Enjoy this relaxing improvisation played on 19-string acoustic lyre.
Category Archives: Meditations
Dorian Improv – A Lyre Meditation
Enjoy this improvised meditation in Dorian mode, played on 19-string acoustic lyre.
Simple Blessing on Lyres
Simple Blessing is an original piece written in 2010. I have enjoyed playing this on many instruments! Today I share it on 16-string solid body BJL lyre. I hope you enjoy!
Double strung on 2 19-string acoustic lyres, in C.
#LyrePoem Cinquain #4 Worry
Relax…
Worry cascades
Down and out… To the Earth…
Where it transforms into the Light
Of peace.
#LyrePoem Tanka #4 Waterfalls
Waterfalls tumble
Eroding stones on their way
Making room for good
Let the water wash away
Stress and pain… And leave you peace!
Release on Lyres
This is a piece I wrote for healing. It is called Release. First, listen to the melody played on pentatonic 7-string lyre with Pickaso Guitar Bow.
16-string solid body lyre.
19-string acoustic lyre, with left hand variations using the low F3.
And my double strung arrangement on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.
Fingerstyle Aeolian Improv
I call this a fingerstyle improv because it’s based on a ukulele fingerpicking pattern. I play this on 16-string solid body BJL lyre
Grant us Love – BJL Lyres
This is a tune I wrote called Grant Us Love. Here is the simple melody played on 7-string pentatonic lyre, both plucked and with Pickaso Guitar Bow.
Tuning: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, D5. Note: If you play the melody without harmony, you can play in the standard G major pentatonic tuning of D4, E4, G4, A4, B4, D5, E5.
Arrangement on 16-string solid body lyre.
Double strung arrangement on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.
Aeolian Dream on Lyres
This is an original piece that was part of my Therapy Harp Training Program first semester final exam. I play it here first on Lynda Lyre, as I did for the exam.
19-string acoustic BJL Lyre, with left hand range modifications
16-string solid body BJL lyre, so you can hear more left-hand range modifications if you listen closely
And lastly, my double strung arrangement on 2 19-string acoustic BJL lyres
Birth of Spring Improv
Just a little improvisation to celebrate the Spring Equinox, whether or not the weather agrees! Played on Lynda Lyre and called Birth of Spring.
And a different one on 19-string acoustic BJL lyre that I call Beginning to Bloom.
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