This is a tune I wrote called Grant Us Love. Here is the simple melody played on 7-string pentatonic lyre, both plucked and with Pickaso Guitar Bow.
Tuning: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, D5. Note: If you play the melody without harmony, you can play in the standard G major pentatonic tuning of D4, E4, G4, A4, B4, D5, E5.
Arrangement on 16-string solid body lyre.
Double strung arrangement on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.
Peace whispers softly
In between the waves and storms
Changing sea of life
Take courage in your struggles
Nature thrives! And so do you!
Here is an original instrumental entitled Longing. Played first on BJL 16-string solid body lyre.
Instrumental with flute, etc.
And on my little 7-string pentatonic lyre, now tuned to D major pentatonic, instead of its original tuning of G Major pentatonic. This only requires re-tuning one string.
The same pentatonic lyre with Pickaso Guitar Bow.
On Lynda Lyre with nylon strings, taking advantage of the lower range.
Back to steel strings… Double strung arrangement on 2 BJL 19-string acoustic lyres. Enjoy the ringing strings!
Wake up!
Caterpillar
Breaking from chrysalis-
Fragile butterfly wings open…
Transformed!
April showers fall
Blooming flowers rise
Spring time! It renews!
Tunes:
Row Row Row Your Boat
The Water is Wide
Little Boat (original)
Skye Boat Song
Lyre: BJL 7-string Pentatonic
Tuning: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, D5
Gratitude, an original piece, first played on 16-string solid body lyre
Pentatonic 7string, also solid body
Pentatonic 7-string with Pickaso Guitar Bow
And 2 19-string acoustic lyres for the double strung version.
Here are 2 original tunes played on BJL 7-string lyre. It’s designed to be played in G major pentatonic. But for these the tuning is as follows: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, D5. These are friendship tunes, but you’ll have to take my word for it, as some lyrics aren’t included here.
The second one can be played as a round, if you’re interested in trying it! It sounds like this, and here are the lyrics… 
A traditional Irish tune played on 16-string solid body BJL lyre.
Next, played on 7-string pentatonic lyre. Well, it’s designed that way, but it’s not pentatonic for this tune. The tuning from low to high is D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, D5. It’s not as complicated as it sounds, just re-tuning a few strings.
Now on Lynda Lyre with nylon strings. It’s nice to compare the sound, especially since nylon strings on this instrument don’t ring as long as steel strings do.
And last, but certainly not least, back to steel strings with my simple double strung arrangement on 2 19-string BJL acoustic lyres!
Here are some new recordings of this tune I wrote in 2020. It sounds really lovely on BJL lyres with steel strings!
BJL 19-string acoustic lyre
BJL 16-string solid body lyre. Why am I sharing both 19- and 16-string recordings? Because modifications must be made to play this on a 16-string. Also, because one is acoustic, and the other is solid body. I love both!
BJL 7-string pentatonic lyre, but not pentatonic for this tune. Tuning: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, D5
Yes, double strung too, played on 2 BJL 19-string acoustic lyres.
Here is a new Lynda Lyre recording, since, hopefully, I play better now than I did when I made the first one!
Mystical Strings 
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