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.
I love horses! Galloping Gallahad is an original double strung piece written on 2 19-string acoustic lyres. It was also the real inspiration for my Saturday Animal Improv series. I hope you enjoy it!
Network of Stars is another original pentatonic melody. I play it here on 7-string lyre with Pickaso Rotary Bow.
19-string acoustic lyre.
Double strung played on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.
High Spirits Flutes:
Enjoy this simple but beautiful melody, There is a Redeemer, played 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.
Double strung on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.
Enjoy Animal Improv: Elephant played on 19-string acoustic lyre. I hope it evokes the elephant for you!
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:
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 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 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.
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!
Mystical Strings 
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