“O’Carolan’s Lament”, also called “Carolan’s Lament”, is in G major and counts as a slow air. The chords are marked, so this can be used as a treble lead sheet. If you are considering this for your local beginner harpist’s competition, my harp teacher told me that O’Carolan is so …
“There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe” is a traditional nursery rhyme identified as Roud Folk Song #19132. It was first published in 1744 in “Tommy Thumb’s Pretty Song Book” and was probably popular because this rhyme was included in subsequent editions, too. This particular arrangement is …
This particular sheet music for Amazing Grace is in F major, arranged for violin with all the fingerings, and includes chords and lyrics for use as a lead sheet. The tune itself is easy. It can be played all in first position. The harder things for an early player will …
The sheet music here is for the very famous Canon in D composed by Johann Pachelbel in the 1600s. This arrangement was so that I can play it on a 22-string lap harp tuned G-G in key of D, so obviously throw those C and F levers at the start! …
This sheet music for “Nila, Nila, Odi Vaa”, a traditional children’s song in Tamil from India, is arranged for easy violin. Only a few fingerings for violin are marked, and both versions are played on the G and D strings. I have two versions written out in the file: A …
Polly Willis is a song with a traditional title and operatic passages. It was written by Thomas Augustine Arne back in the 1700s. I got tired of marking the piano slurs after starting a few, so use your judgement if acompanying. This is arranged in E major, so the voice …
This sheet music for Daisy Bell, by Henry Dacre, is arranged for a beginner violin player and thus in a very sensible G major. (I should probably have a horizontal version for the 4-year-olds, because they benefit from larger notes in their sheet music.) As usual for beginner music I …
In the Lonesome Scenes of Winter is a traditional song where the singer is scorned by the one she loves… only for him to change his mind, at which point she has already changed her mind! I liked that twist! Unlike many traditional songs, this does not have a Rond …
Suo Gân is a traditional Welsh lullaby. Like many traditional songs, the composer is “Anonymous”. These sheet music arrangements are in G major for a trio of violin, cello, and piano or a trio of violin, piano, and piano. This is overall an easy and simple arrangement to ease children …
Chtíc, Aby Spal is often known as a Christmas carol under the English translated name “She Wants Him to Sleep” or “Wanting to Sleep”. I was told that the backstory is supposed to be Mary trying to persuade her baby to sleep. Chtíc, Aby Spal is a traditional Czech song …
