Useful Resources
The ubiquitous use of the Internet has made our task of finding information for isolated therapeutic musicians much easier than in the past. These are some of our favorite resources (in no particular order) , as discussed in the Lifelong Learning Therapeutic Musician Group sessions and listed here for future reference.
Resource: Aprille's Harp Circle
- URL: Beach Cities Harp Ring
- Source: Aprille Isham
Resource: Background on Maori Farewell Song (Now is the Hour)
- URL: New Zealand Folk Song Web Site
- Source: Google
Resource: Free printable music staff paper (Select the clef and click the Print! button in the lower right corner)
- URL: Blank Sheet Music
- Source: Aprille Isham
Resource: Lots of folk music lead sheets
- URL: Alice's Favorite Folk Tunes
- Source: Alice Freeman
Resource: Many sources of research and information on harp therapy from professional journals
- URL: Harp Therapy
- Source: Alison Ware
Resource: Lovely article on meditating with a harp (note the link to sheet music at the top of the page)
- URL: Meditation
- Source: Alison Ware
Resource: Susan Zevenbergen's free harp newsletter
- URL: Notes from the Harp
- Source: Alison Ware and Aprille Isham
Resource: John Kovac's PVC Piper Harp Kits
- URL: Very unusual harps
- Source: Alice Freeman
Resource: Call Recorder from Ecamm Network. This software is for recording Skype calls on Macintosh computers. Helpful for taping harp lessons and conference calls.
- URL: Ecamm Call Recorder
- Source: Aprille Isham
Resource: Pamela Call Recorder for Skype. This software is for recording Skype calls on Windows 2000, XP and Vista computers. Helpful for taping harp lessons and conference calls.
- URL: Pamela Call Recorder
- Source: Alice Freeman
Resource: Harp Column magazine and an excellent online Forum
- URL: Harp Column
- Source: Aprille Isham and Alice Freeman
Resource: Excellent site for free online music theory lessons
- URL: Ricci Adams' musictheory.net
- Source: Cymber Quinn
Resource: Heart-based marketing, a positive way of attracting business.
- URL: Perfect Customer™
- Source: Cymber Quinn
Resource: History of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Playing
- URL: Slack Key
- Source: Cymber Quinn
Resource: What is an empath?
- URL: What is an Empath
- Source: Alice Freeman