Features:

This step-by-step approach to learning to play the autoharp will help beginners and teachers understand the many ways in which this versatile instrument can be used. You will learn a variety of strumming techniques, how to work the chord bars, how to use the different areas of the strings effectively, how to play songs and simple melodies, and even a brief history of how the Autoharp began and developed.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Beginning Strumming Techniques
• Strum Patterns
• The Pinch
• Changing Chords in the Middle of Strum Patterns
• Combining Strum Patterns
• Mary Ann
• Buffalo Gals
• Clementine
• Down in the Valley
• My Bonnie
• Oh Susanna
• Down by the Riverside
• Beautiful, Beautiful Brown Eyes
• Rock-A My Soul
• Daisy Bell
• When the Saints Go Marching In
• Greensleeves
• Irene Goodnight
• Mama Don't 'Low
• Drunken Sailor
• Do Lord
• In the Good Old Summertime
• Jamaica Farewell
• House of the Rising Sun
• Old Folks at Home
• Basic Melody Techniques
• Taps
• Ten Little Indians
• Skip to My Lou
• Clementine
• Lullaby
• Blue Danube Waltz
• Irene Goodnight
• When the Saints Go Marching In
• Red River Valley
• Daisy Bell
• Battle Hymn of the Republic
• Simple Gifts
• She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain
• Old Molly Hare
• Home on the Range
• Rock-A My Soul
• Appendix A: Basic Music Theory
• Appendix B: Care and Maintenance of the Autoharp
• Appendix C: Miscellaneous Information
• Ordering Parts
• Autoharp Luthiers
• Autoharp Festivals
• Selected Discography
• Autoharp Songbooks

Catalog:	ALF2222
Publisher:	Alfred Publishing
Composer:	Bonnie Phipps
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Voicing:	Autoharp
Level:	Beginning
Pages:	88