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Code: 7256B
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Bonnie Goodrich's books are for very young children (or even adults!) with little or no musical training. The 55 imaginative character pieces encourage a secure development of note and rhythm skills, as well as an understanding of structure and phrasing. The books feature a progressive use of single notes, 2-finger chords, scales, triads, intervals, and arpeggios, with exciting dynamics and phrasing to make the music fun! Kids will also love some of the titles, such as Dancing Dinosaurs, The Ice Cream Waltz, Hiccups, Sneezing Rabbits, Somersaults, and Broccoli. Pieces are in the key of C or 1 flat or 1 sharp, with fingerings and placing brackets indicated. No pedal or sharping lever changes within the pieces. 34 pages, paperbound.
Includes: First Piece Lots of C's Visiting Miami Nicky's Harp Piece Playing on the Lawn Trip to Spain Waltz in A Minor Turquoise Dress Scales for Hobbes Etude for Placing Ginger's Etude Summertime Red Bows Ginger in the Grass March of Bill the Cat April Dance Neighbors of C Ballet Class Sumemr Shade Harp Movers' March A Very Small Harp Waltz for an Antique Harp The Ice-Cream Waltz Swimming Dragonfly Frere Jacques The Spaces Spell "Face" C-Major Etude Calico Cats Dancing Dinosaurs The Catnip Waltz Hiccups Marching to Camp Z-Jig Brian Boru's March Sneezing Rabbits A Medieval Tale Gypsy Moth Rain Dance for Frogs Climbing Trees! Flight of the Swallow Popcorn Spanish Lament Clare the Cat Lullaby for a Young Squirrel Doo-Dad Broccoli Minuet for Water Bugs When it Rains it Pours
Texas harpist Bonnie Goodrich is active in the thriving Houston music scene, where she teaches and performs. She has published numerous arrangements and compositions for harp, as well as two popular books for young children.
This book turned out to be a great beginning book for my daughter, who was seven years old when she began learning to play. Since the harp was her first instrument, she could not read music at the time. The pieces go from short exercises that teach note reading and finger placement, to more "advanced" pieces that build on previous lessons, layering other skills over previous basic technique. All lessons are sequential so the beginner will develop a solid basic understanding of note reading, finger placement, and harp technique as they follow through the lessons in the book. Towards the end of the book, some of the short pieces are pretty enough, and "just-long-enough-but-not-too-long", that they could be played as little recital pieces. Her teacher liked the book so well that she began recommending it to other students.
