O'Carolan Tunes For Harp

Mary Fitzgerald

Feb 2011 · Mel Bay Publications

About this ebook

The definitive edition of 24 tunes by renowned Baroque era Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan, carefully and exactingly transcribed, edited and fingered. Ornamentation is fully written out to facilitate playing Chord symbols have been added for improvising left-hand parts, or inventing an entire two-handed accompaniment as a friend plays the melody!.

This material is great for pedal and lever harps or keyboards at concerts, weddings, jam sessions, St. Patrick's Day, Renaissance Faires and Hospice care. All the melodies easily fit portable or travel harps with small adaptations of the left-hand notes. Suitable for students seeking international performance certification at several levels as well as being high quality arrangements for both classical and Celtic professionals. This music is a lot of fun and is also highly suitable for inclusion in college performance certification syllabus, or international certification such as ABRSM, Trinity, ASTA, etc. Harp teachers will want to start teaching this music soon to their students to assist their careers.

• The definitive edition of 24 tunes by renowned Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan

• Carefully transcribed, edited and fingered.

• Ornamentation fully written out to facilitate playing.

• Chord symbols for improvisation