Here is gentle music I play on folk harp. These compositions are in a calming improvisational style perfect for meditation, reading, cuddling, making love, falling asleep, or even just breathing. Namasté ~Joan Patrie. Note: please listen in a safe quiet place where it’s okay to dose off (not driving)
Arabesque 1 [redux] Moved into my new place—which is a huge relief. It is SO much nicer, and it will be conducive to playing. But, I've not been playing enough lately to get my chops back; so here is a republishing of another one of my favourites from during the pandemic. —Joan on Broadway, Namasté file = 200330_1215 Arabesque 1, 7 mins [320 kbs mp3] 2019 © Joan Patrie please enjoy this original music for your personal use Tranquil folk harp music suitable for relaxing, yoga, meditation, lovemaking, sleep… Warning: do not listen whilst operating dangerous equipment or driving at night ;-) Seriously, tho! iTunes Season 5, Episode 13 [and 5-7]
Harping In Place IX (again) I've been in the throes of moving into Senior housing for the past 2-1/2 months. My present apartment (with its nerve-wracking pervasive 120 Hz hum) runs interference on my ability to create music, and I haven't been able to play anything new, so here is another one of my favourites from during the pandemic. I'll be in a new apartment soon (next week) which I hope will be conducive to playing again. Namasté file = 200330_1214 Harping in Place IX 18m [320 kbs mp3] 2020 © Joan Patrie please enjoy this original music for your personal use relaxing, tranquil, folk, harp, yoga, meditation, lovemaking, sleep iTunes Season 5, Episode 12
LIVE outdoors at Kerry's Handfasting, Seattle Album: Handfasting Song 6 incidental music interlude before vows w/Kerry's Theme DR40 file + 190621_0378.mp3 320 kbs/48 kHz 12 m iTunes Season 5 Episode 11
volume XVI = a somewhat rusty warmup after a far too long absence ^_^ omg I've spontaneously started playing again this week (after a creative block for the past two years)! DR05x [C] file = 230504_1943.mp3 raw 320 kbs notes = lev12, condenser electret ‘Lyra mics' mkII, 7m35 iTunes Season 5, Episode 10 Please use for your personal enjoyment ©2023 Joan Patrie [all rights reserved]
LIVE outdoors, at K's Handfasting, Seattle 2019 June 21 Album: Handfasting Song 4 (including random sounds of people listening & visiting) DR40 file = 190621_0375.mp3 [320 kbs, 48 kHz] iTunes Season 5, Episode 9 Please use for your personal enjoyment ©2019 Joan Patrie [all rights reserved]
LIVE outdoors at K's Handfasting, Seattle 2019 June 21 warmup 2, random sounds of people listening & visiting Album: Handfasting DR40a file = 190621_0373.mp3 [320 kbs, 48 kHz] iTunes Season 5, Episode 8 Please use for your personal enjoyment ©2019 Joan Patrie [all rights reserved]
volume V = album Modus Operandi, song 3 = Arabesque 3 DR40 file = 190614_0227.mp3 raw 320 kbs 5 m Recording Notes: pre-pandemic, at home, stereo miking = two SCM-1000 dual-element large-diaphragm condenser microphones (-10 dB attenuation) in perpendicular figure-8 configuration with 42 cm baseline, in bottom [L] (with bottom-end rolloff) and middle [R] (no rolloff) sound holes on back of my Dusty Strings nylon-strung Ravenna 34 folk harp (with partial levers) ©2019 Joan Patrie (all rights reserved) Please enjoy for your personal use
volume V = album Modus Operandi, song 1 = Arabesque 1 DR40 file = 190614_0215.mp3 raw 320 kbs 7 m Recording Notes: pre-pandemic, at home, stereo miking = two SCM-1000 dual-element large-diaphragm condenser microphones (-10 dB attenuation) in perpendicular figure-8 configuration with 42 cm baseline, in bottom [L] (with bottom-end rolloff) and middle [R] (no rolloff) sound holes on back of my Dusty Strings nylon-strung Ravenna 34 folk harp (with partial levers) ©2019 Joan Patrie (all rights reserved) Please enjoy for your personal use
raw file = 190613_0213.mp3 / 320 kbs / SCM-1k microphones Ravenn harp back catalogue: volume IV, song7 D-Lydian reprise [warmup, then begins at 33s] 3m35 ©2019 Joan Patrie please enjoy for your personal noncommercial use [Apple season 5, episode 5]
file = 190613_0212 back catalogue: Ravenn harp volume IV, song 6, 2019 June C-Mixolydian theme, Camping at 8th Street Café 5m raw 320 kbs 48 kHz Stereo mp3 using two Nady SCM-1k studio mics in perpendicular figure-8 configuration, mounted in Ravenna 34 harp's middle and lower sound holes ©2019 Joan Patrie please enjoy for your personal noncommercial use [Apple season 5, episode 4]
file = 190613_0210 volume IV song 5 Beloved Jo 5m20 this is a motif of a song I originally improvised (on Rhodes stage piano) for a former partner (as she wrote her Masters thesis) when we lived on Ridge Street
190613_0206 vol IV song3 Nice n Gentle 3m24 more unpublished back catalogue Nady SCM-1k micos in Ravenna 34 harp sound holes Warning: extremely tranquil! ;) ©2019 Joan Patrie please enjoy for your personal noncommercial use [Apple season 5, episode 2]
for 2023, I'm delving into my back catalogue for some unpublished material. I hope you enjoy it! Warning: excessively tranquil folk harp music! Do not listen while driving at night! ^_^ file = 190613_0201 volume IV song 1 This was my first use of a couple of my Nady SCM-1000 large-diaphragm dual-element studio microphones (which I've used for Live recording since the 1990s), in the sound holes in the back of Ravenn (my Dusty Strings Ravenna 34 nylon-strung folk harp), and the audio level is somewhat lower in this testing phase than what I would settle on later) 3m39 ©2019 Joan Patrie please enjoy for your personal noncommercial use [Apple season 5, episode 1]
I've not been playing my harp lately (creative block), but I've been noodling around creating ideations on keyboard instead. Perhaps you might enjoy them This one is a spontaneous piano improvisation with Rhodes voice, synth pads, and acoustic piano voice sound file 220606_1439.mp3 320 kbs 5 mins ©Joan Patrie, all rights reserved provided for your personal enjoyment
another something from the archives—from ‘the before times' namasté
here is something from ‘the before times'. Please enjoy (as I am now, in review). namasté
here is another something from the archives—‘the before times'. namasté
I haven't been playing lately; so here is something from ‘the before times'. Please enjoy (as I am now, in review). namasté
I haven't been playing lately; so here is something from ‘the before times'. Please enjoy it, as I am now, in review. namasté from pre-pandemic Joan Omni Harp collection original filename: 190613_0199 Ravenn harp • descending 2m46.mp3 ©Joan Patrie, all rights reserved [please enjoy for your personal use]
Something extra from the pre-pandemic Ravenn harp archives file = 1907_0533 wee Celtic themes 8m04s ©Joan Patrie, all rights reserved
Something extra from the pre-pandemic Ravenn harp archives file = 190621_0356 crisp theme 5m28.mp3 ©Joan Patrie, all rights reserved
Something extra from the pre-pandemic Ravenn harp archives file = 190613_0199 2m46s ©Joan Patrie, all rights reserved
This is the first song that came into my head in a dream this month [July], and this is essentially how I heard it in my dream. My best songs come from my dreams I share it now in celebration of re-establishing contact with my long-lost daughter after 13-and-a-half years
Lagniappe. In Cajun French: something extra Here is something suite IV: Evening Spells [warning: this will put you to sleep, so don't listen while driving] Notes: from my archives, from a time when I did my composition on a Rhodes 73 stage piano. Before I picked up the harp, the Rhodes was my main instrument In this recording, I'm playing my Rhodes live at a venue; and then, using the recording as accompaniment, I played my flute live at the same venue the next week (and then I sold CDs of it the week after that ;-) So, this is me playing straight ahead, Live, in two layers [ iTunes season 2, episode 57] 12m24s [circa mid ’90s] stay safe, keep calm, be real original composition ©1997 by Joan Patrie, all rights reserved [please enjoy for your personal use] [non-commercial use] [recorded Live on MiniDisc and CD; mastered on MiniDisc]
Lagniappe. In Cajun French: something extra Here is something suite III: Daze Dance [beg of side two] from a time when I did my composition on a Rhodes 73 stage piano. Before I picked up the harp, the Rhodes was my main composition instrument In this recording, I’m playing my Rhodes live at a venue; and then, using the recording as accompaniment, I played my flute live at the same venue the next week (and then I sold CDs of it the week after that ;-) So, this is me playing straight ahead, Live, in two layers [ iTunes season 2, episode 57] 11m46s [circa mid ’90s] stay safe, keep calm, be real original composition ©1997 by Joan Patrie, all rights reserved [please enjoy for your personal use] [non-commercial use] [recorded Live on MiniDisc and CD; mastered on MiniDisc]
Lagniappe. In Cajun French: something extra suite II: Morning Aire [end of side one] [warning: this will put you to sleep, so don't listen while driving] from my archives, from a time when I did my composition on a Rhodes 73 stage piano. Before I picked up the harp, the Rhodes was my main instrument In this recording, I’m playing my Rhodes live at a venue; and then, using the recording as accompaniment, I played my flute Live at the same venue the next week (and then I sold CDs of it the week after that ;-) So, this is me playing straight ahead, Live, in two layers [ iTunes season 2, episode 57] 11m52s [circa mid ’90s] stay safe, keep calm, be real original composition ©1997 by Joan Patrie, all rights reserved [please enjoy for your personal use] [non-commercial use] [recorded Live on MiniDisc and CD; mastered on MiniDisc]
Lagniappe. In Cajun French: something extra suite I: Spirit Moon Notes on this recording: this is from a time when I did my composition on a Rhodes 73 stage piano. Before I picked up the harp, the Rhodes was my main instrument In this recording, I'm playing my Rhodes live at a venue; and then, using the recording as accompaniment, I played my flute live at the same venue the next week (and then I sold CDs of it the week after that ;-) So, this is me playing straight ahead, Live, in two layers [ iTunes season 2, episode 56] 18m38s [circa mid ’90s] stay safe, keep calm, be real original composition ©1997 by Joan Patrie, all rights reserved [please enjoy for your personal use] [non-commercial use] [recorded Live on MiniDisc and CD; mastered on MiniDisc]
yet another nice C-mixolydian theme (Ravenn volume C, song s) [ iTunes season 2, episode 55] 4m57s, played 2019 June 13 stay safe, keep calm, be real original composition ©2019 by Joan Patrie [please enjoy for your personal use] [Tascam DR40 file = 190613_0212.mp3, 320 kbs]
song for Jo motif, on a theme of Tom Tom Club [iTunes season 2, episode 54] 5m20s, played 2019 June 13 stay safe, keep calm, be real original composition @2019 by Joan Patrie [please enjoy for your personal use] [Tascam DR40 file = 190613_0210.mp3, 320 kbs]
a lilty tune in C Mixolydian (Ravenn Harp volume C, song n) [iTunes episode 2, episode 53] 3.3m, played 2019 June 13 stay safe, keep calm, be real [Tascam DR40 file = 190613_0201.mp3, 320 kbs] [tech notes: 1st use of NADY SCM-1k studio mics in Ravenn]
a wee tune in F and C (from Ravenn Harp volume C, song l) [ season 2, episode 52] 2m45s, played 2019 June 13 stay safe, keep calm, be real [Tascam DR40 (‘Forté’) file = 190613_0199.mp3, 320 kbs] [tech notes: Forte in top of bottom sound hole]
an extended C mixolydian theme (from Ravenn volume C, song k) [ season 2, episode 51] 15m34s, played 2019 June 13 stay safe, keep calm, be real original composition ©2019 by Joan Patrie [please enjoy for your personal use] [Tascam DR40 file = 190613_0198.mp3, 320 kbs]
‘Delta Waves’, an abstract theme in F, B-flat, C (from Ravenn Harp volume C, song i) [Apple season 2, episode 50] 5m58s; 2019 June 12th Stay safe, keep calm, be real original composition ©2019 by Joan Patrie [please enjoy for your personal use] [Tascam DR40a file: 190612_0194.mp3]
a playful C major theme (from Ravenn volume C, song f) [Apple season 2, episode 49] 8m18s; played 2019 June 11th Stay safe, keep calm, be real original composition ©2019 by Joan Patrie [please enjoy for your personal use] [Tascam DR40a file: 190611_0188.mp3
on a theme of Prayer for Deborah Grace (from Ravenn volume C, song d) [Apple season 2 episode 48 7m4s; 2019 June 10th Stay safe, keep calm, be real an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie [please enjoy for your personal use] [Tascam DR40a file: 190610_0178.mp3]
a tranquil theme in B-flat major (from Ravenn volume C, song a) [Apple season 2, episode 47] 5m22s; played 2019 June 9th Stay safe, keep calm, be real original composition ©2019 by Joan Patrie [please enjoy for your personal use] [Tascam DR40 file: 190609_0165.mp3]
Morning piece in B Dorian [B C# F#] (from Ravenn volume B, song i) season 2, episode 46. 4m34s; played on 2019 June 6th Stay safe, keep calm, be real… and wash your hands. namasté an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie [please enjoy for your personal use] [Tascam DR40 file: 190606_0160.mp3] calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope
G Lydian mode [B C# F#] (from Ravenn volume B, song h) season 2, episode 45. 7m40s; played on 2019 June 4th Stay safe, keep calm, be real… and wash your hands. namasté an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie [please enjoy for your personal use] [Tascam DR40 file: 190604_0152.mp3] calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope
a tune in A Mixolydian mode [B C# F#] (from Ravenn Harp volume B, song g) season 2, episode 44. 5m03s; played on 2019 June 3rd Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands. namasté an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie [please enjoy for your personal use] [Tascam DR40 file: 190603_0151.mp3] calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope
D Dorian mode [F# B C#] (from Ravenn volume B, song f) season 2, episode 43. 4m27s; played on 2019 June 3rd Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands. namasté an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie [please enjoy for your personal use] [Tascam DR40 file: 190603_0150.mp3] calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope
F# Dorian [F# B C#] (from Ravenn volume B, song d) season 2, episode 42. 5m19s, played on 2019 June 2nd Stay safe, keep calm, be real… and wash your hands. namasté an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie [please enjoy for your personal use] [Tascam DR40 file: 190602_0144.mp3] calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope
MyxedUpBlue-study#3 (from Ravenn volume B, song c) season 2, episode 41. 10m25s, played on 2019 May 31st Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands. namasté an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie [please enjoy for your personal use] [Tascam DR40 file: 190531_0141.mp3] calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope
MyxedUpBlue-study#3 (from Volume A, song o) season 2, episode 40. 4m13s, played on 2019 May 27th Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands. namasté an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie [please enjoy for your personal use] [Tascam DR40 file: 190527_0127.mp3] calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope
MyxedUpBlue-study#2 (from Volume A, song n) season 2, episode 39. 5m20s, played on 2019 May 27th [Tascam DR40 file: 190527_0124.mp3] Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands. namasté an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie [please enjoy for your personal use] calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope
Sunday’s Song, in D myxolydian (from Volume A, song I) season 2, episode 38. 5m15s, played on 2019 May 26th [Tascam DR40 file: 190526_0115.mp3] Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands. namasté an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie [please enjoy for your personal use] calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope
Wednesday’s Song, in C major (from Volume A, song k) season 2, episode 37. 7m34s. Played on 2019 May 22nd [Tascam DR40 file: 190522_0112.mp3] Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands. namasté an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie [please enjoy for your personal use] calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope
a theme in C Mixoydian, take 3 season 2, episode 36. 5m51s. 2020 April 23rd [DR40 file 1873] And, this is the final version of this theme in C myxolydian. This is the take published to Facebook as video Stay safe, keep calm, be kind, be Mighty… and wash your hands. namasté {This is an audio version of the FB video performed in my living-room on April 23rd} an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie [please enjoy for your personal use] calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, living-room, concert, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope
a theme in C Myxoydian, take 2 season 2, episode 35. 6m22s. 2020 April 23rd {DRZ40 file 1872] another version of this theme in C myxolydian Stay safe, keep calm, be kind, be Mighty… and wash your hands. namasté {This is an audio version of the FB video performed in my living-room on April 23rd} an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie [please enjoy for your personal use] calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, living-room, concert, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope
a theme in C Mixoydian season 2, episode 34. 5m26s. 2020 April 23rd [DR40 file 1870] another theme in C myxolydian Stay safe, keep calm, be kind, be Mighty… and wash your hands. namasté {This is an audio version of the FB video performed in my living-room on April 23rd} an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie [please enjoy for your personal use] calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, living-room, concert, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope
a theme in C Mixoydian season 2, episode 33. 8m11s. 2020 April 23rd [DR40 file 1866] Joan’s bla-bla-bla about playing modally: C is the I chord (or root key) in this piece. Relative to the Ionian 'diatonic' tuning, it would be said that I have my harp “tuned in F” (with a flatted B, relative to C Major scale [a.k.a., modally speaking, Ionian mode in C]). So, in F, my harp is in Ionian mode (a.k.a. F Major [in common practice]). But I'm not playing in F; I'm playing in C (with a flatted 7th [the B], which makes it Mixolydian mode). Have I confused you yet? No worries. Just listen, and be calmed
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