Welcome to Chubby Sparrow Music, the music publishing arm of Spring Peeper Press. We will initially be focusing on harp and ensemble music but hope to branch out in the future to include vocal arrangements as well. See below for our current list of music publications. Chubby Sparrow Publications are also now available through Melody's Traditional Music (À la Mode only) and at the Michigan Harp Center (most titles).

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Solo Harp Collections

Spring Garden Suite - For All Harps by Tanah Haney - 5 fun, fanciful pieces for solo harp. 2006. All five pieces are modal or in the key of C major, and so can be played on harps with or without levers/pedals (if tuned to the key of C). All pieces can be played on any harp that goes down to C below middle C. Suitable for early to middle intermediate players. Several of these pieces are drawn from À la Mode, below, and so contain unusual time signatures such as 9/8, 7/4 and 5/4. Guaranteed to brighten up a dreary winter day. Tunes included are: Bees in the Heather, Grackle on a Gate, Spinning the Web, Chrysalis, and The Little Brook.   $9.50 USD / $10.00 CDN     Order Now!.

À la Mode: For Harp Players by Tanah Haney - 10 harp pieces exploring modes and tricky time signatures. 2003. À la Mode introduces harp players to the Greek modes, including the Locrian mode, and the pentatonic scale, as well as eight different time signatures (including tricky ones like 5/4). While modal music is prevalent in harp music, and especially well suited to the folk (Celtic/lever) harp, many people are unfamiliar with the modes themselves. Also, most method books only introduce the basic time signatures, e.g. common time and 3/4. À la Mode fills that gap by exploring the modes and time signatures through a series of 10 fun pieces (both traditional and original) arranged for solo harp. All pieces can be played on any harp that goes down to the C below middle C. Many of the pieces can also be played on smaller harps, with some alteration of the left hand accompaniment, or by shifting the entire piece up one octave. Levers are required on F's, C's and B's only (there is one E flat in "What is a Day", however it can be played as an E natural). Pieces range from easy to intermediate. Lever or pedal harp. More...   $14.00 USD / $15.00 CDN     Order Now!.

A Busy Harper's Fakebook: Trad Tunes Book 1 by Tanah Haney. 2004. 30 traditional Celtic tunes in lead sheet format (tune line & chords). Arranged in logical key order for easy play-through. Keys range from no sharps or flats up to two sharps. Suitable for all harps, including lap harps. Includes helpful notes on basic chords, accompaniment patterns, modes, variations, and tips on playing at sessions & ceilis. Also includes two duets and two arranged pieces for solo harp, and detailed notes on most of the tunes. More... (incl. list of tunes)   $14.00 USD / $15.00 CDN     Order Now!. Also now available:  A Busy Harper's Fakebook: Trad Tunes Book 2 by Tanah Haney. 2007. 35 traditional Celtic tunes in lead sheet format (tune line & chords). Arranged in logical key order for easy play-through. Keys range from one flat up to two sharps. Suitable for all harps, including lap harps. Includes two duets, one arranged piece for solo harp, some lyrics, and detailed notes on most of the tunes. More... (incl. list of tunes)   $14.00 USD / $15.00 CDN     Order Now!.

The BHFB Medieval & Renaissance Fakebook Light! by Tanah Haney. 2006. Yes, it's finally ready - or at least, our low-fat, less filling version! Since it's taken so long to get this one together, we're offering a "light" version, for those already experienced with reading lead-sheet format. More info here, including a list of tunes.   This version will include 35 melodies in lead sheet format (incl. a few duets), some lyrics, and a list of recommended sources for further study. Because this is a "light" version, we are offering it at a reduced price of just $10.00 US / $11.00 CDN (saddle-stitched). The full version, the Busy Harper's Fakebook "Complete" Medieval & Renaissance Music & English Country Dances, will be available later this year and will include detailed notes on playing and arranging early music, more tunes & lyrics, and will be spiral bound. Anyone who bought the "Light" version will then have an option to "upgrade", if they so desire, for a reduced rate (T.B.A.)    Order Now!

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