Harp solo – The Red Leaf Composed and arranged for lever or pedal harp solo by Denise Grupp-Verbon. For early to mid intermediate players. This 4 page arrangement features rolled chords, some P.D.L.T., and a few triplets. It is in the key of D, with no lever changes. Helpful fingerings and placings are provided, along with chord symbols. This composition is the title track from TAPESTRY’s CD, The Red Leaf. Lever or pedal harp. Friendly page turns.
As a faculty member at Southeastern Harp Weekend 2011, Mr. Voltz gave a workshop on composition. The participants learned the essential elements for creating a composition - so they picked a key, selected a time signature, chose a few notes for the A section and a few more notes for the B section, began the creation process, and ended up with a delightful 16-bar piece. Mr. Voltz liked its bones and decided to enhance and enlarge it into a more thoroughly composed piece.
An experienced backpacker, Sharon Thormahlen has written the tunes in this book as a reflection of the many places journeyed over the years. She started backpacking as a teenager with her parents, and continues to do so with her own family. She says that being in the solitude of the mountains surrounded by the beauty of the flowers, trees, rivers, creeks, canyons and the snowcapped peaks is an astoundingly spiritual experience. All tunes are and organized in the order of keys starting with F and ending with D. There are no lever changes.
Here is a wistful, dreamy piece, to be played freely and with emotion.There are many repeating patterns for the left and right hands, making it a lot easier to play than it may first appear. In the middle contrasting section, the melody and accompaniment are more distinct, separated by the right and left hands. The final section combines the first and middle sections. Key of F, some large chords, lowest note is the F (#33 on a 36-string harp), no accidentals. Intermediate.
Here is a French import from a collection called "The Soloists' Library" or "Li Bibliotheque des Solistes". It contains music for Celtic harp by the very prominent French harpist and composer Annie Challan. This collection includes three pieces for lever harp: Laura, Cascatelle and Promenade A Marly. The keys of the pieces are G, A minor and C. Upper Intermediate.
Midnight, A Ride with the Pooka, Ghosts, Witches' Dance. Original tunes by Mitch Landy for Halloween or anytime. Modeled after "Spooky Tunes", another suite by Mitch, these are less challenging and more appropriate for beginning harpists. See the samples to get an idea of the tune structure and level of difficulty. Late beginner, early intermediate for the most part.
An eight-page solo of intermediate to advanced difficulty. Key of A minor with G# accidentals. Arpeggios, full chords in RH, active LH, some 16th note passages, and glissandos. For pedal or lever harp. Visual sample is provided.
ModeUlations by Cindy Kleinstuber Blevins is a book of pieces using modes and exotic scales. The book contains 32 pages of music, along with four pages of text (descriptions and scales of the various modes used.) The harp solos are each two pages long. There are nine solos for lap harp (range of C below middle C up 24-26 strings.) Seven of these are also arranged for larger harp. In some cases the key of the piece for the larger arrangement has been changed. Larger harps can play the entire book, while lap harps can play the nine original piec
