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This is the first book written exclusively for the folk harp that teaches the student how to play the instrument, step by step. Each of the 12 lessons includes instructions, exercises and folk and classical pieces using the new skills and techniques taught in the lesson. This is an excellent book for any student, regardless of previous musical training.

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Sylvia Woods is one of the leaders in the harp world. She has written over 20 books for the harp, and has made three recordings. She owns the Sylvia Woods Harp Center Store and Mail Order Catalog, selling harps, harp music books, harp recordings and accessories.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Woods Music & Books, Inc.; 30th edition (January 1, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Spiral-bound ‏ : ‎ 80 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0936661429
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0936661421
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.26 x 11 inches

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Customers find the book helpful for beginners. It provides clear instructions and nice song choices that build on exercises. The pacing is good, with enough progress to keep them engaged. The hand placement tips are appreciated.

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55 customers mention "Learning material"51 positive4 negative

Customers find the book helpful for beginners. They appreciate the clear instructions and exercises in each lesson, along with songs that build on those exercises. The book is a nice supplement to formal lessons, providing good exercises and songs that build on them. Customers like how the technique is explained and find it great for beginners without music background.

"Great book for beginners with no music background" Read more

"...The lessons are progressive in nature. After, the lesson, you get to practice some music!..." Read more

"This book is excellent. It's clear, logical, easy to follow and in days you'll able to play simple tunes of real music, much more than just nursery..." Read more

"I love this book. It is very detailed and comprehensive...." Read more

16 customers mention "Music selection"16 positive0 negative

Customers find the song choices nice and graded. They say the book is great for learning to play the harp or read music. The songs build on exercises, and in days students can play simple tunes of real music, much more than just nursery music. It makes it easy and fun to learn to read music for the harp and helps fill in gaps in their music knowledge.

"...She does a wonderful job transcribing and includes many songs that are fun to play. I bought a couple of her other books for this reason." Read more

"...overly long time on basic excercises and you get to plunge right in to playing simple songs ... and they're different than the same old "yankee..." Read more

"...It's clear, logical, easy to follow and in days you'll able to play simple tunes of real music, much more than just nursery rhymes...." Read more

"...a huge ego—and as I was looking through the book I thought, this is baby music! This is the stuff I was playing when I was 6!..." Read more

8 customers mention "Clarity"8 positive0 negative

Customers find the book clear and concise. They appreciate the transcribing and the included songs that are fun to play.

"...She does a wonderful job transcribing and includes many songs that are fun to play. I bought a couple of her other books for this reason." Read more

"This book is excellent. It's clear, logical, easy to follow and in days you'll able to play simple tunes of real music, much more than just nursery..." Read more

"Easy to read but could have used more photos or drawings. Well worth the money." Read more

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6 customers mention "Pacing"6 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's pacing. They find it challenging but with enough progress to keep them engaged. The songs are well-chosen and keep them learning for a long time. Overall, customers find the book works as expected.

"...that you will need in upcoming songs, so everything is very well targeted to work together...." Read more

"...A few weeks later she is a third of the way through the book, playing wonderful (recognizable) songs on the harp and is asking for the second book!..." Read more

"...It has a good variety of songs and they can keep you busy learning for a long time. The key is to practice and I can't stress that enough." Read more

"...Her song choices are very nice and they are graded. Keeps you going because you can't wait to get there!" Read more

5 customers mention "Hand placement"5 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the hand placement tips in the book. They mention the harp, history of the harp, and how to play and hold the harp.

"...of the book, it gives a brief history of the harp, hand placement and music theory...." Read more

"...It even teaches you the parts of the harp, history of harp, hand position, and holding the harp. There are many pictures as well...." Read more

"...Includes instructions on how to replace strings on the harp, hand positions for playing. Beginning with simple tunes, and advancing to more complex...." Read more

"...easy to understand techniques on how to play, hold and hand placement for the harp. The learning to read music is easy as well...." Read more

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Dominika Perkowska
Great book
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2024
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Great book for beginners with no music background

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Sheila
Wonderful Book!
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2022
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I was unable to upload pictures of the book. I will try later.

The book arrived quickly but l have Prime.
The book was delivered in good condition. I like the fact it is spiral bound.

At the beginning of the book, it gives a brief history of the harp, hand placement and music theory.

The book can be used on a variety of harps just not folk harps.

Then, you get into the nuts and bolts of the book.

The lessons are progressive in nature. After, the lesson, you get to practice some music!

Towards the end of the book, it talks about changing strings and basic harp care.

I would suggest to find a teacher who can review the lessons with you. Practice each section several times. I don't think there is any substitute.

I will buy more books from Sylvia in the future.

I hope this helps!

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Stephen Maxwell
Really good book
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2024
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I really liked this - not so much for the actual instruction (which is quite good) but for the songs included. She does a wonderful job transcribing and includes many songs that are fun to play. I bought a couple of her other books for this reason.

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MusicalMama
Even good for experienced musicians
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2010
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I've learned to play a variety of musical instruments, primarily on my own, so I was excited to find a book purporting to help me learn folk harp without a teacher. This book has been very good so far, although I have had to supplement my knowledge with some digging on the internet, particularly when it comes to tuning, hand position, and using the sharping levers. I like the pace of the book. It doesn't spend an overly long time on basic excercises and you get to plunge right in to playing simple songs ... and they're different than the same old "yankee doodle" songs that most books make you wade through before getting to the "real" songs (the ones that sound impressive when you play them for your friends). I'm not sure how well I would have done with this book if I had not already been familiar with reading music, though. It does go over the basics, but it quickly moves into reading two staffs simultaneously, something that can be challenging for people that are just starting to learn to read music. The excercises that are included are very helpful for developing finger coordination in preparation for new skills that you will need in upcoming songs, so everything is very well targeted to work together. I will say that some of the hand-drawn music notes can be a little bit hard to read (but not impossible). Also, some of the fingering is very strange to me. That could just be because I have been a pianist for so many years. I just go through the song a few different times and choose a fingering structure that feels natural to me, and just ignore her suggestions on this. For folk song enthusiasts, this book is a veritable treasure trove, containing both well-known favorites and plenty of lesser-known melodies that you will love. I look forward to finishing this book and being able to choose from some of Sylvia's many other songbooks arranged for folk harp. Oh, one other note: I am playing with a harp that contains 3 full octaves; this book does call for about 4 or 5 notes below my lowest note ... something that could have been helpful to know when choosing what harp to purchase. I will be buying one with additional strings in the future.

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Irene
Excellent book!
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2023
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This book is excellent. It's clear, logical, easy to follow and in days you'll able to play simple tunes of real music, much more than just nursery rhymes. I'd highly recommend this book. It was recommended to me by the person who built my harp. I can play guitar and ukulele so had some experience with music and stringed instruments, but even if you didn't, this book would still work extremely well. If you want to learn the harp, this is the book to get.

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Music Snob
Very detailed & comprehensive
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2022
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I love this book. It is very detailed and comprehensive. The only complaint I have is, I don’t know the songs very well, so I don’t know if I am playing to sing right. I find myself looking them up on YouTube to listen to them.

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Brent Woo
CLOSE. INTO. YOUR. PALM.
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2019
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The book begins with a note "a special note for pianists and other musicians" which warns against rushing through the learning process, and breezing through the fundamentals. I am exactly the person that note was written for—a pianist of 25+ years with a huge ego—and as I was looking through the book I thought, this is baby music! This is the stuff I was playing when I was 6! So I grabbed my harp and blitzed through all the lame little tunes and trivial melodies, hammering away at the strings, pulling and clenching, tensed and messy. Easy.

Then, I got to Shenandoah, almost 90% of the way through the book. Her transcription is full of 4-finger block chords in the right hand, meant to be rolled, and a simple left hand accompaniment. Try as I might I couldn't brute force my way through this. I tried and tried, but I ended up pulling something in my middle finger. My shoulder hurt because I was tensing up. My cat started shedding, my plants started shriveling. Sylvia's prescient words echoed in my ear.

So I went back to the beginning. Worked on Twinkle Twinkle and Yankee Doodle, watching my hands, relaxing and closing fingers completely. And a couple months later, Shenandoah came to my fingers, rapturous and easily.

Close your dang fingers into your dang palm.

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Jen
Great for beginners!
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2020
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I haven't finished all of the lessons yet, but I am pleased with the book so far. One thing that I was really happy to find out is that you do not need levers for any of the music in this book. Since I am learning, I did not get levers on my harp. I would have been interested in the version that comes with a DVD, had I known it was available. I like how technique is explained. Looking forward to progressing through the book.

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Great for beginners
Reviewed in Canada on February 15, 2023
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This is a great beginner book for learning about music notes, timing, etc. while learning the harp. Nice selection of easy songs.

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Alpenrose
Super Lehrbuch!
Reviewed in Germany on July 2, 2024
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Für in meinem Fall autodidakten Harfenspieler mit Vorkenntnissen in Musik ein richtig gutes Lehrbuch, es führt systematisch und mit Spaß schnell zum ersten Spielerfolg.

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EXCELENTE PRODUCTO!
Reviewed in Mexico on January 19, 2021
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Estoy muy contenta con el trato que he recibido por parte de la empresa, me informaron atentamente sobre los retrasos en la entrega debido al COVID.
En cuanto al producto llegó en condiciones inmejorables, incluso se ve mejor que en la imagen! Y hay que tomar en cuenta que era un pedido del extranjero, y está impecable.
Respecto al contenido, aún no lo leo todo, pero puedo ver que no me he equivocado en pedir este maravilloso libro. Recomendable al 100.

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EXCELENTE PRODUCTO!

Reviewed in Mexico on January 19, 2021
Estoy muy contenta con el trato que he recibido por parte de la empresa, me informaron atentamente sobre los retrasos en la entrega debido al COVID.
En cuanto al producto llegó en condiciones inmejorables, incluso se ve mejor que en la imagen! Y hay que tomar en cuenta que era un pedido del extranjero, y está impecable.
Respecto al contenido, aún no lo leo todo, pero puedo ver que no me he equivocado en pedir este maravilloso libro. Recomendable al 100.

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Srade Farras
Es una necesidad para
Reviewed in Spain on October 23, 2018
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Este libro es necesario para principiantes en el harpa y leyendo música. S. Woods explica muy bien y enfoca en frasear y técnicas. Me encanta su presentación y explicación. Os lo recomiendo.

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syoko
楽しいです
Reviewed in Japan on December 2, 2019
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見たことも触ったこともないアイリッシュハープを習いに行かずに練習しようとして、教則本を探しました。英語が苦手なので最初は除外していたのですが、その時、買おうと思っていた松岡みやび先生の「はじめてのハープ教本」が長い間欠品で予約になってしまいました。それで、日本語で書かれているモルナール先生の「実用ハープ教本」と一緒にこちらを購入。正解でした。弾くのが楽しいです。アイリッシュ感たっぷりです。シーベグ・シーモア、主よ人の望み喜びよが最後の曲です。この本に載っている曲を弾くために必要な弦数ですが、ミドルＣをＣ４として、上はＣ６下はＧ２まであれば弾けます。ハープの種類にもよりますが、29弦以上あれば弾けるのではないでしょうか。弾き始めて（触り始めて？）半年。まだまだ音符に振り回されていますが、早く音に浸れるようになりたいです。

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