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Sylvia Woods Harp Center
very late March 2018 Newsletter
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A Personal Note from Sylvia
Depending on where you live, this "March" newsletter may arrive in your in-box in April. But, here in Hawaii it will be March for another 8 hours. So this is still officially the March newsletter!
Do you remember poodle skirts? Betsy Wetsy dolls? Tiddlywinks? Whee-Lo?
If so . . . you'll probably remember the 40 songs in my new harp collection of music from the 1950s! See below for more information.
Hot diggity!
Sylvia
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 NEW MUSIC: Favorites from the 50s
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It has been over 2 years in the making . . . but I'm proud to announce that my newest labor of love is finished!
Favorites from the 50s includes 40 classic songs from the 1950s.
Favorites from the 50s is
available now in PDF format. The
printed book should be ready near the end of April.
The 40 songs were made popular by artists such as Paul Anka, Frankie Avalon, Harry Belafonte, Perry Como, Sam Cooke, Bobby Darin, Gene Kelly, Johnny Mathis, Patti Page, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, the Champs, the Everly Brothers, The Fleetwoods, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, the Four Preps, and MORE! Plus, there are songs from
The Sound of Music, The King and I, West Side Story, The Music Man, and
The Howdy Doody Show.
All of the pieces include fingerings, lyrics, and chord symbols. Lever changes and pedal changes are listed in the music. The difficulty varies, but most of the pieces are for advanced beginner to intermediate players.
Many of the pieces require numerous lever changes within the music. To assist players who are not used to flipping levers, I have included a list of 15 pieces with no lever changes, and 7 pieces with just a few changes.
To assist players of smaller harps, I have also included a chart showing the range needed for each piece. If you have a 26-string harp with C as the lowest string, you can play 30 of the 40 pieces with just a few easy modifications. You may have to play them an octave higher than written, but they will fit on your harp.
Seven of the pieces have 2 separate arrangements: one for lever harp players who tune their harps to C, and another for lever harp players who tune their harps to 3 flats. Pedal harpists can play either version.
The keys for harps tuned to C range from C to 2 sharps. The keys for harps tuned to flats range from 1 flat to 2 sharps. In order to play all of the songs, you will need a full set of levers.
The PDF is 123 pages, including 112 pages of music. (The book will be spiral-bound.)
As I mentioned above, the
PDF is available now, and the
book should be ready near the end of April. I'll let you know in the next newsletter if the book is printed by then. Please note that
neither version is part of this month's 15% off sale.
Here's the complete list of music included in this collection. Click on the links below to see the first few lines of each piece.
Elvis Presley
Crooners & Teen Idols
Doo-Wop Groups
Other Groups & Duos
Movies, Broadway & Television
Novelty Songs & Miscellaneous
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This month's sale
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This month's sale features more books, sheets and PDFs featuring music from the 1950s and 1960s. The code word is
50s.
To get the 15% discount on the products below,
enter the code word 50s in the Promo Code box on your shopping cart page and click "Enter Code"
by April 16, 2018. For more information, see the
15% Off section at the bottom of this newsletter.
PLEASE NOTE: Sylvia's new
Favorites from the 50s books and PDFs are
NOT. . .
I repeat . . .
NOT included in this sale.
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Including the 50's songs
Tammy, Let It Be Me,
and A Summer Place
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It includes Elvis' Can't Help Falling in Love, plus songs made popular by The Animals; The Association; The Beach Boys; Petula Clark; Judy Collins; Donovan; Bob Dylan; The Fifth Dimension; Jerry and the Pacemakers; The Lovin' Spoonful; Joni Mitchell; The Moody Blues; The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; Peter, Paul and Mary; The Rolling Stones; Simon and Garfunkel; The Turtles; Dionn Warwick; The Youngbloods; and others.
Book #5960b
PDF #p5960
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15% off select sale items when you use the code word: 50s
Our newsletter promo codes are only redeemable on-line, and can only be used for the items featured in the
sale section of this newsletter. They are not valid for phone or e-mail orders. This month's code word is
50s and it is good for
15% off the select books, sheets and PDFs in the sale section above.
#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
50s 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 this month's code word 50s in the Promo Code box
and click "Enter Code" on your shopping cart page by April 16 to get the discount!
If you forget, or if you have trouble adding it to your order,
email Sylvia immediately.
offer expires at the end of the day on 4/16/2018.
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