Description
From the arranger:
“Gaelic Folk Music for the Small Harp contains 24 airs, laments and lullabies from various Celtic and Gaelic sources including Scotland, Wales, Ireland and various other Gaelic countries and traditions. Among them are popular fiddle tunes, tin whistle tunes and contra dance tunes including Skye Boat Song and Dark Isle. The arrangements are appropriate for small harps with 20-22 strings (starting with G below middle C) or 26 strings (starting one octave below middle C) and tuned in C without levers. The songs are very accessible and appropriate for mid-beginner to intermediate players.”
Table of Contents
- Skye Boat Song [Air]*
- Highland Cathedral*
- Dark Isle [Pipe Lament]
- Fingal’s Cave*
- The Parting Glass [Air]*
- MacPherson’s Lament (1700) [Sky Air]
- Summer River (Aron Yr Haf) [Slow Air]
- Suo Gan [Welsh Lullaby]*
- Hush! The Waves are Rolling In [Old Gaelic Lullaby]
- Mist-covered Mountains of Home [Slow Air, Gaelic]
- My Cape Breton Home [Nova Scotia]*
- Basque Air [Celtic Iberian]*
- An Emigrant’s Daughter *
- Far Away [Fiddle Tune, Waltz]*
- Ashokan Farewell [Fiddle Tune]
- Amelia [Contra Dance Tune]*
- The Cliffs of Dooneen [Slow Air]*
- Danny Boy
- The Poor Irish Boy [Air]*
- The Banks of the Suir [Air]
- Feilim’s Boat*
- The Green Bushes [Air]
- The Flying Monaghan [Air]*
- The Castle of Dromore
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