Category Archives: Nature

Whole

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This is a healing piece I wrote in 2010. I hope this gentle melody brings you peace, comfort, and relaxation.

Melody on 16-string solid body lyre with Pickaso Rotary Bow.

Lynda Lyre with wire strings.

19-string acoustic lyre, played in G to suit the range.

Double strung on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.

Sailing on a Lake

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Sailing on a Lake is a very popular piece for harp beginners. Enjoy it here, first played on Lynda Lyre with nylon strings. This will be my last recording of the Lynda Lyre with nylon strings for a while, because I’ve changed them to wire strings for more resonance and sustain. Note that this instrument was designed for either type, and not all lyres are that way.

Here is the piece with said wire strings. Notice the difference in sound!

19-string acoustic lyre, played in G to suit the range.

Double strung played on 2 19-string acoustic lyres. Since there are 2 rows of strings, the hands don’t run into each other. So this one is played in C.

Here is the video to learn this simple, but beautiful piece:

Fireflies at Dusk

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Fireflies at Dusk was written by Catherine Guilbeau, from her book, Lyre Foundations . Enjoy it played as written on 19-string acoustic lyre.

This is the same piece on the same lyre, but played in 3/4 or waltz time.

And double strung, played on 2 19-string acoustic lyres. This is also played as written. The left hand is simply moved up an octave.

16-string solid body lyre with Pickaso Rotary Bow.

Pentatonic 7-string lyre with Pickaso Rotary Bow. This one is played in E minor.

Tuning: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, D5

Catherine’s video of the pieces in the book:

In the Meadow

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This piece was written by Anne Crosby Gaudet, a wonderful harp and piano teacher. Enjoy it played here on 19-string acoustic lyre.

Lynda Lyre with nylon strings.

And my double strung version played on 2 19-string acoustic lyres. I say it all the time, but… Ringing strings… Ringing strings!

Here is Anne’s harp video. If you want to learn this piece, information is in her video description.

Springtime Dance

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Springtime Dance, an original tune, played first on 19-string acoustic lyre.

I wrote this song in 2021 when I started playing double strung harp. Here I play it on 2 19-string acoustic lyres. I actually like this version much better than the harp version, because of the long sustain, resonance, and beautiful ringing strings!

The original harp version with lyrics:

Springtime Dance #Poem #Music

Swan Serenade

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Swan Serenade is from the collection entitled For the Birds by Anne Crosby Gaudet. You can learn this beautiful piece from her video below. Also, check out her video description for the entire collection, including sheet music. And enjoy my version of Swan Serenade on lyres!

16-string solid body lyre.

19-string acoustic lyre, so you can hear the difference in sound.

Double strung on 2 19-string acoustic lyres.

Anne’s video:

Evening Reflections

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Evening Reflections is from Lyre Foundations by Catherine Guilbeau. To purchase the book or audiobook version, check out the link below. Here I play the piece in A minor, instead of B minor as it was written. This is only because I didn’t feel like retuning my 16-string solid body lyre!

Lynda Lyre with nylon strings.

And the double strung arrangement played on 2 19-string acoustic lyres. This is played as written, with the left hand moved up an octave.

Here is the same piece, believe it or not, with a different time signature. It was written in 3/4, like a waltz, as you can hear. Now I play it in 4/4, more like a march. It’s amazing the difference this makes! Played on 19-string acoustic lyre.

The course information is in the video description of the following link: