Tim's Guitar Workshop

Hi Marion. Yes harps go good with guitars, recorders and flutes too. When I played at the hospital our harp circle did a Christmas concert every December in the main lobby. That’s me playing bass recorder. I would just play the melody, nothing difficult. Do you know the books of arrangements by Suzanne Guldiman? That’s what I use for harp playing.

The Suzanne guldiman books aren’t celtic tunes. They are Victorian Christmas carols that aren’t played any more, so they are not recognizable as holiday tunes, Elizabethan, Old English and Early music. All very simple. Is O’Carolan harp music what you played? I played guitar in a duet with a harpist for a while.

I haven’t looked at the old duet repertoire book for years. we played Fanny Power and The Rose of Trallee. When I play harp I take lots of liberties. I use what is written as a point of departure. Everything pretty much sounds good on a harp! When playing solo you can really do whatever you want. I don’t play with any other musicians right…Read More