Fun with the Autoharp
by Sue Banks
A great beginner's autoharp book containing basic technical instruction plus melody lines, chords, and lyrics for 48 folk favorites. Includes information on playing positions, fingering, strumming, glissando playing technique, and more with helpful photographs. Lyrics are placed above the music to make reading easier while playing chords.
Song List
- Abide With Me
- After The Ball
- Aloha Oe
- Annie Laurie
- Auld Lang Syne
- Battle Hymn of the Republic
- Beautiful Dreamer
- Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair
- Blessed Be The Name
- The Blue Bells of Scotland
- Brother John
- Carless Love
- Carry Me Back To Old Virginny
- Cradle Song
- Down By The Riverside
- Flow Gently Sweet Afton
- Greensleeves
- He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands
- Home On The Range
- I Dream of Jeanie
- I Gave My Love A Cherry
- I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
- In The Gloaming
- John Henry
- Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
- Loch Lomond
- Londonderry Air
- Long Long Ago
- The Marine’s Hymn
- Michael (Row The Boat Ashore)
- Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen
- Now The Day Is Over
- Old Folks At Home
- The Old Kentucky Home
- On Top Of Old Smokey
- Red River Valley
- Rock Of Ages
- The Rose Of Tralee
- Row Row Row Your Boat
- Shenandoah
- Shortnin Bread
- Sweet Betsy From Pike
- Sweet Molly Malone
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- Wayfarin’ Stranger
- When The Saints Go Marching In
- When You Were Sweet Sixteen
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Invented in 1881 and patented in 1882, the Autoharp has had a remarkable hundred-year history. After being proclaimed "the nation's favorite musical instrument" and then nearly fading into obscurity, the Autoharp has taken its manufacturers on an endless roller coaster of ups and downs. As a nineteenth century parlor room favorite, it was finally replaced in popularity by the phonograph. The Autoharp did not die. It retreated to the mountains where it underwent a metamorphosis from a parlor instrument to a folk instrument. From there it came out into our schools to become a classroom feature and finally has emerged as a popular instrument for the serious musician.
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The Autoharp, like the piano, is a tempered scale, so the same string is used in several chords, even when perfectly tuned in one chord may sound slightly sharp or flat in another. Over time as strings loosen, use fine tuning to tighten so it can reach its limits. The first tuning of a string is higher and the tone settles in after a second. Turn the tuner to 442 and attach the clip to the middle peg.
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