Free Harp Music

Here is some FREE sheet music for folk harp. The music is free for non-commercial use. Print and play to your harp's content. All other rights reserved. PLEASE DO NOT POST OR DISTRIBUTE WITHOUT PERMISSION!

Most of these arrangements are designed for my 29 string folk harp, low c to c'''. Some of them are designed for my sixteen string harp, f to g''. Those for sixteen strings are designated by a (*). NO LEVERS NEEDED!

Direct comments to harper@gnomonkeep.org.

Folk tunes and hymns:

Be Thou My Vision, an 8th Century Irish Hymn (mp3)
The Girl I Left Behind Me, an Irish folk song, and the first thing I ever arranged for folk harp. (mp3)
King Jesus Hath A Garden, this is an intermediate level arrangement
Hedgerows and Fences, an original composition (mp3)
(*) Greensleeves, written for strolling balladeer (one hand, sixteen strings)
(*) The Turtledove, also for one hand
(*) My Sweetheart's Like Venus, arranged from Gustav Holst's setting
(*) Spry Mountain Ponies, an original composition

Christmas Music:

Hark the Herald Angels Sing, a classical style arrangement (mp3)
The First Nowell, simple but very nice (mp3)
A Virgin Unspotted, this is my favorite tune for this old English carol (mp3)
In the Bleak Midwinter, also arranged from Gustav Holst's setting (mp3)
The Truth From Above, an ancient carol
Unto Us is Born a Son (mp3)
I Saw Three Ships,an intermediate level arrangement (mp3)
(*) Child in a Manger, this tune is more commonly heard with the poem "Morning has Broken" (mp3)
(*) Personent Hodie, a beginner's arrangement

And who could do without:

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, by J.S. Bach, arranged for 29 strings
Pachelbel's Canon, transcribed to C and arranged for 29 strings

(*) For sixteen string harp

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