Music page

All of WireStrungharp.com is about music, but here you will find the stuff that musicians crave. For the harpers among our visitors, you will find downloadable sheet music, articles on arranging and interpreting the music, ideas for where to find more music to play, and several links to our Library, where a few music books sit on our virtual shelves. Plan a further visit to our Library when you take a practice break: there is more on our shelves than musical scores.

Future plans for this section of the website include more soundclips, videos, education/tutor tips, and more. Please come back and visit again some time, to see what is added as we grow.

Fingal’s Cave an article originally published in the Kilt & Harp, with score for download and a recording
Tweedside a downloadable pdf in an article on John Elouis hosted on WireStrungharp.com
Lost Chords What do we know about the early harp music?
An examination of the background to the classical period of the wire strung harp
The Library of WireStrungharp.com also holds some music books
The Irish and Highland Harp (1904) by Robert Bruce Armstrong (pages 121–136 and 185–192)
A Collection of Strathspey Reels & Country Dances (1709), the harp tunes from pages 32–35 by John Bowie
The Collections of Edward Bunting all three of which have music as a primary element.
Ancient Scotish Melodies by William Dauney, print music on pages 215–251 and 342–353
A Collection of Ancient Scots Music by Daniel Dow
A Collection of Ancient Irish Airs by John Mulholland
Elizabeth Ross manuscript and transcriptions edited by Cooke, Macleod and Ó Baoill