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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

Harp Tuning

On this blog, I’ve mentioned harpists spend 50% of our time tuning and the other 50% of our time playing out of [...]

Harp TuningTami Briggs2023-08-15T11:41:14-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving from Musical Reflections

Thanksgiving is a special holiday of gratitude and to remember our blessings. We have many items on our list … here’s just [...]

Happy Thanksgiving from Musical ReflectionsTami Briggs2022-11-15T08:56:41-06:00

Holiday Shopping

Are you wanting some holiday gift ideas that are different than your usual gift card on Amazon? We love making the following [...]

Holiday ShoppingTami Briggs2022-11-01T08:53:21-05:00

Do Harpists Need to Ground?

Over the years, we have worked with many different harpists and many of them are our friends. Of course, each person is [...]

Do Harpists Need to Ground?Tami Briggs2022-06-28T07:18:38-05:00

Sound Equipment Investment

When CoVid transformed the world to Zoom, I disliked the sound of my harp on this digital platform. So, I invested in [...]

Sound Equipment InvestmentTami Briggs2022-01-12T20:06:07-06:00

“Sounds of Healing” on-line learning + CEUs

The new “Sounds of Healing for Wellness Professionals” on-line course is now available for $58. A brief description is healing music can [...]

“Sounds of Healing” on-line learning + CEUsTami Briggs2022-01-12T20:06:14-06:00

When Violence Strikes – Got Music? (Part II)

As soon as I posted the last blog about music and violence, I realized I had more to say about this important [...]

When Violence Strikes – Got Music? (Part II)Tami Briggs2022-01-12T20:06:23-06:00

Music for the dying process

Last week, an elderly man from Yankton, SD called and asked, “Are you a harpist and from Nebraska originally?” (Yes to both!) [...]

Music for the dying processTami Briggs2022-01-12T20:10:11-06:00

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

Holger Kalweit

“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 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

“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

“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

“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 the soundtrack of your life.”

Dick Clark

“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

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

Charlie Parker

“Music has been called the speech of angels.”

Charles Kingsley

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

“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

“Music is an art that expresses the inexpressible.”

Charles Munch

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

Barbara Marx Hubbard

“…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

“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

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