Enjoy Animal Improv: Elephant played on 19-string acoustic lyre. I hope it evokes the elephant for you!
Category Archives: Inspirational Music
Around the World on Lyres
I wrote Around the World several years ago on Native-American style pentatonic flutes. So, the melody doesn’t need to be modified for a pentatonic lyre. You will hear this lyre first, with Pickaso Rotary Bow.
19-string acoustic lyre.
Double strung, adding another 19-string acoustic lyre.
Original version with High Spirits Flutes, ukulele, and lyrics:
Self-blessing
The 7-string pentatonic lyre is great for this original piece. Self-blessing is pentatonic anyway, so the tuning doesn’t need to be modified. Enjoy the melody played with Pickaso Rotary Bow.
19-string acoustic lyre.
Double strung played on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.
High Spirits Flute, with link to lyrics:
Knowledge and Love
Knowledge and Love is an original piece. Enjoy it first played 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.
Double strung on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.
Previous version with history and lyrics, on Lynda Lyre with nylon strings:
Alleluia
Alleluia is a beautiful melody! Enjoy it first played on 7-string pentatonic lyre with Pickaso Rotary Bow.
Tuning: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, D5
16-string solid body lyre.
Lynda Lyre with wire strings and lower notes.
Double strung played on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.
Animal Improv: Turtle
This is a series of improvisations I am doing on some of my favorite animals. First is the turtle. Enjoy it played on 19-string acoustic lyre. And please let me know if it evokes the turtle to you!
Red River Valley
Enjoy the folk song, red River Valley, first played on 7-string pentatonic lyre with Pickaso Rotary Bow. The melody is slightly modified for this lyre, and the tuning is as well.
Tuning: D4, E4, G4, A4, B4, C5, D5
19-string acoustic lyre.
And, you guessed it! Double strung played on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.
Divine Sunrise
This is an original piece, Divine Sunrise, played on 19-string acoustic lyre with Pickaso Rotary Bow.
The same lyre, plucked, playing melody and harmony.
The double strung arrangement adds another 19-string acoustic lyre.
Lynda Lyre with nylon strings, plus vocals:
This Land is Your Land
Enjoy This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie played on 7-string pentatonic lyre with Pickaso Rotary Bow.
Tuning: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, C5
19-string acoustic lyre.
Double strung played on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.
God Is So Good/In His Time
Enjoy these 2 hymns/choruses, God Is So Good and In His Time, played first on 7-string pentatonic lyre with Pickaso Rotary Bow. In His Time is slightly modified for this lyre.
Tuning: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, D5
19-string acoustic lyre.
Adding another for the double strung arrangements.
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