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The Irish harp book : a tutor and companion / Sheila Larchet Cuthbert ; including works by the following: the harper-composers, 17th-19th century Irish composers, contemporary Irish composers (work for this volume commissioned by Cairde na Cruite)

By: Cuthbert, Sheila Larchet.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Dublin : Carysfort Press, 2004Edition: Facsimile ed.Description: 248 p. of music ; 30 cm.ISBN: 1904505082 .Subject(s): Celtic harp -- Music | Celtic harp -- Instruction and studyDDC classification: HP/022
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Reference MTU Cork School of Music Library Reference HP/022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not for loan 00151458
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Originally pub.: Mercier Press, 1975.

Pref. and editorial notes in English.

Includes bibliographical references.

Songs in English and Irish.