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Musical Motions is an original set of pieces by Maurice Draughn that introduces beginners to one of the fundamental concepts of harmony—intervals. “Step, Skip, Jump” and “Leap, Soar, Over” cover the common intervals found in music. “Five Tone Blues” is a pentatonic version of the blues, which has as a section for harpists to display their budding improvisational skills. A theory worksheet based on each piece is included with the score and parts.

Musical Motions, by Maurice Draughn

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Musical Meters is a set of three pieces by Maurice Draughn based on meters commonly found in modern or contemporary classical music. Each piece has a title that matches the characteristic of each meter in this set. A worksheet is included with this set to provide an overview of each meter. 

Musical Meters, by Maurice Draughn

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Musical Time is a set of three pieces by Maurice Draughn that introduce beginners to the three fundamental meters in music. Each movement is based on the function or feature of a clock. A worksheet is included for further study of the three meters found in this set. 

Musical Time, by Maurice Draughn

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Musical Tones is a set of three pieces by Maurice Draughn that cover the more complex arrangement of tones in music. “Mystique” is based on the whole tone scale while “Lucky Eight” is structured around the octatonic scale. “Twelve Tone Waltz” was composed using the twelve tone technique. A worksheet is included to aid in further exploration of each theory concept. 

Musical Tones, by Maurice Draughn

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Cindy Horstman’s original composition “Carillon Wave” for pedal harp is the Honorable Mention winner of the American Harp Society Dallas Chapter’s 2015 Solo Composition Contest. The piece has an upbeat, jazz based, flowing style that is fun to play!

Carillon Wave, by Cindy Horstman

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indy Horstman’s original composition “Green and Blue” is a jazz-based piece for pedal and lever harp that works well for mixed levels. It’s a great choice for students to help sharpen their listening skills in a 3/4 meter. Harp 1 is playable on lever harp; Harps  2 and 3 are best for pedal harp.


Green and Blue, by Cindy Horstman

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Cindy Horstman has arranged an upbeat Latin  jazz oriented version of the Christmas classic, “I Wonder as I Wander” for 3 harps.  Harp 1 is for Advanced beginner pedal and lever harp; Harp 2 is for Intermediate pedal or lever harp; and Harp 3 is for Intermediate pedal or lever harp.

I Wonder as I Wander, by Cindy Horstman

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Cindy Horstman describes her original composition “Angelica” as “a jazz based reflective ballade” for pedal harp. 

Angelica, by Cindy Horstman

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Cindy Horstman’s original jazz “Fantasie”, based on Maurice Ravel’s classic Introduction and Allegro, is for two harps. Harp 1 is appropriate for Advanced pedal harp, while Harp 2 is less difficult and can also be played on lever harp. 

Fantasie on Introduction and Allegro, by Cindy Horstman

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Cindy Horstman has arranged this bluesy version of the Gospel classic “Wade in the Water” for 3 harps. Harp 3 is for Intermediate pedal harp, while Harps 1 and 2 are slightly easier and can be played on lever harp tuned in Eb. 

Wade in the Water, by Cindy Horstman

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Cindy Horstman has arranged a jazz-oriented version of the Christmas classic “What Child is This?” for 2 harps. Harp 1 is for Intermediate pedal or lever harp, while Harp 2 is for Advanced pedal harp.

What Child is This, by Cindy Horstman

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Cindy Horstman’s original composition “Snow Daze” for 3 harps is an energetic, jazz-based piece that captures the spirit of the holidays and is fun to play! Harp 1 is for Intermediate pedal or lever harp, while Harp 2 and 3 are for Intermediate pedal harp. A great choice for ensembles with mixed harps.

Snow Daze, by Cindy Horstman

Welcome to the first Harp Column podcast, produced for us by Kristina Finch. In this episode Kristina talks to Nov-Dec. 2015 issue Advice experts Destiny Muhammed and Diana Dunnavant about social media strategies for harpists. We hope you enjoy what they have to say. Stay tuned for more podcasts taking you behind the stories in Harp Column magazine. 

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This medley of two Celtic airs, "My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose," and "The Riddle Song" is suitable for the concert stage, for weddings or as background music. There are key changes and pedal changes, but the tempo is moderately slow so that the pedal changes are quite manageable. Legend has it that Robert Burns, Scotland's national bard, wrote "My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose" after hearing it sung by a country girl. It first appeared in print in 1794, in Petro Urbani's Scotts Songs, set to an original tune. "The Riddle Song" also known as "I Gave My Love a Cherry" is descended from a 15th century English song, which was carried by settlers to the American Appalachians. "The Twelfth of Never," a popular song recorded by Johnny Mathis, is based upon this tune.

Love in Bloom-by Christa Grix

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Jacqueline Pollauf has arranged three traditional carols for beginning harpists. 

Three Christmas Carols, by Jacqueline Pollauf

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Jacqueline Pollauf has arranged the traditional "Brian Boru's March for two lever or pedal harps. 

Brian Borus March

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