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The Irish Harp Book

A Tutor and Companion- Including works by the following:- The Harper-Composers- 17 th -19 th Century Irish Composers- Contemporary Irish Composers (work for this volume commissioned by Cairde na Cruite)- Facsimile Edition

by Carysfort Press Ltd. (Author)
©1975 Monographs 258 Pages
Series: Carysfort Press Ltd., Volume 508

Summary

Contents: The Instrument - Compass - Strings - Tuning - Blades – Placing the Instrument – Key-Board, Key change system, Keys Position of hands (diagrams) – Independence of Fingering - Equality of Tone – Chord Playing - Articulation – Damped Sounds – Octaves – Gliding – Harmonics – Recapitulation – Glissando – Relative Minor Scales - C, G and D (Harmonic Form) – Relative Minor Scales - A and E – Scales in all possible keys, Arpeggios and Inversions, Sixths and Tenths – Contrary Motion (One Octave) – Dominant Seventh Chord and Inversions, Similar Motion – Dominant Seventh Chord and Inversions, Similar and Contrary Motion – Diminished Seventh Chord and Inversions, Similar Motion – Complete Scale Programme as in Eleventh Lesson – Diminished Seventh Chord and Inversions. Similar and Contrary Motion.

Details

Pages
258
Year
1975
ISBN (Softcover)
9781904505082
Language
English
Keywords
Harp Drums String
Published
Carysfort Press, Dublin, 1975. 258 pp.

Biographical notes

Carysfort Press Ltd. (Author)

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