You can buy the following publications from me by mail order:

CD
Clàrsach na Bànrighe (the Queen’s harp) (2008). Audio CD of historical Scottish harp music, played on the replica Queen Mary harp and recorded in St Andrews Cathedral ruins. Click here for more info and to order

Books
Gestures (2011). Paperback book, listing and explaining fingering techniques for playing historical harp music. Includes editions of key sources from Wales and Ireland, as well as systematic presentation of different types of finger movement and musical effect. Click here for more info and to order
Progressive Lessons for Early Gaelic Harp (2009). Paperback book with accompanying audio CD. The basic curriculum for historical Scottish and Irish harp music, as collected from the last of the old Gaelic harpers in the 18th century. Click here for more info and to order

Articles
The Early Irish Harp, in Early Music, vol 36 no.4, November 2008. An illustrated overview of the historic harp traditions of Ireland and Scotland, covering the surviving old instruments, stringing and tuning, repertory and revival. Click here for more info and to order

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Other people’s publications
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