This is an improvisation on one of my favorite childhood toys, the Sit-N-Spin. It was very fast and very fun… Until the headache started! I hope you enjoy this improvisation played on 19-string acoustic lyre!
Category Archives: 19-string
Whispering Hope
Enjoy the beautiful melody, Whispering Hope, played first on 19-string acoustic lyre with Pickaso Rotary Bow.
The same lyre, plucked. Note that the melody changes octaves.
Adding another 19-string acoustic lyre for the double strung arrangement.
Animal Improv: Dragon
Dragon is another Animal Improv played on 19 string acoustic liar. Yes, I know the dragon is a mythical creature, and I hope this improv evokes that image for you!
Bicycle Built for Two
This is a fun song to play, especially the double strung arrangement. But first, enjoy Bicycle Built for Two played on 19-string acoustic lyre.
And now the double strung arrangement, played on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.
Last but not least, 16-string solid body lyre with Pickaso Rotary Bow.
Shenandoah on Lyres
Shenandoah is a beautiful melody! Enjoy it first played on 16-string solid body lyre with Pickaso Rotary Bow.
19-string acoustic lyre.
Double strung on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.
Another double strung arrangement on the same 2 lyres. This one has left hand 1-5-8-9-10 patterns, which are scale degrees. These are beautiful played on harp and lyre! I have some trouble with them, but I’m working on it!
Home on the Range
Enjoy this relaxing arrangement of Home on the Range played on 19-string acoustic lyre.
Double strung played on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.
16-string solid body lyre with Pickaso Rotary Bow.
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Enjoy Battle Hymn of the Republic, played first on 19-string acoustic lyre.
And adding another for the double strung arrangement.
To Celia
To Celia is better known by its first line: Drink to me only with thine eyes. It is an English poem written in 1616 by Ben Johnson. I hope you enjoy it today, played first on 7-string pentatonic lyre with Pickaso Rotary Bow.
Tuning: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, D5
19-string acoustic lyre.
Double strung played on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.
Long Long Ago
Enjoy the folk song, Long Long Ago, played first on 7-string pentatonic lyre with Pickaso Rotary Bow.
Tuning: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, D5
19-string acoustic lyre.
Double strung played on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.
Hard Times Come Again no More
Enjoy this tune by Stephen Foster, written in 1854. Hard Times Come Again no More is just as fitting now as it was back then. I play it first on 7-string pentatonic lyre with Pickaso Rotary Bow.
Tuning: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, D5
Lynda Lyre with wire strings.
19-string acoustic lyre.
Adding another for the double strung arrangement.
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