Singing Strings - Isobel Mieras

Standard: Beginner       Harp Type: Lever Harp

Twelve simple tunes for the small harp composed or arranged by Isobel Mieras

• Singing Strings Beginner’s Reel.
• Howgate Waltz Written for the children of Howgate Primary School.
• An Eriskay Love Lilt.
• Triad Duet Simple root position triads make an effective accompaniment.
• Caprice and Doloroso Two pieces of contrasting mood. Play them as individual tunes, or join them together with a smooth lever change as Caprice-Doloroso-Caprice.
• Brahms’ Lullaby
• 'Strusaidh mi na Coilleagan (The Cockle Gatherer) One of many lively and rhythmic working songs from the Gaelic tradition.
• Old Lament A beautiful melody in the Dorian mode found in the Gesto Collection from Skye.
• Buain na Rainich (Pulling Bracken) Yet another traditional working song, this time in rather a wistful mood.
• An Ataireachd Ard (The Surge of the Sea) An emigrant’s longing to return home and finally be buried beside the sound of the surging sea.
• Song without Words Originally written for a student with a temporarily disabled right hand!