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Sylvia Woods Harp Center
July 2015 Newsletter
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A Personal Note from Sylvia Woods
I'm sorry that this month's newsletter is so late! Early in the month I was working hard to get FOUR new harp arrangements completed and printed. (See the article below.)
Then, this past week, I was at the wonderful Somerset Folk Harp Festival in New Jersey. Here's a photo of me along with Kathy DeAngelo (the amazing director of the festival) and my Lifetime Achievement Award. I would like to thank Kathy, Kim Adamson, and the entire staff for such a great festival. It was so much fun to see old friends, and meet lots of my loyal customers. Thanks to all of you who stopped by to say "hi" and tell me about your harp journey. I really enjoyed meeting you all. Sylvia |
 FOUR MORE New Arrangements
by Sylvia Woods!!
I've been busy! In the past month I've completed 4 new pop music harp arrangements. I hope you enjoy playing them! They are now available as printed sheet music and also as PDF downloads. Have you seen the new Disney-Pixar movie "Inside Out"? I highly recommend it. As always, Pixar shows a short movie before the feature film. This time, it is called "Lava," and is the story of a Hawaiian volcano who waits millions of years for his one true "lava." As soon as I saw it, I immediately requested permission from Disney to do an arrangement. This song, which tells the story throughout the short, was written by the film's director, James Ford Murphy. It is performed on a ukulele in the movie, and I tried to make my harp arrangement sound like a ukulele, as well. My harp arrangement is in the key of C, with no lever changes required. It is for advanced beginner to intermediate players. Fingering and chord symbols are included. The lyrics are written in the music, as well as on a separate page. The music includes all 4 verses and choruses, and is 8 pages long. This piece can be played on harps with just one octave below middle C. The range needed is 3 octaves (22 strings) from C to C. 5995b - Lava sheet music - $7.95 p5995 - Lava PDF - $7.95
Pat Monahan is the lead singer in the American group Train.
Marry Me was released as a single in 2010 from their "Save Me, San Francisco" album. This lovely, rhythmic song is popular for weddings. I have made a 6-page arrangement for intermediate lever or pedal harp players. It is in the key of D (2 sharps), and there are two C-natural lever changes. Fingerings, lyrics, lever and pedal changes, and chord symbols are included. The harp range required is 24 strings (a little over 3 octaves), from a G up to a B.
The next two arrangements are fun songs by pop singer Michael Bubl�.
 Everything - by Michael Bubl� I've arranged this bouncy love song by Michael Bubl� for intermediate harp players. It is in the key of G (1 sharp) and has some C# and D# lever changes. Fingerings, lyrics, lever and pedal changes, and chord symbols are included. 7 pages of music. The harp range required is 24 strings (a little over 3 octaves), from a G up to a B.
5964b - Everything sheet music - $7.95
p5964 - Everything PDF - $7.95
This very happy song is actually about a break-up. But you'd never know it by its bouncy, fun melody. And it is really fun to play! I have made two intermediate harp arrangements, and BOTH are included in this PDF. The first arrangement, for lever harps tuned to C, is in the key of D (2 sharps), with some A# and C# lever changes required. The second arrangement, for lever harps tuned to flats, is in the key of C, with some B-flat and G# lever changes required. Pedal harpists may play either arrangement. Each arrangement is 6 pages long. Fingerings, lyrics, lever and pedal changes, and chord symbols are included. The harp range needed is 25 strings (about 3-1/2 octaves) from F up to B for the version in the key of D, and from E up to A for the version for harps tuned to flats. This PDF is 14 pages long, including both 6-page harp arrangements.
5965b - It's a Beautiful Day sheet music - $7.95
p5965 - It's a Beautiful Day PDF - $7.95
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Our Harp Teacher List
 Recently I received the following inspiring email from my customer Beth Peacock. "I have started my harp lessons with an instructor from your website, Kela Walton. She teaches with Buffalo Suzuki Strings only blocks from my apartment. She is wonderful. She also offers lessons in her home studio. That's where I go, and is the option that other "young-at-heart" students choose. She can be more flexible and work on what we need most. I've had 2 lessons and am in love already!! Thank YOU for creating this list on your website for instructors, it took me 2 years of looking for someone in this area."I'm so happy that Beth found her new teacher through our site, and that she agreed to let me share her story with my newsletter readers. We currently have about 375 teachers on our teacher list. But I WANT MORE!!!!! So, if you're a harp teacher, please fill out our teacher questionnaire, and join our list. Let's all work together to help more people learn to play the harp!
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James Horner (1953-2015)
Composer James Horner died last month at age 61 when his single-engine plane crashed in the Los Padres National Forest in California. James Horner wrote m usic for the films Titanic, Avatar, Krull, Star Trek III, Cocoon, Aliens, Glory, Field of Dreams, Braveheart, Apollo 13, The Perfect Storm, The Mask of Zorro, and many, many more. In honor of Mr. Horner, this month's sale is 6 of my arrangements of music from the movies . . . including James Horner's My Heart Will Go On from "Titanic." See the listing below for what is on sale. For each title, both the sheet music and the PDF versions are 15% off until August 15 when you use the secret code word. To get the 15% discount on the following 6 sheet musics and PDFs of movie music (listed below), enter the code word movies in the Promo Code box on your shopping cart page and click "Enter Code" by August 15, 2015. For more information, see the " Save 15%" section at the bottom of this newsletter. (My new arrangement of "Lava" is NOT included in this sale.)
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Sheets and PDFs of Movie Music ON SALE
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Our newsletter promo codes are only redeemable on-line, and can only be used for the products featured in the sale section of this newsletter. They are not valid for phone, fax, e-mail, or in-store orders. This month's code word is movies and it is good for 15% off sheet music and PDFs of select movie music.
Here's how to get your newsletter discount at harpcenter.com: #1. Put the items you want to purchase in your cart.
#2. On the page where you view the items in your cart, type this month's code word movies in the "Promo Code" box, and click on "Enter Code."
The actual price of the featured sale products on this page will then automatically change to reflect the discount. You'll also see a note below the Promo Code box saying the name of the promo code you entered, and the percentage amount of the discount. REMEMBER: you must enter the this month's code word movies in the Promo Code box and click "Enter Code" on your shopping cart page by August 15 to get the discount!
If you forget, or if you have trouble adding it to your order, email us immediately.
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