This is a piece I wrote on double strung harp in 2021. Enjoy it today, first played on 19-string acoustic lyre, as a single course (normal) arrangement.
And the beautiful double strung lyre arrangement, played on 2 19-string acoustic lyres. I love the ringing strings!
Swan Serenade is from the collection entitled For the Birds by Anne Crosby Gaudet. You can learn this beautiful piece from her video below. Also, check out her video description for the entire collection, including sheet music. And enjoy my version of Swan Serenade on lyres!
16-string solid body lyre.
19-string acoustic lyre, so you can hear the difference in sound.
Double strung on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.
Anne’s video:
Evening Reflections is from Lyre Foundations by Catherine Guilbeau. To purchase the book or audiobook version, check out the link below. Here I play the piece in A minor, instead of B minor as it was written. This is only because I didn’t feel like retuning my 16-string solid body lyre!
Lynda Lyre with nylon strings.
And the double strung arrangement played on 2 19-string acoustic lyres. This is played as written, with the left hand moved up an octave.
Here is the same piece, believe it or not, with a different time signature. It was written in 3/4, like a waltz, as you can hear. Now I play it in 4/4, more like a march. It’s amazing the difference this makes! Played on 19-string acoustic lyre.
Double strung played on 2 19-string acoustic lyres in 4/4 time.
The course information is in the video description of the following link:
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.
This is a piece I wrote in 2022 to welcome the month of May. Here I play 16-string solid body BJL lyre. For the original instrumental version, played in C instead of G, click the link below.
And a bonus version! Double strung on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.
Relax…
Worry cascades
Down and out… To the Earth…
Where it transforms into the Light
Of peace.
Forest Mystery is a piece I wrote last year to try out the G minor melodic scale. From C tuning, tune all B strings to Bb and all F strings to F#. Enjoy it played on Lynda Lyre with nylon strings, as originally written.
19-string acoustic lyre. I really prefer this piece with steel strings.
16-string solid body lyre. Notice the modified left hand without the F#3.
And my double strung arrangement played on 2 19-string acoustic lyres. To me this is the most beautiful and mysterious of all.
I was once a tree
Now I am your instrument
Beauty scene and heard
Blessed Mother Earth,
I hear you crying out in pain.
Blessed Mother Earth,
You are my home, and since my birth
Your steadfast love is not in vain.
You keep me; may I do the same,
Blessed Mother Earth!
Celtic Tides is an original piece that was part of my Therapy Harp Training Program exam. I hope you enjoy it, played first on 19-string acoustic lyre.
16-string solid body with modified left hand.
And last, but not least, my double strung arrangement played on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.
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