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No, it’s a Dusty Strings FH36 in walnut. It’s nylon strung with some metal wrapped wires in the bass. Dustys are often described as having a “bell like” tone. When I procured this harp, I started playing it almost exclusively, and decided to sell my pedal harp as this harp has the tone I love and many styles of music from Celtic to pop to classical sound good on it. It’s an old harp, but it was rarely played by owner #1 and had settled well into its depth of tone by the time I got it. I got it for an absolute steal and I was grateful as I don’t know if I could ever afford a new one!

@@shannoncooper9711 Thank you for stopping in. Yes! Brook Boddie created an amazing arrangement of this piece!

@@mikesoule1352 it’s a forest or thicket of thorns. Dorn=thorn. Wald=forest/woods

@@RJ-444 I agree. Not a huge favorite tune but I like how the arranger here kept things in the low, resonant parts of the harp….but ugh…the risk of more buzzing on those low strings!

@@RJ-444 I have a small pile of her arrangements. They’re nice and she often calls upon some harp special effects in her writing. It’s way too easy and instant to acquire sheet music these days! I have too much to learn and never really learn things very well. Such a difference from 25 years ago when there really wasn’t music to download and it all came in books through the mail and you never really knew exactly what would arrive!

@@shannoncooper9711 thanks for stopping in and glad to inspire you to keep going!

@@RJ-444 It is really nice! The Carol is beautiful just on its own but her introduction and interludes create some more interest.

@@wonderousharpbymichellevelvin thank you! Anne has beautiful compositions!

@@wonderousharpbymichellevelvin All of these are great, creative, original compositions. I love the ones that have levers set in unusual ways and exploit the use of the lever harp that can’t easily be done on a pedal harp.

@PastorShawn100 that's what I love most about the lever harp. It can be extremely creative!

@@wonderousharpbymichellevelvin thanks for stopping in! Advent started yesterday so the plan is to add a “one -take” meditative piece daily. I post them to Facebook first then store them here to notice progress over time.

​@@PastorShawn100 excellent! I think you've definitely been making progress❤

It could probably be arranged, but I am not a very great or inventive arranger of music!

@@tiapatty5021 thank you! I have Sunita’s arrangement in a collection called “Christmas Eve.” I didn’t look into those pieces for this season but I just read through it and I can put it together fairly quickly, I think. The first few lines have some interesting harmonies in the arpeggios that are sort of unexpected but it should not take long to get used to them! I started off this season of releasing daily ‘one-take’ music meditations with this simpler one. As usual, Angi Bemiss doesn’t disappoint with fairly easy arrangements that are ‘just enough’ to sound great and full.

@@bonnie_gail thank you for listening!

Thank you for stopping by! Shawn

Thanks for stopping by! Shawn

Excellent! Thank you for listening and I am glad I could inspire some music making! Some day I will try to find the other arrangement that is a bit more filled out for the bigger harp!

@@PastorShawn100 I do a semi glisss with it. Been working on some Christmas carols lately. " I saw 3 ships" Angels we have heard on high" Inthe bleak midwinter" Carol of the bells etc...I have to get in the right moods to play harp. I may go quite awhile before playing and your song here got me motivated. That tune is pretty and got in my head and about drove me nuts LOL

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Thank you! This is a nice, relaxing piece. Some day I’ll record the more filled out version on a bigger harp. I was in the community room of my office here on a weekend so I could spread out! I’m putting together my pieces for Advent and Christmas now, so I wanted to get in the habit of recording and posting!

@@PastorShawn100 Wonderful! I think your playing is sounding really good. You have been improving throughout the year.

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Thank you for composing it and for tuning in!

Thank you for listening! Barbara Semmann has many nice arrangements of carols in her "Nativity Carols" books!

Yes! It is from that book. There are lots of great pieces in those books!

@@PastorShawn100 thanks!

Thank you for listening and for writing this beautiful composition (and offering it on Musescore for free!). If you would like to give me your name, I can attribute it to you better, though you might want to just keep it at FAW. Thanks again!

Thanks for writing this beautiful piece of music!

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Thank you for writing this and all of your beautiful compositions!

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It is! Anne Crosby Gaudet is a wonderful composer of accessible, beautiful pieces!

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Thank you!

Thank you for listening. There is so much music out there for lever harps now for many skill levels. I remember when I first started, choices were limited and it took a while for orders to come by mail. Now, downloading pdfs makes sheet music easy to procure, and fast!

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@@PastorShawn100 welcome 😁

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Thank you for listening! This arrangement by Keiko Sassa is among many pieces she has up on Sheet Music Plus web site. Enter her name in the search and her pieces come up.

@@PastorShawn100 thank you!

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Thank you. It is a Dusty Strings FH36 in walnut wood. I enjoy it very much!

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Thank you for listening! I enjoy these pieces by Carolyn Mills a lot!

Thank you! I really enjoy these pieces. Michelle Velvin introduced me to them and I was happy to add them to my own repertoire!

Thank you for listening! I think most people play or sing this carol at more of a fast clip, but I find it so beautiful and longing at a more gentle speed like this.

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Thanks for listening! My harp is a Dusty Strings FH36 in walnut wood. It is a pleasure to play!

Thank you for composing it and for listening!

Thank you!