Tros Y Garreg (Crossing the Stone) - Lever Harp arrangement by FAW

Traditional Welsh song 'Tros y Garreg' Tros Y Garreg (Crossing the Stone) - Lever Harp Solo arrangement by FAW.

If you like to play it yourself, download the Sheet music here:
https://musescore.com/faw/tros-y-garr...

This is the arrangement for LEVER Harp/ Celtic Harp (Hakenharfe).

For the arrangement for PEDAL Harp please see:
https://musescore.com/user/8101086/sc...

For the arrangement for PIANO please see:
https://musescore.com/user/8101086/sc...

This score, a non-profit, fan based arrangement for LEVER Harp Solo, is related to the traditional Welsh Folk Song "Tros y Garreg" (also known as 'Crossing the Stone' and 'Over the Stone')" as arranged for guitar by Gerard Cousins and released 2017.
Please support the official release (www.gerardcousins.com).

Gerard Cousins' arrangement of this song for guitar inspired me to do a transcription/ re-arrangement for harp, based on his arrangement for guitar.
Please see Gerard performing this song on YouTube:
   • Tros Y Garreg by Gerard Cousins  

Please see also:
https://www.gerardcousins.com
https://www.gallesmusic.co.uk
   / @gerardcousinsmusic  

** I thank Gerard for the permission to share this music sheet with you! **

This traditional Welsh folk song has also been set as a concerto for two harps (Sir Karl Jenkins: Over The Stone - IV. Tros y Garreg, 2002) and was performed at the coronation of King Charles III in 2023 with Jenkins in attendance.

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*Instructions to play the piece on your lever harp:
Lever changes are indicated with diamond notes in the respective octave and are also shown
with capital letters and accidentals above the staff lines.
- When there is an upward-pointing arrow in front of the letter, the lever for this string should
be flipped up.
- When there is NO arrow in front of the letter, the lever should be flipped down.
The changes to the levers are drawn in such a way that they can be carried out with the left hand,
which is free at that moment.

The symbols in the box** above the staff lines show the current position of the levers on your harp. This is useful if you want to practice from this point or if you want to check in between
whether all levers are currently in the correct position.
The vertical lines mark the octaves upwards from C to B, from the lowest octave on the left
to the highest octave on the right. The letters between the lines correspond to the names
of the strings for which the levers are flipped up on a lever harp tuned to E-flat major
(i.e. all sharping levers are flipped down (disengaged) in E-flat major).
- Example for C major in a 38-string harp (C36 - C00): AB | EAB | EAB | EAB | EAB | EAB
- Example for G major: AB | EFAB | EFAB | EFAB | EFAB | EFAB
** This type of lever notation is protected by copyright, copyright holder is FAW © 2024
(all rights reserved)


Tros y Garreg: The tune is a traditional Welsh tune. The sentiment of the tune is attributed to Rhys Bodychen, who led a troop of Welsh forces at the Battle of Bosworth Field where Richard III was defeated by Henry Tudor in 1485.

Welsh words to an old Welsh air by John Ceiriog Hughes (Ceiriog) 1832-1887:
Tros y gareg gamfa gu,
Eto'n hoyw ac yn hy',
Fy anwylaf Loerwen lanaf,
Dôf i'th weled yn dy dy.
Heb un anaf, clais na chlwyf,
Ar fy ffordd o'r rhyfel rwyf;
Cyfod babell ar y lôn,
Gwahodd yno wreng a ôn,
Gorfoleddus wlad sydd weddus
Pan ddaw Rhys i Ynys Môn.

Cafodd gormes farwol glwy,
Tudur yw ein brenin mwy,
Ffôl yw ceisio, neu ddyfeisio
Brenin arall meddent hwy.
Loerwen Lân fy aelwyd gu,
Ar fy nhaith rwyf i fy nhy;
Cwyd y Ddraig ar Graig-y-don,
Deffro delyn Cymru lon,
Gwyr y cennin, medd y brenin,
Gariodd iddo'r goron hon.

English lyrics by John Oxenford (1812 - 1877):
Over the stone, the old gray stone,
Let me ponder here alone,
Through all weather we go together
Ancient stone, thou good old stone.
Of the many friends I've seen,
Thou the truest friend has been,
Some forget me, some have fled,
Some are false, and some are dead,
Changing never constant ever,
Still I find thee, dear old stone.

Standing here, thou silent stone,
What a world thou must have known!
Deeds of glory, lost to story,
Hast thou witness'd ancient stone.
Here beneath the grass, 'tis said,
Many warriors bones are laid,
Fighting for their land they fell,
None but thou can truly tell.
Secrets keeping, ever sleeping,
Dream'st thou of the past, old stone?