Pathway is a primer for the wire- strung harp. It teaches fingernail and damping techniques as well as basic musical abilities using simple tunes, many being single-line melodies. Each of the 20 lessons begins with a discussion of a new concept and exercises for practice. Every lesson ends with a practice task and summary to aid in learning the concept presented. There are also discussions about making music, such as advice on practicing, memorization, dynamics and phrasing. A CD of the tunes, along with the pronunciation of their Irish or Gaelic titles, is included.
Contents:
From the Angus Fraser Collection:
Alan is Dear to Me
Alone in a Wintery Town
Begone from My Window
Beloved Maiden
Dark Gaick of the Winding Streams
Early Morning on Lammas Day
Elegy on Robert McKay the Bard
Farewell Blessings
The Ferryboat
The Girl that Tends the Goats
Hogmanay Song
I Cannot Endure Your Absence
My Bedside
A Soldier’s Ode to his Musket
Song of Flattery and Truth
The Young Heir of Dungallon
From Edward Bunting’s The Ancient Music of Ireland:
The Bonnie Cuckoo
The Butterfly
The Edge of the White Rock
Health from the Cup
If I Had a Court and Castle
Jack the Jolly Poughboy
Lament for Myles MacParlan
Long is the Day Without the Sons of Usnach
A Lovely Nun to a Friar Came
Nora Likes Cake
Ossianic Air
Which the Cat!
The Winnowing Sheet
The Yellow Blanket
Young James Plunkett
From other sources:
An Cat Dubh (The Black Cat)
Gentle Rainfall
It’s A Wonder to See
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