Harp | Musical Reflections

Harp Improvisation Lessons

One of my harp therapy students recently asked me to explain how I improv on the harp. It was a great exercise [...]

Harp Improvisation LessonsTami Briggs2024-07-30T11:00:44-05:00

More on Harp Strings

I want to share a bit more about my recent harp string break. In the previous blog post, I mentioned it sounds [...]

More on Harp StringsTami Briggs2024-07-16T10:05:22-05:00

Harp Strings

My pedal harp arrived at my door in Minneapolis, MN from Loveland, CO in 1996. Shortly after it arrived, I noticed the [...]

Harp StringsTami Briggs2024-07-02T09:35:15-05:00

Friends and the Grief Journey

Now, when I play for hospital and hospice patients, I play my pedal harp on Zoom. I recently had a special experience [...]

Friends and the Grief JourneyTami Briggs2024-06-18T11:33:38-05:00

Cute Children’s Toy!

Look at this children’s toy! Isn’t it so cute?! At Christmas time, I was looking for something different and special for my [...]

Cute Children’s Toy!Tami Briggs2024-04-12T11:33:42-05:00

Anchors of Peace

Last June, I learned of a peace movement initiative called Peace on Earth by 2030. It is spearheaded by David Gershon of [...]

Anchors of PeaceTami Briggs2024-03-26T09:45:06-05:00

My Pedal Harp Strings

My pedal harp has 48 strings … that’s a lot of strings! Until recently, I only tuned and played 34 of them [...]

My Pedal Harp StringsTami Briggs2024-02-27T07:51:14-06:00

A Special Global Meditation with Harps

In mid-October, I received an e-mail from a harpist in Belgium that was a special global meditation with harps. Approximately 20 harpists [...]

A Special Global Meditation with HarpsTami Briggs2024-02-13T12:42:30-06:00

Blue Crystal Bowl

Do you have an intention that you’d like to share? I recently put a beautiful blue crystal bowl at the base of [...]

Blue Crystal BowlTami Briggs2024-01-30T13:12:32-06:00

Lyra Constellation

Have you heard of the Lyra constellation? A friend recently told me about it and I was particularly interested because of the [...]

Lyra ConstellationTami Briggs2024-01-16T09:21:55-06:00

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“Music is the answer to the mystery of life; it is the most profound of all the arts; it expresses the deepest thoughts of life and being; a simple language which nonetheless cannot be translated.”

Arthur Schopenhauer

“Music touches our innermost being and in that way produces new life, a life that gives exaltation to the whole being, raising it to that perfection in which lies the fulfillment of man’s life.”

Hazrat Inayat Khan

“I am Music….Even before life began upon this earth, I was here—in the winds and the waves….And when Man came, I at once became the most delicate, most subtle, and most powerful medium for the expression of Man’s emotions….For I speak to all men, in a language that all understand….I am the food of love. I have taught men gentleness and peace. I comfort the lonely. I am a necessary luxury to all men.”

Anonymous

“The human being is essentially sound, vibrations, and melody.…”

Holger Kalweit

“Music is the soundtrack of your life.”

Dick Clark

“Art is more than important—it is central to how we see ourselves, what we believe about ourselves, and how we present ourselves to each other.”

Bill Ivey

“Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out your horn.”

Charlie Parker

“David took a harp, and played with his hand: and Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.”

1 Samuel 16:23

“Seek out a wise player on a harp: and it shall come to pass…that he shall play with his hand and thou shalt be well.”

I Samuel 16:16

“The more we cultivate great music in our lives, the greater will be our attunement to unlimited sources of the Creator’s power and direction.”

Hal A. Lingerman

“Music is God’s best gift to [humans], the only art of heaven given to earth, the only art of earth that we take to heaven.”

Charles W. Landon

“Music is an extremely important instrument of the Divine.”

“Through vibration, harmony, tone, melody and meaning, music stimulates within us direct experience of expanded reality.”

Barbara Marx Hubbard

“Music has been called the speech of angels.”

Charles Kingsley

“…the time is fast approaching when Man will select his music with the same intelligent care and knowledge he now uses to select his food. When that time comes, music will become a principal source of healing for many individual and social ills, and human evolution will be tremendously accelerated.”

Corinne Helene

“Music speaks straight to our hearts and spirits, to the very core and root of our souls.”

“Surrounded by the right sounds, we all can be invigorated, energized, and balanced. It has been demonstrated clinically that music adds to our general health and well-being.”

John Diamond

“Music is an art that expresses the inexpressible.”

Charles Munch