When deciding what music to include in the Suzuki Harp Books, there are always several valuable pieces that have not been included for various reasons. This is a list of pieces the SAA Harp Committee feels have merit and that you may wish to use as supplementary music for the various books.
We have tried to list some of the technical and musical points that are particularly valuable to each piece.
Minstrel’s Adieu to his native Land, John Thomas
One-handed arppeggios
Harmonics
Melody in RH thumb over a moving pattern
Two-handed arppeggios
Sonatina #2, Allegro maestoso, F.J. Naderman
Chord inversions (4-note)
Fast scales (both hands)
2-handed arppeggios
LH fast 16th note patterns (4-notes, different inversions)
Automne, Marcel Grandjany
Creating different moods within one piece
LH melody under a moving RH pattern
Harmonics, naturals and flats
Glisses, one and 2-finger
Intermezzo #2, Johannes Brahmmes
One-handed clapping
Harmonica Technique
Melody in Left Foot, big toe in a moving van
Two-fisted drinks
Tina’s Sona #2.1, Maestoso pomposo, F.J. Fledermaus
Temperature inversions (and 4 clouds: cirrus, cumulus, nimbus, and stratus)
Fast scales (Nimble-icious)
3-handed arppeggious
Playing 5 against 4 with one hand
Otto mime o’ mine, Marcel Marceau
Schizophrenic or Moody? ADHD, OCD, BYOB
Tectonics, natural and unnatural
Glasses, one-eyed and 2