Paper of Pins, also known as If You Will Walk With Me or The Keys of Canterbury, is a traditional English folk song known under Roud Folk Song Index #573. It dates to at least 1849. The children’s versions are usually missing a few verses or may use only the …
This version of Silent Night is arranged for piano in C major and involves a lot of movement across the piano. I am not the arranger of this particular sheet music; I merely transcribed what I heard. I liked the faux bells, which I had not heard before in an …
“Rejoice and Be Merry”, also known as “A Gallery Carol” or “The Gallery Carol”, probably dates back to the 18th century. This particular arrangement of “Rejoice and Be Merry” was written for a children’s chamber group. The key signature is a standard G major. It is scored to be fairly …
Bonny Jean, one of many traditional reels known under multiple names (“Bonny Jane” and “Bonny Jean of Aberdeen”), is classified as a traditional Scottish reel. Though popular in the 1700s and the early 1800s, it may have fallen from favour given it was not commonly included in collections afterwards. This …
Playmate, Come Out and Play With Me is a traditional children’s song. This version is an easy piano piece for beginners. The student does not have to change hand positions at all; the hand position is what I commonly hear referred to as “Middle C position”. However, to make this …
The Moving Cloud is a traditional Irish reel. This version is in G major, fingered for harp, and has chords for use as a lead sheet. This song is more modern than what I would usually call “traditional” music because this was composed in the 1900s! It is disputed whether …
Thomas Walsh’s Inis Sear— my harp teacher seemed to be pronouncing it as /ih-nih SHEER/— is a traditional harp piece that my harp instructor had me prepare as one of my eight slow airs for a Mid-Atlantic Regional Fleadh. This is in the key of G major. The sheet music …
The Three Ravens, which happens to be both Child Ballad #26 and Roud #5, is a Traditional English Folk Song. It was first published in 1611 in Melismata by Thomas Ravenscroft (click here for the rather good original SATB version), but the ballad is probably older. This is scored in …
This is an easy arrangement of the hymn Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! for a string quartet or ensemble in D major. The text was written by Reginald Heber and the tune by John B. Dykes. It is a well-known Christian hymn that appears in at least 1451 hymnals, …
The sheet music offered here is for “Ali-Shan”, a traditional Taiwanese folk song, and 3 variations to make it more interesting. This is an easy arrangement which can be played on a 22-string harp tuned to E-flat major. (I used my Stoney End Brittany the first time I performed my …
