Zither Lap Harp Sheet Music ~ \"Appalachian Spirit\"; Appalachian Favorites For Sale

Have you ever seen a child light up when he gets a chance to play beautiful music? I sure have, and it’s wonderful!

As a professional pianist, private piano instructor, and Director of Music for a Montessori Preschool, I have spent many years sharing my passion for music with children. Along the way, I have developed and taught a very unique and successful early childhood music program, and have written many supplemental music books to enhance my program.

World of Harmony Music is a music program like no other. In my books \"Fall / Winter\" and \"Winter / Spring\", I have set lyrics to dozens of pieces of classical music, words which teach students the title of the music, the composer, and fun facts about the composer and his music. I then created sheet music with these lyrics for a beautiful little instrument called azither, made byAppalachian Spirit Folk Instruments,Music Maker, Melody Harp, T.K. O\'Brien\'s, and Small World Toys. (Please note that these sheets may not work with other zither brands, and definitely do NOT work with First Act or Hape Happy harps, as the size or tuning may be different. You could trim the edges of my books to fit First Act and Hape Happy Harps, but you may lose a couple of beginning or ending notes. If so, you could fill those in by hand on your cut sheets.Music Makers often have the word \"Nepenenoyka\" printed on them. Instruments not included!)

The books are wire-bound into easy-to-use music books. You just flip to the music you\'d like to play, and place the whole book under the strings of the zither. Pluck the strings in the order shown on the sheet music, and immediately play the world\'s most beautiful music!Anyone can immediately play beautiful music, regardless of musical training or natural ability. It just couldn’t be easier! I’ve watched “children” ages 3 to 90+ enjoy playing this music, as it’s so much fun for everyone!Whether you’d like this music for your own enjoyment and education, you’d like to teach children of your own, or you’d like to teach your own classes to students of any age, my books will make that goal so easy and so much fun!

This collection of 24 Appalachian folk songs was so much fun to write! For each song, I watched several different videos on YouTube so I’d get a good feel for each song. I think I’ll always remember the reaction of my sweet little blue parakeet, Gilly. He just sang his heart out so happily while I was watching those videos! He loved every minute of my research. I hope that playing these songs will bring that much happiness into your home, too. Some of the songs have optional harmony notes or even chords that you can play for a richer sound. If that sounds too tricky, just watch my videos and play right along with me. You’ll get the hang of it in no time. On YouTube, just search for the song name plus Debbie Center zither, and the video should come right up. Then we can play the song together! Of course, you could always choose to just play the melody if you prefer.

Here’s the song list:

• Angeline the Baker
• Arkansas Traveler
• Barlow Knife
• The Blackest Crow
• Cluck Old Hen
• Cold Frosty Morning
• Cripple Creek
• Flop-Eared Mule
• The Girl I Left Behind Me
• John Stenson’s No. 2
• Lorena
• Old Joe Clark
• Over the Waterfall
• Pretty Saro
• Sally Goodin
• Seneca Square Dance
• Shady Grove
• Shenandoah
• Soldier’s Joy
• Spotted Pony
• Turkey in the Straw
• Valley Forge
• Wayfaring Stranger
• Whiskey Before Breakfast

Below is a list of all of my books for these beautiful instruments, sold separately here on :

Fall / Winter (all classical pieces include composerinformation sheets):

1812 Overture, Tchaikovsky •Minuets in G, No. 114& 116, Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook•Minuet in G, No. 116,Harmony Sheet •Did You Ever See a Mummy? •Blue Danube, Strauss, Jr.•Can-Can, Offenbach Habanera, Bizet •SwanLake, Tchaikovsky•Piano Concerto No. 1, B flat, Tchaikovsky•Turkeyin theStraw •Oh Chanukah, Oh Chanukah •Chanukah Blessings,•Chanukah Blessings (Shecheyanu) •I Have a LittleDreidel•Sonatina, Opus 36, No. 3, 3rd Mvmt, Clementi •Childin the Manger (MorningHas Broken) •Hark, the Herald Angels Sing•Jingle Bells •Jolly Old St. Nicholas •Joy to the World • WeWish You a Merry Christmas Nutcracker – Chinese Dance, Overture, Russian Dance,and March, Tchaikovsky

Winter / Spring (all classical pieces include composerinformation sheets):

Eine Kleine Nacht Musik, Mozart •Fur Elise, Beethoven•We Shall Overcome, & sign language lesson•Hail tothe Chief, lyrics list allU.S.presidents in chronological order•Happy Farmer, Schumann•Serenade, Haydn •SurpriseSymphony, Haydn •Humoresque, Dvorak •Iko Iko, •IrishWasherwoman•Chinese New Year Song •Dayeinu •Caseyat the Bat •Take Me Out to the Ballgame •Spring, Vivaldi•LaDonna eMobile, Verdi •Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, Liszt •Jesu,Joy of Man\'s Desiring,Bach•Frere Jacques, presented in9 languages •Teddy Bear’s Picnic •Ninth Symphony, Beethoven

Child’s Play:

Alouette • B-I-N-G-O • Cockadoodledoo • Deck the Halls • DoYour Ears Hang Low? • Five Little Ducks•Frere Jacques in 9languages • If You’re Happy and You Know It • Jingle Bells • Joy to the World •Kookaburra • Little Bunny Foo Foo • I’m a Little Teapot • LondonBridge •My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean • Oh Susanna • Old MacDonald • Pop Goes theWeasel • All the Pretty Little Horses • Rockabye Baby • She’ll Be Comin’ ‘Roundthe Mountain • Shortnin’ Bread • The Bear Went Over the Mountain • This Old Man• Three Blind Mice • Twinkle Twinkle / ABC Song • We Wish You a Merry Christmas• Yankee Doodle

Child’s Play Duets: Harmony parts only forthe Child’s Play book, sold separately, to be played on a second zither forexciting duets. Do not order unless you have the Child’s Play book.

Wishing You A Merry Christmas:

Silent Night • Bring a Torch Jeannette Isabella • God RestYe Merry Gentlemen • The First Noel•Up on the Housetop • TheTwelve Days of Christmas • What Child is This? • While Shepherds Watched TheirFlocks•Deck the Halls • Joy to the World • Auld Lang Syne • Harkthe Herald Angels Sing•Christmas is Coming (the Goose isGetting Fat) • Over the River and Through the Woods • Good Christian MenRejoice•Good King Wenceslas • Jingle Bells • Jolly Old St. Nicholas• I Saw Three Ships • We Three Kings•Child in the Manger /Morning Has Broken • Nutcracker Suite Overture, Chinese Dance, Russian Dance,March•The Snow Lay on the Ground • Away in a Manger • Go Tell It onthe Mountain • Holy Night • Oh Christmas Tree•Oh Come All YeFaithful • We Wish You a Merry Christmas

I Can Write Music, Too!Lessons andtemplates for writing your own book of music.

L’Chaim b’Ahava; Jewish Favorites:

Shalom Chaverim • Shabbat Shalom • Head Shoulders Knees andToes in English and Hebrew • HaTikva•Haveinu Shalom Aleichem• Adon Olam • Go Down Moses • Dayeinu • Dreidel Song and Dreidel gamerules•Ma Nishtana (The Four Questions) • Hinei Ma Tov • Oh Chanukah• Zum Gali Gali • Chanukah Blessings•Shehecheyanu •Tumbalalaika • David MelechIsrael• Ma\'oz Tzur (Rock of Ages) •Torah Torah Torah•Hava Nagila • Eliyahu Hanavi • Avinu Malcheinu

Shall We Gather at the Zither? ~ A collection of 14 hymnsand their stories:

Amazing Grace•Be Thou My Vision•Christ the Lord Is Risen Today•Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing•His Eye Is on the Sparrow•In the Garden•It Is Well with My Soul•Just As I Am•Nearer, My God, to Thee•The Old Rugged Cross•Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow•Shall We Gather at the River?•Simple Gifts•What Wondrous Love Is This?

Appalachian Spirit ~ Favorite AppalachianFolk Songs

Angeline the Baker • Arkansas Traveler • Barlow Knife • TheBlackest Crow • Cluck Old Hen • Cold Frosty Morning • Cripple Creek •Flop-Eared Mule • The Girl I Left Behind Me • John Stenson’s No. 2 • Lorena •Old Joe Clark • Over the Waterfall • Pretty Saro • Sally Goodin • Seneca SquareDance • Shady Grove • Shenandoah • Soldier’s Joy • Spotted Pony • Turkey in theStraw • Valley Forge • Wayfaring Stranger • Whiskey Before Breakfast

IMPORTANT!Zithers and other bookssold separately. For use with a \"Melody Harp\", simply tune the Fstrings to F sharp. Other brands of zithers may be the wrong size, or tuneddifferently.Pleasesee my other itemsfor more books forzithers.

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