Product Description

A basic, easy-to-understand, step-by-step method about playing the harp. Extensively illustrated, this book is for musicians of all levels, requiring only an interest in learning to play the harp. The material in the book can be applied to any type of harp (with or without pedals) and any type of music. Specific topics covered include basic positioning, tuning, and techniques, etudes, and a colorful selection of folk harp solos. Each section of the book is arranged to show the most efficient way to learn quickly and as easily. Written by well known performer and teacher, Laura Riley. 77 pages.

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Product Details

Publisher	Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
ISBN	0786600217
Features	By Laura Riley For any Type of Harp For Musicians of All Levels 72 Pages 30 Day "No Hassle" Return Policy. 100% Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed!
Author	Laurie Riley
MPN	LHPR
Country	UnitedStates
Brand	Mel Bay
Format	Paperback
UPC	796279018722
Label	Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Dewey Decimal Number	787
Studio	Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
EAN	9780786600212
Number Of Pages	80
Address	None
Title	Mel Bay's Basic Harp for Beginners (Basic Series)
Publication Date	1994-03
Manufacturer	Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

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Customer Reviews

Excellent for starters

Review by Jonna, 2008-07-26

I started with Betty Paret's first harp book which was excellent for a couple of weeks. I needed Etudes to practice hard fingering postitions which for a starter were very challenging, and couln't produce nice sounding music without being trained on them. Laurie's book was excellent for that purpose, provided exercises for practice without the frustration of "cannot do the fingering" ... I wouldn't give it 5 stars because I needed CD to demonstrate the music parts. Still need them.

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Begin the Harp

Review by Lucy Johnson, 2008-03-23

This moves too quickly through the lessons. Accompanied by a teacher it may make more sense, but alone and with no prior experience it is, in my opinion, not a worth while investment. Many of the lessons include only a few lines of certain songs, which is frustrating if you want to play ALL of "Greensleeves". I would suggest "Teach Yourself to Play the Folk Harp by Sylvia Woods" book and DVD, especially if you do not have a teacher handy.
This book is good for a quick review if you haven't played in a long time.

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Book for new harp learners

Review by Melvin D. Lovell, 2007-07-25

the book was as described and is helpful in for a beginner who allready has some experience with other instruments.

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Should Have Bought This First

Review by Valerie Hawkes-Howat, 2007-01-09

I started out with the Nancy Calthorpe book but later bought this one because I was left with too many unanswered questions. I would choose this as a first purchase if you are interested in teaching yourself to play the harp. There are some good tunes in this book as well.

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Learning the harp the easy way

Review by S. Holt, 2006-08-18

With so much information overload nowadays, this book gets to the point and makes learning the harp really easy. There's nothing worse than complicated lessons when you want to learn to play the harp easily. I highly recommend this book for beginners that want to enjoy playing their harp without slaving over the lessons.

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