Monday Melodies – Dragon Series #3

Our Monday Melodies with Melody’s today features books by Reba Lunsford, with a focus on Dragons and Dinosaurs. Reba worked at Melody’s for 22 years. She was a part of Melody’s during a time when playable ensemble music became very popular, especially for folk ensembles. Her trio books for harp, dulcimer, and flute have been very popular.

The Monday Melodies video is directly below. It features the song “Glowing Orbs in the Darkness” which is offered free under the book title below, along with 3 more free pages from other Lunsford titles. All of Reba’s music was written at the lever harp.

Rainbow After the Storm

A collection of easily played tunes in different styles for solo harp except “As the Doe Longs for Running Streams” (for 4 instruments). Contains Irish and original tunes. Free Page: Annie Laurie

Songs For All Seasons

Music especially for 22 string lap harp, but easily playable on a larger instrument. This book covers some holidays, sacred hymns, folk songs, and a few originals all in one volume.

Contains: For the Beauty of the Earth, Now Thank We All Our God, Carol of the Bells, The Friendly Beasts, ‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime, more. Free Page: Laudemus

Dragons and Dinosaurs

Here’s a book that will inspire and delight both student and teacher!!  Pictures can be colored in, songs are easy (with words) revolving around the ever popular dragon and dinosaur idea. Optional CD or mp3 has the tunes and the accompaniments. Free Page: Glowing Orbs in the Darkness (featured on the YouTube.


Three Trios Volume 1

A customer asked Reba how she could utilize
this book, and here is Reba’s reply: You could have someone play full harp part, another play small harp part, and have someone play hammered dulcimer part if that person doesn’t mind playing a single line. I’d do it in a heartbeat because it’s EASY! Or you could split the full harp part into two (one on bass, one on treble) and someone else could play hammered dulcimer (that’s where most of melody is). Hammered dulcimer is a C instrument so that part can also be played by flute, violin, or any other C pitch instrument. You could also have someone play the full harp part, and two others play hammered dulcimer and flute parts. Options are multiple here. Just needs to be tailored to playing levels and preferences. Hope you have fun with it! Table of Contents: This Is My Father’s World, Amazing Grace/Inisheer, Morning Has Broken.

Three Trios Volume II

Three beautiful and mostly familiar tunes in ensemble combination. Play them with all of the different instruments or as few as you want. Mountain dulcimer parts are written in notation and tablature. Tunings are D-A-D and D-G-D, no capo required. The harp part has two formats: medium difficulty level for full range lever or pedal harp and easy or lap harp.

Lochaber No More

Otherwise known as 3 Trios for Folk Ensemble V 3. Three delightful ensemble arrangements, consisting of one familiar Celtic tune plus two excellent Celtic medleys. Harp, Hammered Dulcimer (or C instrument), and flute.

Solo lap harp versions of each piece are also included.

Ringing In Christmas

INTERMEDIATE, ALL HARPS + HANDBELLS & FLUTE

A collection of harp, flute or other concert C instrument, and handbells that work up quickly!

Cherry Tree Carol/Holly and the Ivy, Greensleeves, Joy to the World, Silent Night, Still, Still, Still, Jolly Old St. Nicholas, Toyland, Up on the Housetop, We Wish You A Merry Christmas.

Songs for the King

A collection of six traditional Christmas songs for ensemble. Orchestrated for hammered dulcimer (can be played by any C instrument), harp or keyboard, flute, tin whistles in C and D, bass, and hand drum or tambourine in one selection. The single-line parts are also appropriate for violin or other concert C pitched instruments. LOWER INTERMEDIATE TO INTERMEDIATE.

The Fairy Reel

Lovely traditional folk song and hymn arrangements, paired with original compositions for harp. Some tunes have flute and/or mountain dulcimer accompaniment included in separate scores. Cantiga 100, Sweet Hour of Prayer, There is a Fountain, Be Thou My Vision, David’s Lullaby, One Sunny Saturday, more.

Reba was our first webinar guest; the topic was proofreading. We used to call her “Eagle Eye” – she didn’t miss a thing. She is now retired and enjoys her fabulous yard containing vegetables and native Texas plants. She is an expert quilter, having many years of experience, and has started lessons in painting. Recently she traveled to the San Antonio area with family members to view and experience the eclipse, which she described as “magical.”

During the pandemic we enjoyed connecting with friends and customers throughout the world. We attended meetings, lessons, conversations. Our world became friendlier and larger. So… we decided to start a series of “conversations” on harp teaching ideas. A gathering place for harp teachers, if you will. We integrated a few other topics, but we’re putting them under the same heading for ease of organization. See replays of our “Harp Teachers Gathering” webinars here: https://folkharp.com/harp-teachers-gathering/ Visit our “playlist” on YouTube. And register for the next meeting by clicking on the poster below!

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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.”

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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.

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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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