Pathway — A Primer
for the Wire Strung Harp
Table of Contents (second edition)
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| Preface | |
| Guide to Reading Music | |
| The Instrument: Parts of the Harp | |
| Tuning the Harp | |
| Hold the Clarsach | |
| Hand Position | |
| Lesson One | The First Steps to Making Music |
| A Musician’s Rule of Three | |
| Lesson Two | Putting Fingers to the Strings |
| Patterns of Music | |
| Lesson Three | The First Melody and Damping |
| Lesson Four | The First Melody and Ringing |
| Practice Techniques | |
| Lesson Five | A Traditional Tune from Ireland |
| Lesson Six | A Traditional Tune from Scotland |
| Phrases | |
| Lesson Seven | Two Tunes from our Primary Sources |
| Lesson Eight | Introducing the 6/8Time Signature |
| Memory Techniques | |
| Lesson Nine | Playing Repeated Notes |
| Dynamics | |
| Lesson Ten | Striking Strings Simultaneously with Different Hands |
| The Pickup Note (anacrusis) | |
| Lesson Eleven | Damping Two Strings in One Hand |
| Relaxation vs. Tension | |
| Lesson Twelve | The Free Stroke |
| Tension and Release | |
| Lesson Thirteen | Ringing Decisions |
| Lesson Fourteen | Introduction to Ornamentation |
| Practicing is Teaching Yourself | |
| Lesson Fifteen | Building Blocks — The Walking Pattern |
| Lesson Sixteen | Two Notes Struck Together in One Hand |
| Lesson Seventeen | The Flexible Thumb |
| Interpretation in Music | |
| Lesson Eighteen | Repeating Notes with Different Fingers |
| Music With a Purpose | |
| Lesson Nineteen | Breaking Free from Fixed Fingers |
| Lesson Twenty | Figures of Music |
| Goal Setting | |
| Lesson Twenty–One | Moving Around the Harp |
| Appendix A | Tunes Adapted for this Book |
| Appendix B | Bibliography and Cross Reference for Traditional Beginnings |
| Tune Index | |