Bridget Cruise

I tuned my celtic harp to a pentatonic scale to play this improvisational piece.  I call it Spirit Harp

Spirit Harp

Robins' flight is part of an album of harp improvisations that accompany natural sounds. Robins sing at the end of this song.

Robins' flight

This song is part of an album of harp improvisations to natural sounds.  The first rains of autumn inspired me to play my harp to the sound of rain and crickets. I think of this song as a tone poem.

Rain harp

This song is part of an album of harp improvisations to wind chimes and other ambient sounds. This duet of wind chime and harp was one of the first that I played after I realized that the two would sound good together.

Wind Chime and Harp IV

This song is part of an album of harp improvisations to wind chimes and other ambient sounds.  In addition to the sound of a paddling canoe, there are sounds of blackbirds and grosbeaks; familiar birds in my region. I used intervals of seconds and sixths to give the song a little "island" feel.

Paddling

This song is part of an album of harp improvisations to wind chimes and other ambient sounds.  I have played music to the sounds of summer evening crickets for as long as i can remember.  This song is a lullaby.

Cricketsong

This song is part of an album of harp improvisations to wind chimes and other ambient sounds.  A large, low-toned wind chime was my duet partner for this improvisation. The long reverberations of the wind chime were deeply felt.

Wind Chime and Harp III

This song is part of an album of harp improvisations to wind chimes and other ambient sounds.  I played my harp in a tranquil way to accompany a simple melody that I recorded using a synthesizer.

Tranquil harp

This song is part of an album of harp improvisations to wind chimes and other ambient sounds.  The meditation bell in this song rings a long, true G note, so I based my accompaniment on that.  It gave focus to my musical meditation.

Meditation bell

This song is part of an album of harp improvisations to wind chimes and other ambient sounds.  I tuned my harp to a set of wind chimes that played a pentatonic scale.  My wind chime recording was fairly quiet but it has a nice reverb.

Wind Chime and Harp II

This song is part of an album of harp improvisations to wind chimes and other ambient sounds.  I created a melody that I was meant to sound like singing bowls (or singing wine glasses) using a synthesizer.  I kept my harp accompaniment to an even tempo while weaving in and out of the singing bowls.

Singing Bowls

This song is part of an album of harp improvisations to wind chimes and other ambient sounds.  Meadowlark and sparrow bird songs were my inspiration for this song.  I used harmonics and glissandos to complement the beautiful simplicity of bird song.

Meadowharp

This song is part of an album of harp improvisations to wind chimes and other ambient sounds.  The eerie sound of a saw reverberating was created using a software instrument.  I chose a pentatonic scale to keep it simple.

Saw and Harp

This song is part of an album of harp improvisations to wind chimes and other ambient sounds.  Two different wind chimes are playing on this track.  The low-toned wind chime keeps up a quiet reverberation throughout while the high-tone chime plays brightly.  My harp just plays along harmoniously in an improvisational way. I made this series of harp and wind chimes duets during late summer in 2012.

Wind Chime and Harp I

Kathleen, harpist from Ashland, Oregon
I play a Celtic harp made by Dave Thormalen

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