Using both hand from start
So far, harp playing for the beginner was often a struggle between the two hands – one against the other: the melody hand could finally play its part, but often had difficulty, when the bass wanted to play.
The old Irish harp style puts an end to the problem of left-right: From the very beginning, both hands play together. They share the melody rhythmically and play alternately – instead of simultaneously.
This sounds more complicated than it is:. our legs alternate rhythmically while walking, too.... The trick here is that the left hand plays an octave on the stressed melody notes (where we would also clap). The remaining unstressed notes and ornaments are played by the right hand alone.
So all by itself a bass line emerges which follows the melody. Soon, the bass hand can go its own way (but it need not!) and we are becoming quite relaxed with the coexistence of the two hands.
Content
The charming fair Elly
Little Molly O!
Lord Mayo
Black Rose Bud
Song of the Chanter
Marbhana no Cumba
Limerick’s Lamentation
Love be near me
Lady Iveagh
Love’s a tormenting Pain
The Wild Geese
March of the King of Laoise
When the cock crows, it is day!
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