Do any of the harpists here have any suggestions for easy flute and harp duets? My mother has just started playing the harp and I thought it would be nice to find some music that we could aim to play together by next summer. The flute part could be a little more difficult.

Mum didn't realise that flute and harp was a popular combination, she was quite pleased when I told her.

Great! Another harpist
I can't think of any off the top of my head, but why not try getting your mum to do basic arpeggios of the chords whilst you play the melody over the top. It could work a treat and you could make it as complicated as you like. You could also look at piano parts to see which chords fit and then arpeggiate the chords, or play them broken - whatever you do, I'm sure it will sound lovely
Good luck and let us know how you get on!
Lil_miz_music xx

What sort of harp does your mother have- 34 strings full levers or something else? What musical background and how dedicated is she? Is she having lessons? What I suggest will depend on how fast she is likely to progress, but there is nice music there, as well as the instant duets of flute playing the melody line of whatever she is working on at the moment. Stewart Green's Mixed Doubles spring to mind for once she can cope with harmonics and lever changes which moderately fast progress would give by next year- the harp parts work as solos too which makes them worth practicing.

Oh, thanks, good ideas. I had a little twang on it myself and tried playing arpeggios with my left hand and "twinkle twinkle little star" in the right. I have to say I thought it sounded quite nice, but then I don't know how easy it is to make a harp sound horrible.
Maybe I'll start with some Welsh tunes and write out the arpeggios for Mum.



It's a 36 string lever harp and Mum will be taking lessons. She played the piano but not to a particularly high standard and she's often busy, so I expect progress will be slow but steady. I'll have a look for the book, thanks.