Meg Peterson
Meg
Peterson is the premier Autoharp teacher in the U. S.
She has introduced thousands of people-- teachers, students,
young and old-- to the delights of this versatile
instrument. She has spent the last thirty years collecting
and transcribing traditional and innovative ways to play the
autoharp, which has resulted in the writing and arranging of
thirty books. In her first method book, written in 1965, she
introduced her own scoring tablature that has become
universal to all autoharp pickers, from beginners to
advanced players. Since the autoharp arrived on the musical
scene relatively recently, as musical history goes, very few
people had learned to do anything with it, except push
buttons and stroke. Meg, therefore, invented many of the
strums and new techniques shown in her books, using existing
guitar and banjo patterns as guidelines, and transcribed
them in a way that is playable on the autoharp. As a result,
the autoharp has come into its own as an integral and
respected part of country and bluegrass combos. Meg has
traveled widely, giving workshops as far away as Australia,
England, and South Africa, and has been a judge at the
Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas.
IN July 1995 Meg was inducted into the Autoharp Hall of Fame
" for her exceptional contribution to the autoharp
community. " Meg is also A violinist and was educational
director of Oscal Schmidt International for 15 years. During
that time she worked extensively with music educators,
classroom teachers, music therapists and special educators,
showing them how to use the autoharp IN their teaching
programs. Ms. Peterson also served as executive director of
Music Education for the Handicapped for six years, during
which time she ran three international symposia. (Biography
information from Amazon.com)
Books
Complete Method for Autoharp (Book/CD)
Song of Christmas for
Autoharp w/ Dan Fox
-MBK119
You Can Teach
Yourself Autoharp (Book/CD)
- MBK128
A Treasury of Hymns and Spirituals for Autoharp (Guitar,
Ukulele, Mandolin, Banjo & Keyboard) Book
A Treasury of Favorite Songs for Autoharp - (guitar, uke,
banjo, mandolin & keyboard)
Hymns For the Autoharp (Book)
Recordings
