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Oh wow thank you so much!!! I am going for Laurie’s book, because it has ‘Are you sleeping Maggie‘ in it. :o)
I have Cynthia STELHART book and CD ‘Make mine a double’
It has a lovely introduction into history of double harps and then moves on to the technique exercises – you guessed it – Echo, Split and Overlap techniques, then the section with arrangements like Amazing Grace, Greensleeves, All through the night, etc. Last chapter is on Double harp resources – luthiers, publications, Welsh music. The CD is a huge bonus because I like you also need to hear first! (Is there no cd to go with Laurie’s book? I thought on her site the book is sold with cd, but maybe not available for digital version?)
It assumes and relies on previous harp playing experience ( even if just the basics) so it can’t be a sole fisrt book, so one needs to have hand placement, etc down already. No musical theory either, so it is not for the complete beginner.
RE: “Double-Strung Compendium” I found the description on this site 32 pages, so looks like a song book.
Songs from Cindy’s two double-string books, Duette and Breezy, plus four previously unpublished new double string pieces. There are 32 pages. INTERMEDIATE, DOUBLE-STRUNG HARP. Contains: Double Strung Waltz, Love is a Circle, A Voice in My Head, Duette, Long Way Home, The Secret, Dark of Night, Waltz in the Wood, and Breezy.
The good news is that my Brittany Harp had arrives, the bad news is that it needs sanding, varnishing stringing and tuning. :o) Looking forward to my journey!
