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The most complete, authoritative text available on autoharp. Teacher and author Meg Peterson presents a colorful array of songs and styles as well as a myriad of strum patterns in an easy-to-understand manner. This self-teaching course features Meg's highly acclaimed system for teaching melody solo performance on the autoharp. Each of its 48 lessons builds on the one before it, with a reference section included for those who wish to learn about music notation, theory, harmony, transposition, and chord substitution. There are 122 practice songs and many more suggested ones. Also included is information on tuning, changing strings, and altering chord position on the instrument. Includes access to online audio recorded in stereo with vocal instruction and performance demonstrating many of the strum patterns and tunes in the book at full tempo with a singer.

Complete Method for Autoharp or Chromaharp

'Tis A Gift To Be Simple        
A Hole In The Bucket        
All Through The Night        
Amazing Grace        
Annie Laurie        
Arkansas Traveler        
Aura Lee       W.W. Fosdick & George R. Poulton 
Banana Boat Loader's Song        
Battle Hymn Of The Republic        
Beautiful Brown Eyes        
Beautiful Dreamer       Stephen Foster 
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms        
Big Rock Candy Mountain        
Bill Bailey       Hughie Cannon 
Black Is The Color (Of My True Love's Hair)        
Buffalo Gals        
Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie        
Camptown Races        
Careless Love        
Careless Love        
Cindy        
Clementine        
Cockles And Mussels        
Come Follow        
Dixie        
Do, Lord        
Down By The Riverside        
Down In The Valley        
Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill        
Drunken Sailor        
Easy Rider        
Every Night When The Sun Goes In        
Every Time I Feel The Spirit        
Everybody Loves Saturday Night        
Flamenco Dance        
Flamenco Dance No. 2        
Frankie And Johnny        
Go Tell Aunt Rhody        
Go Tell It On The Mountain        
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad        
Grandfather's Clock        
Greensleeves        
Hand Me Down My Walking Cane        
He's Got The Whole World In His Hands        
Heav'n Heav'n        
Home On The Range        
House Of The Rising Sun        
Hush Little Baby        
I Know Where I'm Goin'        
I Love The Mountains        
I've Got Peace Like A River        
In The Evening        
Jacob's Ladder        
Jelly Roll Blues        
Jimmy Crack Corn        
Joe Turner        
John Henry        
Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho        
Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho        
Just A Closer Walk With Thee        
Kum Ba Yah        
Let My Little Light Shine        
Let Us Break Bread Together        
Linstead Market        
Little Brown Jug        
Loch Lomond        
Lonesome Road        
Lonesome Valley        
Long, Long Ago       Thomas H. Bayly 
Mary Ann        
Matilda        
Michael, Row The Boat Ashore        
My Bonnie        
Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen        
Now The Day Is Over        
Ode To Joy       Beethoven 
Oh, Dem Golden Slippers        
Oh, How Lovely Is The Evening        
Oh, Susanna        
Old Dan Tucker        
Old Joe Clark        
Old Time Religion        
On Top Of Old Smokey        
Pay Me My Money Down        
Polly Wolly Doodle        
Railroad Bill        
Red River Valley        
Scarborough Fair        
Shalom Chaverim        
She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain        
Shenandoah        
Shoo Fly        
Sidewalks Of New York        
Skip To My Lou        
Sourwood Mountain        
Stagolee        
Standin' In The Need Of Prayer        
Swanee River        
Sweet Betsy From Pike        
Tell Me Why        
The Ash Grove        
The Band Played On        
The Carlton Weaver        
The Crawdad Song        
The Cruel War        
The Entertainer       Scott Joplin 
The Foggy, Foggy Dew       Scott Joplin 
The Gospel Train       Scott Joplin 
The More We Get Together       Scott Joplin 
The Riddle Song       Scott Joplin 
The Sloop "John B"       Scott Joplin 
The Streets Of Laredo       Scott Joplin 
The Wreck Of The Old Ninety-Seven       Scott Joplin 
There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight       Scott Joplin 
This Old Man       Scott Joplin 
This Train       Scott Joplin 
Three Blind Mice       Scott Joplin 
Wabash Cannonball       Scott Joplin 
Water Come A Me Eye       Scott Joplin 
Wayfaring Stranger       Scott Joplin 
When The Saints Go Marching In       Scott Joplin 
Wildwood Flower       Scott Joplin 
Worried Man Blues       Scott Joplin 
Yellow Rose Of Texas       Scott Joplin