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Date Posted: Sep 3, 2011
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| an excellent starter |
| Posted By: Eric Bryan |
| Location: Cypress, CA United States |
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Comments: This is an excellent starter book! Having learned a few different instruments over the years, I can say without hesitation that this is the most enjoyable beginner book I have used. The variety of tunes and skill progression makes for an enjoyable learning process, and I was able to get started on my own, before I had found a teacher. This book should be top on any beginning harpist's list! |
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Date Posted: May 27, 2005
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| Starting Out |
| Posted By: Daniel Patterson |
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Comments: Teach Yourself to Play The Folk Harp Book, is an excellent teaching book. I am a self taught harpist from this book, and I was able to develop my skills very quickly through the exercises. I also recently started taking lessons, and all of the folk harp teachers in my area use this book in their lesson plans. I would reccomend this book to anyone wanting to learn how to play the harp, even if you are taking lessons, this book will only help you progress further. |
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Date Posted: Dec 16, 2008
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| You can play! |
| Posted By: Elena Bittasi |
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Comments: I am a pianist, but harp has always been a dream for me. Finally, some months ago I purchased a Dusty Strings Ravenna and I began to look for a teacher. I live in Italy and here celtic harp teachers are very very few, like pandas in bamboo forests. What could I do? I found your Website and I sent an E-mail. You suggested to me Sylvia's method and some others lovely books of yours and now... I can play! |
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Date Posted: Jun 14, 2007
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| We did it! |
| Posted By: D.C. |
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Comments: Teach Yourself to Play the Folk Harp is a wonderful resource for anyone starting out. Both my daughter and I used this book for several years as we learned. She eventually took lessons for a couple years, but I am self taught. It still remains one of our favorite books. |
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Date Posted: Jan 24, 2007
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| Teach Yourself to Play the Folk Harp DVD |
| Posted By: Deva Kolb |
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Comments: More than 30 years I have dreamed of owning a harp and learning to play. Finally my dreams are coming true. I now live in a small town with no harp teachers. I stay home everyday to care for an elderly, Alzheimer's mother. Now that I have a harp, I just have to figure out how I am going to learn it. Sylvia Woods has answered my dream with this DVD tutorial! It is better than having a harp teacher. She is so clear and organized that even I (with not music background and unable to read music) can easily follow her step-by-step guidance. I can replay the parts I need as many times as I need. I can play anytime of the day or night. So many years of tears and prayers have at last come true and this DVD is so far superior to anything I had imagined it would be like (or COULD be like). I sat and watched the whole DVD twice and kept saying out loud, over and over, "I can do this!" Sylvia, thank you for all the time it must have taken to write and record this DVD so that your instructions are so inspirational. I feel like you are standing in front of me, actually teaching me to play the harp! I am a very happy woman now. There is a God and she is wonderful! |
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Date Posted: Feb 4, 2011
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| You really CAN teach yourself |
| Posted By: Lawrence Ingalls |
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Comments: I was dubious of learning to play any instrument from a book after not having touched a piano for almost 40 years. It had been so long I had to re-learn to read the base clef. This book is wonderful. I STRONGLY recommend getting the company DVD as well. It adds a whole different dimension to the material. Some songs are harder than others (as she says on the DVD) so just stick with them or even skip over them and go back to them later. You really can teach yourself how to play the harp! |
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Date Posted: Jul 14, 2010
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| Teach Yourself to Play the Folk Harp |
| Posted By: Karen Piper |
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Comments: Simply put, this book is the BEST. It's been at least 15 years since I have done any "music reading" and I thought I remembered most of it... ha ha! Not only does this book refresh what I remembered, Syvia Woods has an uncomplicated manner of explaining what each and every note/rest/etc. means and why! My harp lessons began just one month ago and when I cannot be with my teacher this book is(without a doubt)the next best alternative. After reading the introductions please know how much your early" efforts in creating this book are appreciated. I am so glad you have continued to publish this wonderful item." |
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Date Posted: Jan 28, 2010
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| My Harp Journey |
| Posted By: Susan Jayne White |
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Comments: My husband John bought me an Evensong therapy harp two years ago along with "Teach Yourself to Play the Folk Harp" book. I had been wanting to play the harp for some time. I proceeded to embark on what has been one of the most rewarding journeys of my life! I found the book helped one to progress very satisfactorily. I am a trained oboist and it's very exciting for me to be a beginner on another instrument again! If I didn't have a music background, I would have purchased the video as well. I highly recommend Sylvia's book to anyone who wishes to begin their harp journey! |
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Date Posted: Jan 4, 2009
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| If it weren't for this book... |
| Posted By: Michelle |
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Comments: If it weren't for this book, I'd never have learned to play the harp at all. I purchased the "Teach Yourself" book, video, and cassette set about ten years ago when I purchased my first harp. I was 17 or 18 years old and knew (to some degree) how to read music from music class at school, but had never played a "real" instrument before. The book enabled me to enjoy my new harp from the very first day. When I was about three quarters of the way through with it, I began taking lessons with a teacher in my area; she was a classical pedal harpist and was not previously familar with the series, but I remember her being quite impressed with how much I had learned on my own in just a few months. "Teach Yourself" is perfect for people (like myself) who are self-motivated and like self-paced instruction. Although there's probably no substitute for personalized lessons with a teacher, this series is great for starting out, especially in cases like mine where the hurt of the initial harp investment made paying for lessons right from the start impossible. In fact, I'm rather glad I didn't pay by the hour to have someone teach me the basics that I so easily learned from Sylvia's book- priceless! |
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Date Posted: Feb 24, 2012
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| a winning choice |
| Posted By: CHRISTINE REMONT |
| Location: RHODE SAINT GENESE, ZZ Belgium |
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Comments: excellent book, you can find anything you want when you are a beginner harpist. Easy to understand, easy to learn and growing very fast, being able to play rapidly nice pieces of music. thanks for making this available |
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Date Posted: Apr 11, 2012
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| Not everyone has this book? |
| Posted By: Natalie Wagner |
| Location: Venice, FL United States |
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Comments: This was the first book my teacher asked my mother to get me so I could get started learning on my little lap harp. I've had it since I was eleven years old. When I found out that not everyone had this book I was in shock. It was such a vital part of me learning to play I found it impossible to believe anyone could learn without it! If you want to learn to play the folk harp, read music, and expand your beginner's repertoire then get this book. |