Rabbits run, hop, and leap about joyfully in this double strung Animal Improv. I hope you enjoy it!
Category Archives: 19-string X 2
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.
Galloping Gallahad – Double Strung Original
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 on Lyres
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:
There is a Redeemer
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.
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:
Mystical Strings 
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