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
4 comments
Love the changes you have made to the website Anne! It is so easy to navigate and find exactly what you are looking for! Bravo for doing such a great job, as always!
Good idea Anne…Now I can search the right level for me,thanks!
Thank you for doing this. I enjoy learning your music but wasn’t sure what level to pick.