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I Vow to Thee (Jupiter) arranged by Kim Robertson -- sheet music This arrangement by Kim Robertson was recorded on her "Highland Heart" CD (GOURD). Jupiter is from Holst's suite, "The Planets." It is also known as "I Vow to Thee, My Country," a patriotic hymn based on a poem by Cecil A. Spring-Rice, and by "Thaxted," after the village in Essex where Holst lived. It appears in a number of hymnals with the text of "O God, Beyond All Praising." ($5.00) You can use PayPal to order your copy of I Vow To Thee at $5.00 All orders outside the continental US please use the following button:
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Verlene's popular song from the Peace CD is transcribed for harp or piano and voice. Guitar chords are also provided. The harp is advanced beginner/intermediate level and can be played on lever or pedal harp. It is in the key of G and there are no lever or pedal changes. The vocal is a blues style, and includes "blue notes" -- so the flats written in the melody should be sung somewhere between the flat and the natural. The arrangement is 4 pages, and the lead sheet is 2 pages. ($5.00) You can use PayPal to order your copy of True Friends at $5.00
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Wishing You Well -- sheet music The only vocal song from Verlene's Wishing You Well CD is transcribed for harp or piano and voice. Guitar chords are also provided. The harp is beginner/advanced beginner level and can be played on lever or pedal harp. It is in the key of G and there are no lever or pedal changes. This song is very easy to sing and play at the same time! The arrangement is 4 pages, and the lead sheet is 2 pages. ($5.00) You can use PayPal to order your copy of Wishing You Well at $5.00 All orders outside the continental US please use the following button:
This book will give you tools to play along with singers and other instrumentalists without needing to read and memorize music! The concept is the same as for learning folk guitar -- they only need to learn some chords and a few strumming or fingerpicking patterns, and away they go! So, why should guitar players get all the fun? Here at last is an approach to playing folk harp that is truly a folk style of learning. Although all the songs used for examples and practice in this book are from American and Celtic folk music, you can apply this to modern popular music as well. The book includes how to figure out the keys and lever settings for songs, and what to do about chords that are not "within the key." It also includes a fingerpicking "library" with 80 patterns in four different time signatures. There are 20 fun folk songs with lyrics and chords, not a single note to read. The book comes with a companion CD of all 20 songs to rehearse along with. Verlene sings and plays her Celtic harp in a variety of styles to give you the sense of playing along with other musicians and singers. Then you can take these fingerpicking patterns, add your own if you like, and bring your harp to the next sing-along or jam session in your own community! The songs in the book include: The Water is Wide; Down the River; Go Down Moses; Mockingbird Song; Fair and Tender Ladies; Barbara Allen; Wade in the Water; America, the Beautiful; Streets of Laredo; Star of County Down; Scarborough Fair; Midnight Special; Oh Danny Boy; Amazing Grace; Wayfaring Stranger; Cockles and Mussels; Water Come a Me Eye; Cat Came Back; Old Joe Clark; and John Henry. 62 pages ($25.00 for book/cd) You can use PayPal to order your copy of The Sing-Along Harper All orders outside the continental US please use the following button:or simply print and fill out the order form , and snail-mail with your check or money order.
The Sing-Along Harper Song Book, Volume 1 This is volume 1 of a two volume series of transcriptions of what was played on the CD included with The Sing-Along Harper. Volume 1 includes the first 10 songs in the book (and on the CD) and is transcribed for lever harp and voice (or any melody instrument). Chord names are also included. For those who would benefit from seeing the written notation and comparing that to what they hear on the CD, this can be a useful tool in learning how to make your own accompaniments using the fingerpicking patterns included in "The Sing-Along Harper." For those who are more comfortable with simply reading the notes, rather than learning how to play along with chords and patterns, this book has all you need! Songs include: The Water is Wide; Down the River; Go Down Moses; Mockingbird Song; Fair and Tender Ladies; Barbara Allen; Wade in the Water; America, the Beautiful; Streets of Laredo; and Star of County Down. 40 pages ($15.00) You can use PayPal to order your copy of The Sing-Along Harper Song Book, Volume 1 All orders outside the continental US please use the following button:or simply print and fill out the order form , and snail-mail with your check or money order. The CD that includes all 20 songs from The Sing-Along Harper Song Books Volumes 1 and 2 is included in the "how to" book, "The Sing-Along Harper." The CD can be purchased as a stand alone CD for $10.00.
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Traditional Christmas Tunes with a Twist This is the third book in the "Tunes with a Twist" series. The “twist” is the jazzy approach in the arrangements of these tunes that we usually hear with traditional chords and rhythms. The arrangements in this book are for lever harp, but can be played just as easily on pedal harp or piano. Most of the tunes can be played on a lever harp with only F and C levers, but for one tune, you will also need a G# and for another, you’ll also need a Bb for a lever slide -- or you can simply leave it out. Each arrangement uses either jazzy chords or jazzy rhythms or both. Chords are also given for guitar or any other chording instrument. Songs: Away in a Manger; The First Noel; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen; The Holly and the Ivy; I Saw Three Ships; It Came Upon a Midnight Clear; Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; Jingle Bells; O Christmas Tree; and Silent Night. 25 pages ($10.00) You can use PayPal to order your Traditional Christmas Tunes with a Twist book All orders outside the continental US please use the following button:
Cool Chords and Groovy Rhythms Arranging for Lever Harp in Modern StylesThis book covers the cool chords that go "beyond and between" the triads used in traditional styles of music, and modern rhythms that "groove". The minimal chord in jazz is a chord made of four tones - usually a seventh chord, such as Cmaj7, Dm7, and G7. These are used extensively in pop as well. But beyond the 7's are 9's, 11's, sus4's and 13's that can add even more of a modern jazzy sound to any melody. The rhythms used in modern styles vary from syncopated rhythms to "swing eighths" to a rockin' "four on the floor". Jazz introduces the element of swing, and the Brazilian influence within the jazz genre brings us straight eighths with lots of syncopation. Exercises, examples, and assignments are given for each element presented in order to provide the tools for making modern-sounding arrangements using popular songs, traditional tunes, or your own compositions. 80 pages. ($20.00) You can use PayPal to order your Cool Chords and Groovy Rhythms
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More Traditional Tunes with a Twist This is the second book in a series of arrangements for lever harp. The “twist” is the jazzy approach in the arrangements of these tunes that we usually hear with traditional chords and rhythms. The arrangements in this book are for lever harp, but can be played just as easily on pedal harp or piano. Most of the tunes can be played on a lever harp with only F and C levers, but for one tune, you will also need a G# and for another, you’ll also need a G# and an A#. Each arrangement uses either jazzy chords or jazzy rhythms or both. Chords are also given for guitar or any other chording instrument. Songs: All the Pretty Little Horses, Amazing Grace, Jazzy Midnight Clear, Maids of Mourne Shore, Oh Shenandoah, The Parting Glass, The Riddle Song, Scarborough Fair, Scotch ‘n’ Soda Jig, Wayfaring Stranger. 27 pages ($10.00)You can use PayPal to order your More Traditional Tunes with a Twist book All orders outside the continental US please use the following button: or simply print and fill out the order form , and snail-mail with your check or money order.
Traditional Tunes with a Twist The "twist" is the jazzy approach in the arrangements of these tunes that are usually played with traditional chords and rhythms. The arrangements in this book are for lever harp, but can be played just as easily on piano. Most of the tunes can be played on a lever harp with only the F and C levers, but for one tune you will also need a G-sharp. Each arrangement begins more simply and less jazzy and then evolves into a more modern sound with jazzy chords, jazzy rhythms, or both. As one of Verlene's students put it, "these are not the chords your ancestors used!" Chord names are also given for guitar or any other chording instrument. Songs are: Greensleeves Swing, House of the Rising Sun, Mo Ghile Mear, Mockingbird Song, Morrison's Jig, Motherless Child, Oh Susannah, Si Bheag Si Mhor, Silent "Jazzy" Night, Suo-gan (Lullaby), Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, and The Water is Wide. 26 pages. ($10.00)You can use PayPal to order your Traditional Tunes with a Twist book All orders outside the continental US please use the following button: 
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Cross-Strung Traditional Tunes with a Twist Harp Book In addition to making use of the chromatic capabilities of the cross-strung harp, most of these arrangements are jazzed up versions of traditional tunes, re-harmonized for a fun change of pace. Included is a re-harmonized version of a Bach Gavotte, with the original version on the first page and the jazzy one on the second page. Bach purists are welcome to play just page one … Those who would enjoy a modernized “twist” on the piece can proceed to page two! Labyrinth can be played as a harp solo as it is recorded it on The Hidden Pool, or as a harp accompaniment to voice as it is recorded on Persephone’s Art, or with a melody instrument. Pieces include: Amazing Grace, Down By the Salley Gardens, The First Noel, Gavotte I (from Bach Cello Suites) It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, Labyrinth, Morrison's Jig, Oh Shenandoah, The Riddle Song, and What Wondrous Love. 28 pages. ($10.00)You can use PayPal to order your Cross-Strung Traditional Tunes with a Twist Harp Book All orders outside the continental US please use the following button: or simply print and fill out the order form , and snail-mail with your check or money order.
Jazz Chord Voicing Library for Cross-Strung Chromatic Harp (Book) This book is part of a series of books for the cross-strung chromatic harpist for playing and arranging tunes using jazz theory. This book is a jazz chord voicing library, and can be used to find the notes in a chord that you may find in a jazz “fake book” or to find some cool jazz substitutions for your own arranging and composing. There is an introductory chapter that discusses the concept of voicing and gives useful tips on how to use the library. 53 pages. ($15.00)You can use PayPal to order your Jazz Chord Voicing Library All orders outside the continental US please use the following button: or simply print and fill out the order form , and snail-mail with your check or money order.
The Jazz Chord Finder (for cross-strung harp or any chording instrument) This packet is a resource for finding out what notes are in each jazz chord. This packet includes a chart with all the scale degrees, plus accidentals in each key, plus transparent grids to find the chords. Instructions are also included. ($7.00)You can use PayPal to order your Jazz Chord Finder All orders outside the continental US please use the following button: or simply print and fill out the order form , and snail-mail with your check or money order.
Verlene's Cross-Strung Harp Book This book for cross-strung harp includes four harp solos, three for harp and vocal, and two for harp and flute or any other melody instrument. The vocal pieces can also be played with a melody instrument. The styles range from Renaissance and Baroque, to modern jazzy original compositions. There are fingering suggestions, but they are purposefully sparse, so that you won't become bogged down by them. You can add fingerings using the suggested ones, and copying them to similar passages, or you can choose to put in alternate fingering of your own. The last page is an excerpt from the upcoming book "Jazz on a Cross-Strung Harp" --- a how-to book for arranging and playing jazz on the cross-strung. Pieces include: Alman, Willow Song, Spagnoletta, Bach Prelude No. 9, Siciliano, Now & Then, Two-D Imagery, and Watch Your Blues Fade Away. 25 pages. ($10.00)You can use PayPal to order your Cross-Strung Harp Book All orders outside the continental US please use the following button:
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Songs for lever harp and voice. All the songs in this book can be heard on Verlene's recordings " Persephone's Art ." "Rendezvous with the Moon ," and "Dreamtime ." On the recordings, Verlene plays diatonic lever and cross-strung chromatic harps and is joined by percussion, string bass, guitar, flute and other instruments. The arrangements in this book are for lever harp and voice, but can be played just as easily on piano. She tunes her harp in the key of F major (all natural notes except B-flat). Chords are also given for guitar or any other chording instrument. Songs are: Persephone's Art, Entranced, Make it Real, Le Guin, Rendezvous with the Moon, Your Own Best Friend, Laugh With the Universe, El Nino, Dreamtime, Further On, Grandmama Remembers, and Equal to the Task. 48 pages. ($15.00) You can use PayPal to order your Verlene Schermer Song Sampler book All orders outside the continental US please use the following button:
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This is a companion book to the Silverwood CD, Now & Then . It features 13 songs arranged for harp and flute and guitar and flute. The songs span several hunderd years -- from medieval to modern! 5 of the songs are original compositions by Verlene and flautist, Linnette Bommarito. A few of the pieces can only be played with cross-strung harp or pedal harp. All have guitar chords, and can be played by any chording instrument. Songs written for harp (lever, cross-strung or pedal) can also be played on piano. Songs are: O Gloriosa Regina, King of the Fairies, Canzonet, Spagnoletta, Woodycock, Alman, Canon in G, Siciliano, The Fifes, 'Bout Ten, 'Leven Years, Seasons, Just Takes Time, and Now and Then. 86 pages. ($20.00) You can use PayPal to order your Now & Then book All orders outside the continental US please use the following button:
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This is a companion book to the Rendezvous with the Moon CD. It features 13 original songs by Verlene Schermer arranged for harp and voice. 5 of the songs are for cross-strung harp and can also be played on pedal harp. All the songs can also be played on piano or guitar. Songs are: Breakthrough, El Nino, Fertile Inner World, Laugh with the Universe, Make the Silence Answer, Maple Leaf, Metamorphosis, Potential, Rendezvous with the Moon, The River, Two-D Imagery, Watch Your Blues Fade Away, and Your Own Best Friend. 50 pages. ($15.00) You can use PayPal to order your Rendezvous with the Moon book All orders outside the continental US please use the following button:
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Harper's Brew by Aryeh Frankfurter You can use PayPal to order your Harper's Brew book All orders outside the continental US please use the following button: or simply print and fill out the order form , and snail-mail with your check or money order.
Highland Heart by Kim Robertson You can use PayPal to order your Highland Heat book All orders outside the continental US please use the following button: or simply print and fill out the order form , and snail-mail with your check or money order.
Aryeh Frankfurter's Music of Scandinavia, Vol. 1 You can use PayPal to order your Music of Scandinavia, Vol.1 book All orders outside the continental US please use the following button: or simply print and fill out the order form , and snail-mail with your check or money order.
Vocal Mechanics: A Look Under the Hood You can use PayPal to order your Vocal Mechanics: A Look Under the Hood book All orders outside the continental US please use the following button:or simply print and fill out the order form , and snail-mail with your check or money order.
A Dozen Dowland Songs & Ayres You can use PayPal to order your A Dozen Dowland Songs and Ayres book and CD All orders outside the continental US please use the following button: You can use PayPal to order your A Dozen Dowland Songs and Ayres book (no CD) All orders outside the continental US please use the following button: or simply print and fill out the order form , and snail-mail with your check or money order.
Christmas Lullaby by Kim Robertson You can use PayPal to order your Christmas Lullaby book All orders outside the continental US please use the following button:
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Tranquility -- by Barbara Ellen Schilling The arrangements in this book are for beginning to intermediate players on 34 – 36 string lever harp in keys from one flat to four sharps. Eleven out of the sixteen pieces can be played on a lever harp with only C and F levers. The pieces are great for sight reading, and with that in mind, we kept the page turning to a minimum – only one per piece. Chords are provided so that you can improvise your own left hand arrangements for additional verses, or invite a guitarist to play along. The companion CD includes all the songs in the book, in the order they appear in the book, so if you like, you can put the CD on and play along from page one to the end. The arrangements are among those that harpist Barbara Ellen Schilling plays in hospitals, hospice and senior centers in Southern California. Complete songlist: Before Dawn; Bonny Portmore; The Christ Child’s Lullaby; The Cradle Song; Danny Boy; Greensleeves; The Grenadier and the Lady; Loch Lomond; Mrs. Jamison’s Favourite; The Recollection of the Day; Scarborough Fair; Slumbering Minstrel; Tramps and Hawkers; The Water at Twilight; The Water is Wide; Westering Home. 48 pages (book/CD $22.00) You can use PayPal to order your Tranquility book/CD All orders outside the continental US please use the following button: or simply print and fill out the order form , and snail-mail with your check or money order.
The Sing-Along Harper Song Book, Volume 2 This is volume 2 of a two volume series of transcriptions of what was played on the CD included with The Sing-Along Harper. Volume 2 includes the last 10 songs in the book (and on the CD) and is transcribed for lever harp and voice (or any melody instrument). Chord names are also included. For those who would benefit from seeing the written notation and comparing that to what they hear on the CD, this can be a useful tool in learning how to make your own accompaniments using the fingerpicking patterns included in "The Sing-Along Harper." For those who are more comfortable with simply reading the notes, rather than learning how to play along with chords and patterns, this book has all you need! Complete songlist: Scarborough Fair; Midnight Special; Oh Danny Boy; Amazing Grace; Wayfaring Stranger; Cockles and Mussels; Water Come a Me Eye; Cat Came Back; Old Joe Clark; and John Henry.41 pages. ($15.00) You can use PayPal to order your Sing-Along Harper Song Book, Volume 2 All orders outside the continental US please use the following button: or simply print and fill out the order form , and snail-mail with your check or money order.
Tunes We Play Together (Duets, Trios, and Ensemble Music) As one of the primary ensemble leaders for Harpers Hall, Verlene has had many years of experience leading a multi-level harp ensemble and has arranged several pieces for the Harpers Hall Ensemble in two or three parts. This book includes eight of her arrangements – four Christmas pieces, two traditional Celtic and two classical. Harp one is usually the easiest part, with harp two at intermediate level and harp three more advanced. The two classical pieces don’t follow this division of levels, but both are at intermediate to advanced intermediate level. She has included suggestions on how to use the book with either two or three harps, or full harp ensembles. Many of the three part pieces can also be played as a duet or solo. Complete songlist: Carol of the Bells, Flower Duet, Glass of Beer/Burning of the Piper’s Hut, Gymnopedie #1, The Holly and the Ivy, Silent Night, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, and Willafjord. 30 pages. ($10.00) You can use PayPal to order your Tunes We Play Together book All orders outside the continental US please use the following button:or simply print and fill out the order form , and snail-mail with your check or money order.
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