Part of my vision for 2021 is to help you wisely choose music that is a perfect fit. I have created a 6-level system and categorized all of my pieces so you can now easily search by level.
- Level 1 - Early Elementary
- Level 2 - Mid-Elementary
- Level 3 - Late Elementary
- Level 4 - Early Intermediate
- Level 5 - Mid-Intermediate
- Level 6 - Late Intermediate
When you visit my Harp Music page, you'll see a new menu on the left (or a dropdown on mobile) where you can filter the results by level or by various style categories.
Let me show you which elements you can expect to see in each level. I included sheet music samples to give you a general idea of what the music will look like. Of course there is bound to be some cross-over between levels, but I think you will start to see which levels will suit (or stretch) your current technical and reading skills.
Let's get started.
Level 1 - Early Elementary
- Basic rhythm and note reading
- Larger music font and spacious layout
- Fingering and brackets included
- Brackets: placing 2 fingers
- Intervals: 2nd, 3rd
- Left hand: single note
- Minimal hands together coordination
Level 2 - Mid-Elementary
- Elementary note reading
- Larger music font and spacious layout
- Rhythm: eighth notes
- Fingering and brackets included
- Brackets: placing 2 or 3 fingers, simple linking
- Intervals: 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th
- Left hand patterns: 1-3 and 1-5
- Simple hands together coordination
Level 3 - Late Elementary
- Rhythm: dotted quarter notes
- Fingering and brackets included
- Brackets: placing and linking 2, 3 or 4 fingers
- Cross over, cross under, thumb slide
- Intervals: 6th, 7th and octave
- Left hand patterns: 1-5, 1-3-5 and 1-5-8
- Simple lever changes
- More advanced hands together coordination
- Simple crossing hand arpeggios
Level 4 - Early Intermediate
- Rhythm: dotted quarter, eighth notes and rests
- Fingering and brackets included
- Brackets: placing and linking 2, 3 or 4 fingers
- Cross over, cross under, thumb slide
- Left hand patterns: 1-5-7, 1-5-8-9-10
- Lever changes
- Rolled triads
- Occasional harmonics and glissando
- More advanced hands together coordination
- Crossing hand arpeggios
Level 5 - Mid-Intermediate
- Rhythm: syncopated eighth note values and ties
- Fingering and brackets may or may not be included
- Left hand patterns: may include 9th and 10th
- Grace notes and ornaments
- Extended crossing hand arpeggios
- Frequent clef changes
- Lever changes and harmonics
- 4-finger chord patterns
Level 6 - Late Intermediate
- Rhythm: dotted eighth, sixteenth notes, syncopation
- Changing time signatures with more advanced rhythms
- Fingering and brackets generally not included
- Variety of larger left hand patterns
- Artistry and expression
- Extended crossing hand arpeggios
- 4-finger chord patterns
Remember, you can also search by various other helpful categories including:
- Christmas
- Folk-Traditional
- Meditative
- Sacred
- Anne Crosby Gaudet Originals
- Small Harp
- Double Strung Harp
You'll notice the covers are beautifully displayed on the search result pages. Take your mouse and hover over each cover image to get a quick sample view of the sheet music.
Click the image to take a closer look, watch the video and purchase your sheet music download.
Hooray! The Music Discoveries Shop just got better! I hope you enjoy exploring, there are well over 100 harp solos and resources to discover!
Please share with your harp friends.
Anne
2 comments
Thank you for doing this. I enjoy learning your music but wasn’t sure what level to pick.
Hooray, that was my secret wish that you could search the shop by level! And the other categories are great and helpful, too. Thank you so much!