This is another lovely piece by Catherine Guilbeau. I am playing a 19-string acoustic lyre, but this can be played on a 16-string as well. To learn this piece or purchase the sheet music, check out Catherine’s YouTube video below.
Lynda Lyre with nylon strings. Notice that there is less resonance and sustain on this instrument with these strings.
And a bonus arrangement… Double strung played on 2 19-string acoustic lyres with wire strings.
Catherine’s video:
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.
Enjoy this beautiful traditional Welsh tune played first on 16-string solid body lyre.
19-string acoustic lyre with low F3.
And my double strung arrangement played on 2 19-string acoustic 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.
The Light inside
All Nature is alive in you.
The Light inside
May seem to dim, but never dies.
You are the image and the proof
That All is One in Love and Truth—
The Light inside.
Thank you, Idaho, for all you give:
Potatoes keeping tummies full.
So versatile and tasty,
And they last a long time.
Boiled, baked, fried or grilled…
Fruit of the Earth,
Potatoes,
I love
You!
This is a piece I wrote several years ago. It sounds especially beautiful played on Brandon John Luthiery lyres with steel strings.
19-string acoustic lyre, played as originally composed
16-string solid body lyre, slight modifications because you don’t have the F3. Also, I forgot the intro. Oops!
Double strung is my favorite way to play this piece! Here I play 2 19-string acoustic BJL lyres.
And because I wrote it on this instrument, here it is on Lynda Lyre
Added 7/6/26
7-string pentatonic lyre with Pickaso Rotary Bow. This is the standard G major pentatonic tuning, and the melody is slightly modified.
Take comfort in the rocking boat.
Relax and leave the land behind.
Your mind and body gently float;
Take comfort in the rocking boat.
And in this moment, make a note,
While savoring the peace you find.
Take comfort in the rocking boat.
Relax and leave the land behind.
The strength I need
Is hard to come by many days.
The strength I need…
I call and call; it will not heed.
And when it comes, it doesn’t stay.
If only I could somehow save
The strength I need!
Loving comfort is wrapped in the sound.
Young and elderly all gather round.
Radiant when it rings,
Ev’ry note, ev’ry string.
Simple beauty and magic profound!
Note: You may have noticed that this poem is an Acrostic as well as a Limerick.
Mystical Strings 
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