Blackbird – for Advanced Pedal Harp

A Bach bourrée and the song of a blackbird may have been part of the inspiration for this popular song written in 1968, from the double album The Beatles, sometimes referred to as “the White Album.”

“A Note From Michelle

I have loved pop music since I was a girl.  I was forever frustrating my poor harp teacher with requests for pop music that I could play.  Now that I am a teacher, I find that many of my students have the same request.  There are many great pop harp arrangements out there these days, but frustratingly few of them are arranged with the intermediate student in mind.  So, my goal with this, and subsequent arrangements has been to arrange primarily with the idea of making pop music accessible to intermediate harp students.  I hope you will find this arrangement enjoyable and that you will learn not only a new song, but a few new techniques to bring to your next pop piece.”  Michelle Whitson Stone

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