Zither Lap Harp Sheet Music ~ "Shall We Gather at the Zither?", a Book of Hymns

Description

Have you ever seen a child light up when he gets a chance to play beautiful music? I sure have, and it’s wonderful!
As a professional pianist, private piano instructor, and Director of Music for a Montessori Preschool, I have spent many years sharing my passion for music with children. Along the way, I have developed and taught a very unique and successful early childhood music program, and have written many supplemental music books to enhance my program, called World of Harmony Music.
For years, people have asked me to write a book of hymns to add to my series of World of Harmony Music books. I asked hymn lovers around the world for a list of their favorites and narrowed the list down to 14 hymns which not only sound beautiful on the zither, but also have really interesting stories behind the music. Can you answer these questions? You’ll be able to after reading this book! Which hymn was reportedly played by musicians aboard the sinking Titanic? Which hymn is a doxology, and what IS a doxology? Which hymn has only six words which use more than one syllable? Which hymn combines the efforts of at least five people who lived centuries apart? In this, the eighth book in the World of Harmony Music series, you’ll find a beautiful collection of music written for the beginner as well as those who are ready to play more complex arrangements. You can choose to play just the familiar melody, or you can add optional harmony notes for a more beautiful sound. I’ll even help you learn to play them! I have video recorded myself playing each hymn so that you can watch me and more easily learn to play each one. Simply do a web search for the hymn you’re learning, plus Debbie Center zither. For example, “Amazing Grace Debbie Center zither”. My video will come right up and we can play the hymn together!
This book contains the following 14 hymns: Amazing Grace; Be Thou My Vision; Christ the Lord Is Risen Today; Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing; His Eye Is on the Sparrow; In the Garden; It Is Well with My Soul; Just As I Am; Nearer, My God, to Thee; The Old Rugged Cross; Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow; Shall We Gather at the River?; Simple Gifts: What Wondrous Love Is This? For Music Maker, Small World Toys, T.K. O'Brien's, Appalachian Spirit Folk Instruments, and Melody Harp zithers or lap harps. (For Melody Harps, tune F strings to F sharp.
Please note that these sheets may not work with other zither brands, and definitely do NOT work with First Act or Hape Happy harps, as the size or tuning may be different. You could trim the edges of my books to fit First Act and Hape Happy Harps, but you may lose a couple of beginning or ending notes. If so, you could fill those in by hand on your cut sheets. Music Makers often have the word "Nepenenoyka" printed on them.
Instruments not included!
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The books are wire-bound into easy-to-use music books. You just flip to the music you'd like to play, and place the whole book under the strings of the zither. Pluck the strings in the order shown on the sheet music, and immediately play the world's most beautiful music!
Anyone can immediately play beautiful music, regardless of musical training or natural ability. It just couldn’t be easier! I’ve watched “children” ages 3 to 90+ enjoy playing this music, as it’s so much fun for everyone!
Whether you’d like this music for your own enjoyment and education, you’d like to teach children of your own, or you’d like to teach your own classes to students of any age, my books will make that goal so easy and so much fun!
Below is a list of all of my books for these beautiful instruments, sold separately here on eBay:
Fall / Winter (all classical pieces include composer information sheets):
1812 Overture, Tchaikovsky • Minuets in G, No. 114 & 116, Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook
• Minuet in G, No. 116, Harmony Sheet • Did You Ever See a Mummy? • Blue Danube, Strauss, Jr. • Can-Can, Offenbach Habanera, Bizet •
Swan
Lake
, Tchaikovsky • Piano Concerto No. 1, B flat, Tchaikovsky
Turkey
in the Straw • Oh Chanukah, Oh Chanukah • Chanukah Blessings, • Chanukah Blessings (Shecheyanu) • I Have a Little Dreidel
• Sonatina, Opus 36, No. 3, 3rd Mvmt, Clementi • Child in the Manger (Morning Has Broken)  • Hark, the Herald Angels Sing • Jingle Bells • Jolly Old St. Nicholas • Joy to the World • We Wish You a Merry Christmas Nutcracker – Chinese Dance, Overture, Russian Dance, and March, Tchaikovsky
Winter / Spring
(all classical pieces include composer information sheets)
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Eine Kleine Nacht Musik • Fur Elise
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We Shall Overcome
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Hail to the Chief • Happy Farmer
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Serenade
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Humoresque
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Iko Iko
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Irish Washerwoman (Irish Jig)
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Chinese New Year Song
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Dayeinu
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Casey at the Bat
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Take Me Out to the Ballgame
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Spring
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La Donna e Mobile
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Hungarian Rhapsody
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Jesu
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Frere Jacques
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Teddy Bear’s Picnic
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Ninth Symphony
Child’s Play:
Alouette • B-I-N-G-O • Cockadoodledoo • Deck the Halls • Do Your Ears Hang Low? • Five Little Ducks • Frere Jacques in 9 languages • If You’re Happy and You Know It • Jingle Bells • Joy to the World • Kookaburra • Little Bunny Foo Foo • I’m a Little Teapot • London Bridge • My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean • Oh Susanna • Old MacDonald • Pop Goes the Weasel • All the Pretty Little Horses • Rockabye Baby • She’ll Be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain • Shortnin’ Bread • The Bear Went Over the Mountain • This Old Man • Three Blind Mice • Twinkle Twinkle / ABC Song • We Wish You a Merry Christmas • Yankee Doodle
Wishing You A Merry Christmas:
Silent Night • Bring a Torch Jeannette Isabella • God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen • The First Noel
• Up on the Housetop • The Twelve Days of Christmas • What Child is This? • While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks • Deck the Halls • Joy to the World • Auld Lang Syne • Hark the Herald Angels Sing
• Christmas is Coming (the Goose is Getting Fat) • Over the River and Through the Woods • Good Christian Men Rejoice • Good King Wenceslas • Jingle Bells • Jolly Old St. Nicholas • I Saw Three Ships • We Three Kings  • Child in the Manger / Morning Has Broken • Nutcracker Suite Overture, Chinese Dance, Russian Dance, March • The Snow Lay on the Ground • Away in a Manger • Go Tell It on the Mountain • Holy Night • Oh Christmas Tree
• Oh Come All Ye Faithful • We Wish You a Merry Christmas
I Can Write Music, Too!
Lessons and templates for writing your own book of music.
L’Chaim b’Ahava; Jewish Favorites:
Shalom Chaverim • Shabbat Shalom • Head Shoulders Knees and Toes in English and Hebrew • HaTikva
• Haveinu Shalom Aleichem • Adon Olam • Go Down Moses • Dayeinu • Dreidel Song and Dreidel game rules • Ma Nishtana (The Four Questions) • Hinei Ma Tov • Oh Chanukah • Zum Gali Gali • Chanukah Blessings
• Shehecheyanu • Tumbalalaika • David Melech
Israel
• Ma'oz Tzur (Rock of Ages) • Torah Torah Torah • Hava Nagila • Eliyahu Hanavi • Avinu Malcheinu
Appalachian Spirit:
Angeline the Baker
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Arkansas Traveler
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Barlow Knife
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The Blackest Crow
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Cluck Old Hen
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Cold Frosty Morning
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Cripple Creek
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Flop-Eared Mule
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The Girl I Left Behind Me
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John Stenson’s No. 2
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Lorena
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Old Joe Clark
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Over the Waterfall
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Pretty Saro
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Sally Goodin
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Seneca Square Dance
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Shady Grove
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Shenandoah
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Soldier’s Joy
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Spotted Pony
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Turkey in the Straw
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Valley Forge
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Wayfaring Stranger
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Whiskey Before Breakfast
IMPORTANT!
This is for the hymn book only!!! Zithers and other books sold separately.
Please
see my other items
for more items for zithers.
I will combine shipping to save you money! Shipping to the United States costs .99 for the first book. Each additional book will add only $.99 for shipping. Please do not pay until you've ordered all the books you'd like, so that shipping costs will be combined correctly. Books are carefully packaged and sent via USPS with tracking and Delivery Confirmation so that buyers can track their orders.
International buyers, please use the shipping calculator to determine shipping rates before purchasing.
Please also note that you will need to include your phone number when you pay, as the online customs forms require one. I cannot ship your book without a phone number. Thank you!
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