlu, Şirin
Pancaroğlu, Şirin -Nihavend Peşrev - lever harp
Rees-Rohrbacher, Darhon
Modal Moods
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Pieces of Trust
Naderman, François-Joseph
Naderman, F.J. - Variations on the air "L'Oiseau Chantant"
Dusty Strings Serrana 34
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Great harp I needed a harp that was easy on my hands. Other Dusty models had a rich sound that I loved, but my hands hurt after playing for a while. The Serrana sounds fantastic amplified, and is easy for this senior to transport to gigs.
Feuerkobolde - super tolles Stück Hallo ich bin Dozenrin für Harfe an der Akademie für Tonkunst in Darmstadt. Ich wollte sagen, daß mein Harfentrio Altersgruppe III im Bundeswettbewerb von Jugendmusiziert die Feuerkobolde spielen wird, Es ist ein super tolles Stück, daß den Kinder & mir viel Freude bereitet, Danke für so wundervolle Musik-ciao Ute
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Salvi and Lyon&Healy regulations
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Salvi and Lyon&Healy regulations
harp maintenance
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 maintenance/regulation pedal harp with new felts, duration 3 hours, costs 400 euros
The prices quoted do not include new parts, such as strings, levers, wheels or pedal caps.
You can already make an appointment for maintenance by calling 0317-769134 or send us an email to info@zingendesnaar.nl . We would like to hear what brand and model harp you have, what maintenance you wish to carry out and the serial number of your harp.
