"Last week I downloaded a number of your beginner-level pieces. Thank you Susan for this amazing offering!"
"I just adore Susan's new two volume collection "The Harper's Mystery and Magic Tune Book"! Appropriate for musicians, historians, bards, witches, silkies and fairies alike! It is the musical collection I have been longing to find! Susan's user friendly and informative presentation of the material, its history plus all the AMAZING lead sheets gives you (beginner to advanced) instant access into the land of Celtic mythology.
I look forward to learning many fairy dance tunes and adding many otherworldly ballads to my repertoire." "Thank you Susan for compiling such an extensive body of work for Celtic harp, that can be played by most any level of ability! As an intermediate harp student I have found the tunes beautifully and thoughtfully arranged. I love Celtic fairies and magic songs, and I’m very excited to explore so many different versions and tunes, both familiar and un-."
"What a wonderful resource! Full of melodies, alternate melodies, and lyrics - there’s a ton of material here. Sister Jean Main Sidebar Search for: Product Categories Subscribe for UpdatesĪbout the Harper's Mystery and Magic Tune Book, Vol. Just treat a lever change like a note, timing the hand motion on exactly the same beat each time, and you'll find it easy to incorporate that way. The lever changes are really not hard, so don't be afraid of them. Here's a software-generated mp3 to give you a rough idea: The result is a playfulness and joy that you have to experience for yourself. You're in for a treat!) The tune is so unusual, as it shifts from one mode to the next, so you get to experience the different flavor of Mixolydian, Dorian and Ionian (Major). This is a catchy tune I first heard on a wonderful Celtic cello recording by Abby Newton (if you don't know her work, check her out.
Here is a software-generated mp3 of this tune from Volume 2: ĭeirdre's Lamentation Free Sheet Music PDF Download Sister Jean This song is the tragic heroine's lament over the graves of her beloved and his brothers, after they are killed by the High King of Ulster. The Lure of the Fairy Hill Free Sheet Music PDF Downloadįrom Volume 2 I'm sharing Deirdre's Lamentation. Here is a software-generated mp3 of this tune from Volume 1: The Lure of the Fairy Hill, from Volume 1, is a lovely tune sung by a woman whose family has murdered her leannan sith, the fairy lover that has given her sleepless nights and magical powers. (You will see that format in these two samples).Ī bundled set of both volumes is available hereĭownload a PDF document of the full, alphabetical listing of the tunes in each volume. Where applicable, I've included a facing page of lyrics, lore and background information. New! Free Samples from The Harper's Mystery and Magic Tune Book, Volumes 1 and 2!Īfter a long labor of love, I now have two volumes of material from the fairy and otherwordly tradition in Celtic music, each with more than 50 songs, all edited and arranged as lead sheets with with chord symbols and words in the score where possible.