3(c) Harp Style - CD Examples and Chords
Examples
The tablature and tunes from the Night Fishing and A Winter's Tale CDs have
many examples of the harp technique. Nearly every
tune uses it to some extent. Here are some
interesting examples to look at and try out.
| Tune Name |
Harpy Bits |
Album Name |
| A Winter’s Tale |
Measures 1 to 16 |
A Winter's Tale |
| Tromso |
Measures 6 to 11 |
A Winter's Tale |
| The Ullapool Decision |
Measures 1 to 19 |
Night Fishing |
| Airwell |
Measures 21 to 44 |
Night Fishing |
| Night Fishing |
All |
Night Fishing |
| Sleep |
All |
Night Fishing |
| Eleven Icebergs |
Measures 67 to 92 |
Night Fishing |
Harpy Chords
To help get some new ideas working quickly here
are some interesting chord shapes that are suited to
harp style guitar. There is no need to hold the full
chord down during a run. The harp effect works as
long as at least one note is sounding at any time.
Fingers can be lifted off once played to free the
left hand to move towards the next fingerings or
positions.
An example of this can be found in the tablature for “Night Fishing” at
measure 9 which uses the Bmin7,add9 chord below which expands the fingering into
the top strings. Another very similar example is “Airwell” at measure 26.
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