Harpsicle® Harp Music

Easy Songs for the Harpsicle® Harps - Vol. 1

Songs in this set include:

• Morning Has Broken

• Aura Lee

• Ode to Joy

• The Water is Wide

• Amazing Grace

• The Star of County Down

• Skye Boat Song 

• The Ash Grove

• Simple Gifts

• Danny Boy

• Early One Morning

• Cannon Jr.

Easy Songs for the Harpsicle® Harp - Vol. 2

Songs in this set include:

• I Gave My Love a Cherry 

• Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier

• Yankee Doodle Dixie

• Finch's Frolic

• Lewis Creek 

• All the Pretty Little Horses

• The Arran Boat

• Shennandoah

• Scarborough Fair

• Battle Hymn of the Republic

Easy Hymns for the Harpsicle® Harp - Vol. 1

Songs in this set include:

• This is My Father's World

• The Church's One Foundation

• Fairest Lord Jesus

• Jesus Loves Me

• Rock of Ages

• Be Thou My Vision

• Faith of Our Fathers

• What a Friend

• Holy, Holy, Holy

• Nearer My God to Thee

• My Jesus, I Love Thee

• O Worship the King

Easy Hymns for the Harpsicle® Harp - Vol. 2

Songs in this set include:

• Rise Up, Oh Men of God

• Oh My Soul, Bless God the Father

• I Need Thee Every Hour

• Kum Ba Yah

• The Doxology

• All Creatures of Our God and King

• Sweet Hour of Prayer

• For the Beauty of the Earth

• How Great Thou Art

• Hymn of Thanksgiving

• Christ the Lord is Risen Today

• Dona Nobis Pacem

Celtic & Renaissance Songs for the Harpsicle® Harp

Songs in this set include:

• Celtic Lullaby

• Meadow So Greene

• Wilson's Wilde

• Intrada

• The Chanter's Tune

• Planxty Irwin

• Kemp's Jig

• Campbell's Farewell to Redcastle

• Farewall

• Brian Boru's March

• Planxty George Brabazon

• William’s Lachrimae

   

Turlough O'Carolan Tunes for the Harpsicle® Harp

Songs in this set include:

• Eleanor Plunkett

• Blind Mary

• Morgan Magan

• Lord Galway's Lamentation

• Carolan's Farewell to Music

• Carolan's Ramble to Cashel

• The Clergy's Lamentation

• Lady Gethin

• Robert Hawkes

• Fanny Power

• plus 4 untitled Carolan tunes

   

Christmas Songs for the Harpsicle® Harp

Songs in this set include:

• Good King Wencesles

• O' Christmas Tree

• Angels We Have Heard on High

• The Christ Child Sleeps

• Bring a Torch Jeannette Isabella

• The First Noel

• Silent Night

• Away in a Manger

• God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen

• Deck the Halls

• O' Come All Ye Faithful

• It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

• I Heard the Bells

More Christmas Songs for the Harpsicle® Harp

Songs in this set include:

• Joy to the World

• I Saw Three Ships

• O, Little Town of Bethlehem

• Angels from the Realms of Glory

• Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

• Go Tell It on the Mountain

• We Three Kings

• Good Christian Friends Rejoice

• O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

• In the Bleak Midwinter

• While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks

• Ding, Dong Merrily on High

• The Snow Lay on the Ground

• Jingle Bells

• We Wish You a Merry Christmas

   

Easy Classics for the Harpsicle® Harp

Songs in this set include:

• La Musette

• Theme from Swan Lake

• Merry Widow Waltz

• The Emperor Waltz

• "Bouree" from Music for the Royal Fireworks

• Theme from the Surprise Symphony

• Minuet in G (transposed to C)

• Brahms Lullaby 

• Gavotte

• Theme from the Nutcracker

• "Spring” from the Four Seasons

• Waltz (Brahms)

Classic Standards of the World for the Harpsicle® Harps

Songs in this set include:

• Greensleeves w/ variation

• Santa Lucia

• Scheherazade

• Bridal Chorus

• Largo w/ variation

• Songs of the Volga Boatman

• Romany Life

• Just a Song at Twilight

• Cielito Lindo (Beautiful Heaven)

• Country Gardens

Children's & Campfire Songs for the Harpsicle® Harp

Songs in this set include:

• Oh, Susanna

• On Top of Old Smokey

• Bingo

• The Muffin Man

• Mary Had a Little Lamb

• Camptown Races

• Kookaburra

• Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore

• Sweet Betsy From Pike

• Wheels on the Bus

• Hot Cross Buns

• I'm a Little Tea Pot

• This Old Man

• Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Easy Lullabies & Children's Songs for the Harpsicle® Harp

Songs in this set include:

• Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

• Hush, Little Baby

• The Fairy Lullaby

• My Bonnie

• Brahms Lullaby

• London Bridge

• Rock-A-Bye Baby

• Au Claire de la Lune

• All Through the Night

• Welsh Lullaby

• Lavender's Blue

• Gartan Mother's Lullaby

• Take This Lovely Flower

More Easy Classics for the Harpsicle® Harp

Songs in this set include:

• Pavane by Gabriel Faure

• St. Anthony Chorale by Franz F. Haydn

• Pastoral Symphony by George F. Handel

• Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy

• In a Little French Village by Tschaikowsky

• Ave Maria by Franz Schubert

• To a Wild Rose by E. MacDowell

• O Mio Babbino Caro by G. Puccini

• Barcarolle by J. Offenbach

• Symphony No. 1 by J. Brahms 

   

Easy Oldies for the Harpsicle® Harp

Songs in this set include:

• Red River Valley

• Beautiful Dreamer

• Sweet Betsy From Pike

• Down in the Valley

• Get Along Home, Cindy

• Oh, My Darling Clementine

• Carry Me Back to Old Virginny

• Take Me Out to the Ball Game

• The Yankee Doodle Boy

• Smile, Smile, Smile 

More Easy Oldies for the Harpsicle® Harps

Songs in this set include:

• Let Me Call You Sweetheart

• By the Light of the SIlvery Moon

• Give My Regards to Broadway

• Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair

• The Band Played On

• Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral

• For Me and My Gal

• The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze

• Home Sweet Home

• Lil' Liza

Easy Traditional Hymns for the Harpsicle® Harps

Songs in this set include:

• Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

• Blest Be the Tie That Binds

• God Will Take Care of You

• God Be with You Till We Meet Again

• Crown Him with Many Crowns

• Sweet By and By

• When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

• Come Thou Almighty King

• My Savior's Love

• Near the Cross

• How Firm a Foundation

• Where He Leads Me

• Whiter Than Snow 

Easy Spirituals for the Harpsicle® Harps

Songs in this set include:

• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

• Little David, Play Your Harp

• There is a Balm in Gilead 

• Wayfaring Stranger

• Jacob's Ladder

• Go Down, Moses

• I've Got Peace Like a River

• Steal Away

• Deep River

• Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho

• Were You There?

• Standin' in the Need of Prayer

• Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child 

Beyond the Cliffs of Moher

Beyond the Cliffs of Moher, by Darlene Walton, is arranged for both small and large harps. No sharps or flats are required. In fact, Darlene was working for us during the time she wrote this book and she had Harpsicle™ Harps very much in mind. Beyond the Cliffs of Moher has a wide variety of Irish tunes, including Danny Boy and Greensleeves. Some are easy and some are more challenging. Fingering and chord notations are included for each of the forty-two tunes. The range is from C below middle C on the low end, to the high G two and one half octaves above middle C.

Classics and More

Classics and More, by Darlene Walton, is arranged for both small and large harps. No sharps or flats are required. Before she retired, Darlene was a part of the Rees Harps family so she definitely had Harpsicle® Harps in mind when she was writing this book. The wide selection of tunes in Classics and More includes many classical pieces as well as several well-known tunes and three original pieces. The selections range from easy to intermediate level. The fingering and chords are included for each piece.

Gospel Favorites for All Seasons

Gospel Favorites for All Seasons, by Darlene Walton, contains a wide variety of Gospel music and several songs for special holidays, as well as two original pieces. The selections range from easy to intermediate level.  The fingering and chords are included for each piece. The tunes are all in the range of the twenty-six stringed Harpsicle® Harp, which starts on the C below middle C. All the selections can be played on large harps as well.

Quiet Moments - Therapeutic Harp Music

Quiet Moments - Therapeutic Harp Music, by Darlene Walton, is a collection of calming and relaxing pieces for the beginner-intermediate harpist. Quiet Moments was written for use in harp therapy settings. Each piece is written in four keys to give the harpist a variety of options if they choose to play the piece according to the listener's resonant tone. The mode in which each piece is written has also been included as have the chords for each piece so that the harp therapist can improvise or extend any given piece if they would like.

More Quiet Moments - Therapeutic Harp Music

More Quiet Moments - Therapeutic Harp Music, by Darlene Walton, is the second collection of calming and relaxing pieces for the beginner-intermediate harpist. More Quiet Moments was written for use in harp therapy settings. Each piece is written in four keys and seven modes to give the harpist a variety of options if they choose to play the piece according to the listener's resonant tone. The mode in which each piece is written has also been included as have the chords for each piece so that the harp therapist can improvise or extend any given piece if they would like.

NEW!!!! Fifty-five fabulous fake book favorites for fast performance

Fifty-Five Fabulous Fake Book Favorites for Fast Performance, by Darlene Walton, is arranged for both small and large harps. This fake book contains a wide variety of songs.

There is a four-page tutorial at the front of the book to instruct on how to play from a fake book. Each selection has the melody line, or the tune of the song, complete with the name of each note, the fingering, and the chords to play if you want to make the song fuller.

There are no sharps or flats. So if you don’t have levers on your harp, that’s fine. If you can’t read music you can still play these songs. They are quick and easy to master.

Asian Folksongs for the Smaller Harp

This book has 22 folk songs of Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia, various Chinese Provinces and the Philippines in a lovely spiral bound book.

Asian Folksongs for the Smaller Harp; Traditional Songs from various Chinese Provinces and Asian Countries for the 26 string harp, by Deborah Dahl Shanks, is arranged for smaller harps, later beginner to intermediate levels. Sharps and flats are included. The folksongs in this book represent the different regions of China as well as other Asian nationalities such as Taiwan, Mongolia and representative pieces from Korea and the Philippines. Each province has a distinctive style with many musical nuances characteristic to each area. They are based upon traditional melodies often played on native wind instruments of these cultures or popular songs and lullabies that are sung to a simple accompaniment. The folk songs in this collection are designed for the smaller harp with one octave below middle C and a minimum of 26 strings. The arrangements are appropriate for musicians with a mid-beginner to intermediate level.

An International Christmas for the Smaller Harp

These 22 international carols and songs are in a lovely spiral bound book.

An International Christmas for the Smaller Harp; Twenty-Two International Carols & Songs for the 26 string harp, by Deborah Dahl Shanks, is arranged for smaller harps, later beginner to intermediate levels. Sharps and flats are included. This book of carols is dedicated to the harp players who want to find the magic of Christmas through the international language of music. Through music we share a common bond around the world as we transcend cultures and languages. Through music let us find the hope, peace, joy and love of the season.

Japanese Folksongs for the Smaller Harp

These 21 Japanese traditional songs are in a lovely spiral bound book.

Japanese Folksongs for the Smaller Harp; Cherry Blossoms - Songs for the Harp from the Koto tradition for the 26 string harp, by Deborah Dahl Shanks, is arranged for smaller harps, later beginner to intermediate levels. Sharps and flats are included. “Cherry Blossoms” is a set of traditional, folksongs from the Japanese Koto music tradition. These pieces were transcribed from the original manuscript for two-part ensemble playing, but adapted for the smaller lever harp with one octave below middle C and at least 26 strings. They range in difficulty from mid-beginner to intermediate ability. Some pieces come in both an easier (mid-beginner) arrangement as well as more difficult one (intermediate). There is an openness and simplicity to the character of these pieces that should be mainteded, often with a pentatonic or modal flavor.

The Irish Lap Harp

This book has 24 Irish Airs, Laments & Folk Songs in a lovely spiral bound book.

The Irish Lap Harp for the 26 string harp, by Deborah Dahl Shanks, is arranged for smaller harps, later beginner to intermediate levels. Sharps and flats are included. This music is from the greatest of the Irish composers and anonymous folk writers. Many pieces date from the 17th and 18th centuries.

The Scandinavian Lap Harp

This book has 20 Scandinavia Folksongs, the Music of Edvard Grieg, the National Anthems of Norway and Sweden and the National Hymn of Finland in a lovely spiral bound book.

The Scandinavian Lap Harp for the 26 string harp, by Deborah Dahl Shanks, is arranged for smaller harps, later beginner to intermediate levels. Sharps and flats are included. This book mainly covers Norway with a not to its neighbor Sweden.

Gaelic Folk Music for the Smaller Harp

This book has 24 Gaelic and Celtic Traditions in a lovely spiral bound book.

Gaelic Folk Music for the Smaller Harp, by Deborah Dahl Shanks, is arranged for smaller harps, later beginner to intermediate levels with few lever changes. Gaelic Folk Music is a compilation of a variety of airs and songs from various Gaelic and Celtic sources and countries.

Native American Music for the Smaller Harp

This book has 28 Native American melodies in a lovely spiral bound book.

Native American Music for the Smaller Harp, by Deborah Dahl Shanks, is arranged for smaller harps, later beginner to intermediate levels. The arrangements in this book are based upon Native American flute melodies.

Renaissance Dances for the Small Harp

This book has 21 Stately Court Dances from lute and other instrumental literature in a lovely spiral bound book.

Renaissance Dances for the Small Harp, by Deborah Dahl Shanks, is arranged for smaller harps, later beginner to intermediate levels in the key of C. The Renaissance era (1400-1600) was a period of expansive growth of the arts based upon humanistic and secular ideas of fun, frolic, dance and song from all around the world. The dances contained in this collection come from an instrumental tradition of music for lute, vilheula, and other ensembles including winds and early keyboard.

Renaissance Songs for the Small Harp

This book has 20 Renaissance Ballads, Early Folk Songs, “The Silver Swan” and other Madrigals in a lovely spiral bound book.

Renaissance Songs for the Small Harp, by Deborah Dahl Shanks, is arranged for smaller harps, later beginner to intermediate levels in the key of C. The Renaissance era (1400-1600) was a period of expansive growth of the arts based upon humanistic and secular ideas of fun, frolic, dance and song from all around the world.

Medieval Music for the Small Harp

This book has 20 Medieval French and English Chants, Secular Songs and Dances and a Gregorian Mass Setting for Lent in a lovely spiral bound book.

Medieval Music for the Small Harp, by Deborah Dahl Shanks, is arranged for smaller harps, later beginner to intermediate levels in the key of C. This book is based upon traditional music of the Middle Ages found in both Medieval notation and transcribed Medieval music manuscripts.

California Celtic - from California to the Celtic Lands and Back Again

Jigs, Reels, Slip jigs, Hornpipes, Marches, Airs and other tunes in the traditional Celtic style, with some twists and turns inspired by the land and people of California in a lovely spiral bound book.

For over half a century, California has been a center of Celtic harp-playing. In this collection of all-original tunes, California folk harpist  and composer Diana Stork offers a new spin on the old traditions.

Solo arrangements are suited for all styles of harps and for piano. The melodies can be played by instruments such as fiddle, flute, concertina and other melody instruments. Duets can be played by 2 harps, or any combinationof instruments.

Harp Crossings - from North to south america and Back Again

14 of Diana’s Latin-inspired harp compositions for Latin, Lever and Pedal harps in a lovely spiral bound book. Includes solos and duets. Also includes sound recordings of all the pieces. Intermediate level. 

Diana Stork’s engaging new collection of her own compositions is composed in just the style needed for the many types of occasions in which harpists perform. The editing is clear with left and right hand lines well laid out on the page and easy to read. Rhythmic and lighthearted, with a touch of romance, these pieces are a joy to learn and play.
~ Natalie Cox, Principal harpist with Oakland Symphony, 1980-2015

NEW!!! First Pieces for the Harp

First pieces for the harp includes Diana Stork’s charming original compositions and etudes, as well as her arrangements of world music, lullabies, rounds, songs for the winter holidays, and a lovely Renaissance Spring song. All the pieces in this book are in the key of C and are especially well-suited to being played on the 26-string Harpsicle® Harp.

The pieces are progressive – from very simple, to more challenging; and some basic music elements such as dynamics, fingering, harmonics, etc. are introduced. One of the unique aspects of this book are the fun “Play Along” stories, which clearly can inspire young harpists to expand their repertoires. This collection is guaranteed to inspire young harpists, and beginning harp students of any age!