What did I just say?!
Back on January 14, I said this: “…I thought about a curious statement players sometimes make about my teaching: “She’s trying to make me play like her.” …I desire to…
Author: Lucille Reilly
How Many Autoharp Techniques Can There Be?
Many of you reading this post may be doing so in response to my recent question to the Cyberpluckers (autoharp) forum about how many autoharp techniques I apply when I…
Teaching vs. Teaching, Part II
[one_half] (Excuse me: Yay, Broncos!) I’m still learning how to make Viking knit chain. I made the piece at right in the Broncos’ honor for just a few dollars (the NFL…
Teaching vs. Teaching
In October 2015, I took up a new craft: Viking knit wire jewelry. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while. Here are two photos of one of my creations: [one_half][/one_half]…
The End of an Era
Patsy Stoneman Murphy, daughter of autoharpist/singer-songwriter Ernest “Pop” Stoneman, passed away Thursday, July 23 at the age of 90, marking the end of an era in autoharp history. Last night I pulled…
The 2015 Mountain Laurel Autoharp Championship
The 2015 Mountain Laurel Autoharp Championship took place on Friday evening, June 26, during the Mountain Laurel Autoharp Gathering (MLAG) outside Newport, Pennsylvania. A number of folks in the autoharp community…
B&B Lessons: what are they like?
Recently, I posted to Cyberpluckers (the autoharp list serve) about June Fessenden coming here for B&B lessons at the end of May, 2015. One of the listers wrote me privately to ask…
A Beginning Autoharpist’s Great Chord Find
My webcam student, Al, is very much the beginning autoharpist, although I am impressed by the way his harmonic perception is growing. I usually start new players off with singing songs…
A curious comment about folk music
Recent events remind me of a comment that came my way during a gig twenty years ago. This comment has weighed on my mind ever since. My blog, now just…
Bach practice: unison discovery
One of the things I love about the hammered dulcimer is the ethereal sound that comes from striking unison courses. The tune “Cincinnati,” found both in Striking Out and Winning! and on Contra-Intuitive, is a fine example…