Harp Methods: How to Choose and Use Them April 9, Thursday, 3p Central Rachel Green discussed the philosophy behind using a method, describing key characteristics of successful piano methods, and then dove into what students
Sharon Thormahlen recently gave a well-attended and informative talk on “How to Order Harp Strings.” There was good engagement and plenty of questions—many people wanted to know more. As a follow-up, we’ve put together a
Big (but not new) news!Melody’s and Afghan Press Music are under new ownership as of April 1, 2024—and we’re thriving! Hundreds of new products – Harps re-strung & repaired – New music & artists in
https://youtu.be/bFdXTGrIJ9M Here is a link to the Chat PDF Document:Chat Here is a link to the recording transcript PDF document: Recording Transcript Listen on the Melody Makers Podcast: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/melodys/episodes/Teaching-Harp-to-the-Little-Ones—Todaro-e3483tj
Robert “John” Gill 1955 – 2024 John passed away at home the morning of May 26, 2024 with his loving wife of 38 years, Mary, at his side. John fought a courageous battle with small-cell
Harp Teachers Gathering meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month to discuss all facets of teaching the harp. We welcome your ideas and suggestions. The last two sessions centered around teaching policies. Replay links
Harp at the Houston Highland Games https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4FO6YSchWnw Wolf Pickus, son of Melody’s owners Nick and Sue Pickus, played Amazing Grace at the Houston Highland Games. The sheet music is free amazing grace easy arr Radspinner
August 2024 Past Happenings and Catching Up Your organization, The Gulf Coast Harpers, has been very active this summer. May 30-June 2, 2024 we financially supported the Gulf Coast Cruinniu’s harp teacher, Eileen Gannon (pictured).
First Presenter: Anna Dunwoodie Anna discussed and demonstrated music by Allison Kinnaird and Bernard Andres. The specific Andres books she referenced (with links to the books on the Melody page) are below. Keep reading because
Stephanie Bennett’s Monday Melodies April 29, 2024 Monday Melodies with Melody’s features books arranged and composed by Stephanie Bennett, with a focus on her arrangement of Stevie Wonder’s 1982 hit “Ribbon in the Sky.” Ribbon
Here at Melody’s we offer a wide array of music books and accessories. In the music book category, you may have a choice between PDFs (or MP3s) and paper books. If there is a choice, you are required to click either the paper version or PDF version before you can put an item into your cart. There should be no shipping charge for download music. If there are physical products in your cart at the same time, your total will reflect shipping for those physical items.
Products that are download only will have a narrow blue banner toward the top of the description. Products that are only available as physical/paper will not have a choice for you to make in order to add to your cart, nor will they have the narrow blue banner signifying download only.
After you check out, you are directed back to your receipt where you can download your music. Also, you will receive an email thanking you for your order with links that will take you to your downloads. Please add melodytradmusic@gmail.com to your approved e-mail list. If you do not receive an e-mail within a few minutes after you place your order, check your spam folder.
If you created an account with us, you can also find your downloads by going to “My Account” and clicking on the “Downloads” link. We highly recommend that you create an account so that you can refer to your order history whenever you want.
Depending on your computer settings, when you click on your download link, 1 – it may open automatically, 2 – it may go into your “downloads” folder, or 3 – your computer may prompt you to “save as”.
If you have a problem with your downloads, please contact us at MelodyTradMusic@gmail.com for assistance. Because our website contains so many titles, on occasion we have overlooked uploading a PDF here or there. When you notify us of this, we make the correction immediately. Please note that downloads are not “returnable.”
PDF DOWNLOADS
Depending on your computer settings, when you click on your download link, 1 – it may open automatically, 2 – it may go into your “downloads” folder, or 3 – your computer may prompt you to “save as”. If you can’t find your PDF, look in your “downloads” folder first. The title of the PDF may not match the title of the book, so you may want to change the title to what you will remember. After you have located your download, please either remember that it is in your “downloads” folder, or better yet, move it to another folder on your computer with a name that you will remember.
Your respect of the copyright laws will help support the musicians and arrangers who created this music, and will encourage more harp music to be produced in the future. Please do not make multiple copies to pass on to others. You can help keep downloadable harp music viable and available by encouraging your students, friends, and relatives to purchase their own copies. Thank you for your assistance in this endeavor.
mp3 DOWNLOADS
On our website, folkharp.com, we offer a wide selection of paper and download music. We were always in a quandary about publications having several parts, or that include sound files. After realizing that we can place multiple files into one folder and “zip” it up, we are now able to offer book + cd options.
What we do: sound files and the PDF book are placed into a folder and zipped. The zipped folder is inserted into the product on the back end of the web site.
What you receive: after you purchase, you receive a zipped folder. This is a folder that literally has a picture of a zipper on it, indicating there is more than one document in the folder.
What you do with it: Generally by double clicking on the folder, it automatically opens up. The challenge lies in whether or not you have a program that unzips these folders. If you do, it is as simple as double clicking and the contents are revealed. Alternately, you can right click on the folder, which brings up choices, one of which is “open with” – you then click on your unzip program.
If you don’t have a program to unzip your files you’ll have a challenge! Recently I bought a small laptop for my zoom lessons. This laptop did not come with winzip, or any other kind of program that unzips these folders. The computer kept wanting me to purchase winzip for $29. I found another program that does a great job, and it is free. 7-zip unzips all my compressed (zipped) folders! It is open source and you can find out more here:https://www.7-zip.org/
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