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Now I am your instrument
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Category Archives: Pentatonic 7-string
Stephen Foster Meets Lyre + Bow
Enjoy Oh! Susanna played on 7-string pentatonic BJL lyre with Pickaso Guitar Bow.
Tuning: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, D5
Camptown Races played on the same lyre, but without bow.
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.
3 Children’s Songs on Lyre + Bow
Tunes:
Old MacDonald had a Farm
This Old Man
Are You Sleeping?
Lyre: 7-string pentatonic with Pickaso Guitar Bow
Tuning: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, D5
#LyrePoem Cinquain #2 Dreams
Moonlight
Dances softly
Inviting me to play
And so I ask the Moon if dreams
Come true…
2 River Songs
Peace like a River and Michael, Row the Boat Ashore played on BJL lyres, starting with 16-string solid body.
7-string pentatonic, plucked and with Pickaso Guitar Bow.
Tuning: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, D5.
Now double strung, on 2 19-string acoustic lyres, which I think sound beautiful.
Lightly Row – BJL Lyres
Lightly Row, German folk song, played on 7-string pentatonic lyre with Pickaso Guitar Bow.
Tuning: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, D5.
16-string solid body lyre.
Double strung arrangement played on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.
#LyrePoem Haiku #2
Birds are returning
Building nests and laying eggs
Singing songs of Spring
Little Boat – BJL Lyres
Little Boat is a song I wrote in 2020. Take a listen to the melody played on 7-string pentatonic lyre with Pickaso Guitar Bow.
Tuning: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, D5.
Arrangement with harmony on 16-string solid body lyre.
And double strung, which is especially beautiful played on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.
Children’s Songs on Lyre with Bow
Here are some familiar children’s songs on lyre with bow. They are easier to play than some other tunes, and the pentatonic lyre makes it easier still. But make no mistake, this bow still has a huge learning curve!
Tunes:
Hot Cross Buns
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
London Bridge
Mary had a Little Lamb
Row Row Row Your Boat
Lyre: Pentatonic 7-string with Pickaso Guitar Bow
Tuning: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, D5
Mystical Strings 
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