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Arrangements for Small Harps
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Rees Harps, maker of the 26-string harpsicle, has books on their website for small harps. I bought “More Easy Classics.” All of them have a no-lever option.
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Thanks for the recommendation – I’ll have to take a look at this!
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Hi everyone – because it came up in the Facebook group, I wanted to see how many of Christy-Lyn’s intermediate pieces can be played on a 26 string harp. I know that I learned intermediate Hallelujah and Perfect on a small harp before I got my bigger harp, and I just tried the intermediate “Yesterday” – works perfectly just played an octave higher. I did have to change a couple of things for “Danny Boy” and I don’t like how it sounds on my small harp, but it’s absolutely playable. I did a quick and imperfect video just now if anyone is interested. https://youtu.be/ALTJy_A50Ik
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Hi Katharina, thanks for sharing! I also noticed that all the mid-intermediate lessons (and more) have lower notes than C. I find that some songs are totally working an octave higher, and some others don’t really fit with high notes, then I prefer do some adjustments. This one sounds nice at this octave too, and it’s on my wishlist for a future course when I’ll reach this level!
But I remember that on a previous talk, Christy-Lyn said that in the future lessons, she will include some tips to adapt to small harps when needed. I’m curious to see that!
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What a lovely interpretation! I’ve been doing a little re-arranging of
some of the more intermediate songs when it doesn’t impact the beauty of
the line too much – I’ll admit, sometimes I just skip the extra low
notes if it doesn’t make the music sound too sparse/thin (that way I can
keep the indicated fingering to avoid having to re-learn the muscle
memory with a bigger instrument).
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Harper Tasche has a few books especially for small harp. I love his arrangements. I have A Small Harp Taking it Easy, and highly recommend it. Here is a link to his website: http://www.harpcrossing.com/
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Thank you for the tip, Emilia!
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Tiffany Schaefer offers some sheet music for 26 string harps! https://youtu.be/9Ydg3w186-A
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Thanks for the reminder! I’ve been eyeing some of her arrangements in the last month or 2!
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Oops – I posted this on the wrong thread initially! I wanted to share a link to new-to-me harpist Nadia Birkenstock. She is arranging lovely songs for 26 string harps and has shee tmusic available:
I am enjoying her song “Everywhere” today if you want to take a listen:Good afternoon! I know this thread hasn’t been active in awhile, but I wanted to share a link to new-to-me harpist Nadia Birkenstock. She is arranging lovely songs for 26 string harps and has shee tmusic available:
I am enjoying her song “Everywhere” today if you want to take a listen:
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Her arrangement for ‘The Musical Priest’ comes with two versions, one for 33 string harps and one for 26 string! The 26 string version is quite approachable.
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Marianne Bouvette recently posted a video of songs for 15 string harp on YouTube – atrangements are available at her site:
https://youtu.be/caruYLdnh9ghttps://youtu.be/caruYLdnh9g
https://www.celticizemeandjazzmeup.com/
She also has some free arrangements (possibly for larger harps)
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Check out kitty m y Leung
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Kitty m y lueng make arrangements ents for 15 string harp and 12 string
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Thanks for the reminder! I’ve seen her on YouTube and her arrangements on sheetmusicplus – such sweet and recognizable arrangements despite having so few strings!
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Of course! I’ve watched it, but it deserves a second watch. Good idea to post it here!
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Thanks for the reminder about this video – I’d forgotten about it!
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