@oldwaysmusic Thank you. :) You know, there's some company out there that makes a pretty inexpensive PVC harp that might tide you over until you can afford a wooden one. Piper Harp and Lee Harps, I think, both make them.
I'm sure I commented once upon a time. Maybe not, but this song always inspires and moves something deep within me. I come back to listen to it frequently. Perhaps I need to learn this song on guitar, thanks to you. :-)
Thankyou for your wonderful music. I have a harp. I want to get back to playing it. I play the organ in my congregation...but I will never ever be able to stop loving the harp. I fell in love with the harp when I was a child. God bless you.
I love Dusty Strings harp!!!!! I am renting a 32 string and I absolutely love the sound. I have a pedal harp at school and that is great for lower notes but the sound on my own is amazing!!!!!! Thank you for sharing this wonderful piece!!!!!
@drewlink99 Both of my harps are Dusty Strings...I love them both, though my smaller Ravenna 34 has a lot of advantages as far as portability and choices for being able to adjust its height...and the ability to put a pickup in it. Of course, they have a very bright and resonant sound with their nylon strings, which I happen to like, but which some harpists do not like, preferring the mellower, more muted gut-strung harps.
@mysticallauren Because you sharpen and flatten the tones (the same function served by the black keys on the piano) by flipping levers, which is what you see me doing with my left hand before and during the performance. As opposed to using foot pedals to do so as one would one a pedal harp.
@TalieTaschaaa Thanks. :) Yeah, sorry about the microphone..that seems to be a common complaint about the vids. I never thought any of my videos would end up being as frequently viewed as this one, so I never really considered the fact that it would end up being an issue. But...like I said to a commenter one of the first times it was brought up, I'm a harpist, not a videographer. ;)
I Have been playing guitar for over forty years and I just stumbled on to this video. Harps are as foriegn to me as percussion, but this piece and the sound was the most beautiful thing I have ever heard. What talent this lady has...just absoulutely incredible....keep up the great artisanship...I play by ear and I can't believe people critisize things about this piece. I found so serene.
@TheWhitestone777 Thank you. :) It's actually kind of a weird compliment that so many people bother criticizing peripheral things about it...it tells me that it's not as structurally bad as I'd imagined it, if they're just complaining about things that can be tweaked and polished.
... can you also play a proper concert harp ? - usually ladies play them - at the met we've got a lady player - does a concert harp have too many strings for you ? - thanks for not playing " goodbye murshun durkin" ...
@toronstganymede The main difference between concert harps and lever harps is in how chromatics are handled. The lever harp changes the pitch through the use of levers to raise or lower a tone; a concert harp is also known as a pedal harp, and it accomplishes the same -- much more thoroughly -- through using pedals. Thing is, pedals have a theory all their own, so you have to learn specifically to play one. I'd like one and to take lessons some day.
@makerandthebreaker ... superthankx for getting back to me - can you play : " the swan" - camille saint-saens- i think it was written for 2 pianos and a cello - i've heard it played by a harp and a flute - it was used by michael fokine to choreograph "the dying swan" for anna pavlova - it's only about 3 minutes long - you might know a violin player to do it with ? ...
Wow -- I've never seen anyone flip levers during a piece -- always thought of it in terms of setting the key at the outset and playing in just that key -- though I've only seen levered harps used in Celtic folk music. Interesting.
@jamesiegod Apparently a lot of people who play lever harp don't care for flipping levers during a piece...it is an extra step that you have to practice, and it can be difficult and disruptive when first learning how to do it. So many lever harpists play folk music and stay away from classical pieces.
MakerandtheBreaker, have you attempted an interpretation of any Liszt pieces? Like Un Sospiro or Hungarian Rhapsody #2?
Also, how old were you when you first began playing harp? I'm 29 and want to start learning the harp. I've been playing piano, guitar and violin for about 8 years and drums for about 18 years so I have experience with stringed instruments and reading treble & bass clefs.
I was 29 when I started playing the harp. I had taken piano and violin as a child, and had messed with the guitar for about a year before deciding to take the plunge with a lever harp. I messed with it for about a year and a half on my own before I decided I'd better start taking lessons because I was probably botching the technique. I spent the first couple years unlearning a lot of the habits I'd unknowingly picked up on my own.
Simply mind-blowing. If you ever get a friend with a video camera that is capable of handling a higher quality of a recording, I would honestly pay to see it / hear it. It's beautiful. You have a true talent. Thanks for sharing!!!
This may seem like a stupid question, but what were you doing to the strings at the top before you started playing? I've never actually seen a harp in person.
adorei ! sou fã desta música do beethoven,na harpa então nem se fala!eu a toco no teclado com som de harpa !mas vendo você fazer na própria é maravilhoso!parabéns! de onde você é quero adicionar no facebook
I have a question...What are you doing at the beginning of the video when you touch the top part of the strings before you play? Are you adjusting some type of levers or fine tuning? Sorry, I never saw a harp in person before not too sure what that is...Thanks =)
@cnotenesmith The levers raise or lower the pitch of each string, depending on whether they're up or down. At the beginning of the video, I realized I didn't have the harp in the right key and so made some hasty adjustments. ;)
@Vicia2099 No, no one pays to have their harp tuned...they tune it themselves. It's not like tuning a piano....much easier than that. However, it can probably cost that much to have a pedal harp *regulated*...which is a regular kind of maintenance that needs to be done on the pedal and pulley mechanisms at least once every couple years.
@makerandthebreaker Oh! I appreciate so much your answers, I am learning piano and it has been so but so frustrating cause don't know how to read music fluidly. Thanks for the answer. If I could I would had taken the harp from childhood.
I wish I'd taken it from childhood, too. I played piano as a kid and didn't start the harp until I was 29. Reading music well can take some practice...it comes more easily to some people than others, but if you keep at it, you'll get a lot better. It's kind of like learning another language...or at least another code.
@makerandthebreaker The good part of that is, no matter how old one is, can always be a pro!!! Not like a sport player who is treated as disposable after young age.
@Vicia2099 Don't worry about learning to read music fluidly. I've been playing piano for over 40 years and I still have to stare and thing about it before I can play it. I always had the ear though and that's how I learned even though I've won an International Piano certification years ago.
@saundhaus Good!!!! thank you for your advices, I really appreciate them, now I think I should to start...dunno having fun or composing so the frustrating is not for the hast mechanic stream of learning...Thanks!!!
hey im 16 and in high school and want to learn how to play the harp, since we have one in my orchestra class room that no one uses( by the way i play the violin since 3rd grade) but alot of people have been telling me it's going to be too hard and usually learning the harp takes YEARS!! do you think its too late to learn or should i try? since when do you play and onestly do you think i'll make it?
@leylaluki64 Well, really, learning how to play any instrument *well* takes years. I didn't start playing the harp until I was 29. I've been at it for 10 years now. When I made this video, I'd been playing for about seven years or so...but even after playing only a year or so, I could play fairly decently as long as I wasn't up in front of a crowd of people.
@makerandthebreaker So no, I don't think it's ever too late to learn. The fact that you actually know something about music will also put you ahead of the game. Whether you should try depends on how much you really want this. The same with whether you'll make it. If you stick with anything long enough, odds are that you will eventually make it.
@makerandthebreaker I played piano, violin, and guitar at different points in my life, but I didn't stick with them or give them the practice they needed because, while I did enjoy them, they weren't the right instrument for me. It took plunging in with the harp for me to find *my* instrument. Good luck and best wishes. :)
I study the harp. I asked my teacher I would like to learn a Beethoven Moonlight Sonata. He replied that the music would not be possible because my harp has no keys, besides being very difficult. Now, hearing this presentation, I am presented with such beauty. The beauty leads us to our dreams.
@Airam09maria From what I am told, lever harpists tend to shy away from playing classical music on their harps because it's considered "too chromatic" and thus *is* somewhat more difficult to play and harder to arrange. It is just an extra dimension to practice, but you can learn how to do incredibly complex things with the lever harp if you truly have the desire to do so. As complex as this seemed when I first learned it, I've become very accustomed to doing it,. You can, too. :)
@StaringCompetition Thank you! This arrangement is out of Barbara Brundage's Classics by Request Vol. 1 book, though I have made a few minor modifications.
@luc56poe You should be able to...depending on how low the octaves go on the harp, you *may* have to play around with the arrangement a bit with the left hand. But as long as you have sharpening levers on all your strings (instead of, say, just Cs and Fs) you'll be able to play it, one way or another.
@Tilan123 Thank you! Yes, everything about the harp is harder than the piano. I spent a year teaching myself the harp because I figured "I know how to play the piano, so how hard can it be?" Yeah, major tactical error there. I spent the first couple years of taking harp lessons unlearning all the things I'd "taught" myself about the harp. ;) Still, it's probably easier on a pedal harp than a lever harp. Something like 34 lever flips, if I remember correctly.
@makerandthebreaker I am practicing that song in piano, how you shift to b and #? With those clippers in the top frame? Harp seems to be harder than piano, I assume all harp players also know piano a lot.
This was wonderful, I have no idea how to play a harp just love the music it and the player produces. The levers what are they for and what do they do. You have such great talent. Thanks for the post.
@makerandthebreaker That is called leveled unnatural reality receptiveness, I am not a harp master, so I'd say: great, no bad, now, I perceive it was not her best interpretation, so I might say..regular, but not a strife to ears, but acting as a simple human being u could say...nicely played...you impressed me playing music, not try to impress a harp Russian university professor for a casting...once again...a coffee cup, a rainy afternoon and Moonlight Sonata in harp..makes my day...
@Vicia2099 Thanks. :) Honestly, tend to get very self-conscious and a bit nervous when I am recording myself and knowing that whatever mistakes I make are going to be permanently captured. I'm getting better about it, but I definitely play better when the camera is not recording.
@makerandthebreaker A very classy answer by the way to ppilot1986, good to take the high road. and yes one cannot please everyone, really with music its just to please one and yourself, its not to please anyone else.
Bad quality or not. The piece is still beautiful. And you pulled it off wonderfully. I admire an musician who can play such a hard, and more importantly, beautiful instrument.
this looks very challenging for a lever harp, but very nicely played, I can' t imagine timing the lever changes so you don't loose the rhythm. Very well done! I have a small folk harp, a Glen Aulen I am renting, and have been thinking of getting a Prelude too because the Glen Aulen is ideal for folk but I don't like the way classical sounds on it, but the Dusty, it seems very versatile, and while it's kind of pricey, it's cheaper than 2 harps.
shes more than likely been playing for a long time and on top of that im sure she does it she dosent have to move to a different string...she can just change the semitone to match the sound shed get on a different string
just, splendid!
cenkerdede 3 weeks ago
AMAZING!
yuryno1 1 month ago in playlist Moonlight Sonata
@oldwaysmusic Thank you. :) You know, there's some company out there that makes a pretty inexpensive PVC harp that might tide you over until you can afford a wooden one. Piper Harp and Lee Harps, I think, both make them.
makerandthebreaker 1 month ago
@AlfonsoTheGod Thank you. :)
makerandthebreaker 1 month ago
if you are looking for silowhore's comment it is on the 7th page :) your welcome
RANDOMshizzleVIDS 2 months ago
Beautiful, can't say more, just beautiful
lightsmbp 2 months ago
because of your video....playing my fav piano piece, I am signing up for lessons on Harp!
GirlArmy21 2 months ago
Hello im getting a harp but not sure which is best for portability any advice?
CHANCNAVY88 2 months ago
I am a pianist, and i love this pice for the piano, but i can't help telling you this is beautiful. i can't believe how you impressed me =)
liandelangel 2 months ago
would you love to marry me ?
ichigo8892 2 months ago
I wish the harp was a choice when i began my orchestra class...
shadowcat1542 3 months ago
COOL!!!!! I wanna play the harp now...
EponineOrAlice 3 months ago
how many strings do you need to play this? its really inspiring
arktvrvs 3 months ago
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arktvrvs 3 months ago
WOW!! I play the violin and I am so jealous...I want to play the harp now
anitamata29 3 months ago
lindo.lindo.lindo.parabens!!!!
linharesdca99 3 months ago
Woooow that was so fantasic for the soul of all people who listend to you. Great work, thanks a lot.
Farbkleks 3 months ago
my grandparents have a harp... wonder if they know how to play tis? :) love it
bieberlovergirl101 3 months ago
I'm sure I commented once upon a time. Maybe not, but this song always inspires and moves something deep within me. I come back to listen to it frequently. Perhaps I need to learn this song on guitar, thanks to you. :-)
TheSonofInnocence 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
wow amazing love it hope to learn this song soon XD
kjmartin2000 3 months ago
Thankyou for your wonderful music. I have a harp. I want to get back to playing it. I play the organ in my congregation...but I will never ever be able to stop loving the harp. I fell in love with the harp when I was a child. God bless you.
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ciferencesymphony 3 months ago
I love Dusty Strings harp!!!!! I am renting a 32 string and I absolutely love the sound. I have a pedal harp at school and that is great for lower notes but the sound on my own is amazing!!!!!! Thank you for sharing this wonderful piece!!!!!
crazywatergirl923 3 months ago
Oh my God it's so beautiful I LOVE IT ! T.T
MetalGeminis 3 months ago 2
Wowwwwwww!
150psalm 4 months ago
omg i didnt know that its possible
marcosik1113 4 months ago
Oh my gosh...
Flipping amazing...
(It was like dream music)
Bravo.
ArtyGArt 4 months ago
I can see the moon's face on the water.
kaliljacobo 4 months ago
Not very common for a person to bust out a Harp.
charvelgtrs 4 months ago
I think I've said before, but amazing... I think you've inspired me to get a harp... do you recommend a brand?
drewlink99 4 months ago
@drewlink99 Both of my harps are Dusty Strings...I love them both, though my smaller Ravenna 34 has a lot of advantages as far as portability and choices for being able to adjust its height...and the ability to put a pickup in it. Of course, they have a very bright and resonant sound with their nylon strings, which I happen to like, but which some harpists do not like, preferring the mellower, more muted gut-strung harps.
makerandthebreaker 4 months ago
@makerandthebreaker how much did your harp cost. i wanted to buy one.
mysticallauren 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
@mysticallauren The one in this video I bought for around 4500 11 years ago.
makerandthebreaker 1 month ago
@makerandthebreaker oh, okay. why is it called a lever harp?
mysticallauren 1 month ago
@mysticallauren Because you sharpen and flatten the tones (the same function served by the black keys on the piano) by flipping levers, which is what you see me doing with my left hand before and during the performance. As opposed to using foot pedals to do so as one would one a pedal harp.
makerandthebreaker 1 month ago
@makerandthebreaker oh. okay that makes sense. i seems like it would be easier. i'm gonna try to save up to buy or rent one like yours.
mysticallauren 1 month ago
This is very beatiful, but the quality of your microphone is not good. :(
But it's so incredibly beautiful, fantastic !!!!! ♥
TalieTaschaaa 4 months ago
@TalieTaschaaa Thanks. :) Yeah, sorry about the microphone..that seems to be a common complaint about the vids. I never thought any of my videos would end up being as frequently viewed as this one, so I never really considered the fact that it would end up being an issue. But...like I said to a commenter one of the first times it was brought up, I'm a harpist, not a videographer. ;)
makerandthebreaker 4 months ago
I'm current;y learning this piece on the piano... this is very beautiful :)
andriaallen 4 months ago
beautiful
violentdawg 4 months ago
Like it love it.
HEMA14x 4 months ago
Amazing!
MaayaaMH 4 months ago
I like it.
StephenEdwardThomas 4 months ago
@bl00d9 Yes, I just used a regular five-year-old Canon digital camera that has the ability to take video. Nothing fancy.
makerandthebreaker 4 months ago
I Have been playing guitar for over forty years and I just stumbled on to this video. Harps are as foriegn to me as percussion, but this piece and the sound was the most beautiful thing I have ever heard. What talent this lady has...just absoulutely incredible....keep up the great artisanship...I play by ear and I can't believe people critisize things about this piece. I found so serene.
TheWhitestone777 4 months ago
@TheWhitestone777 Thank you. :) It's actually kind of a weird compliment that so many people bother criticizing peripheral things about it...it tells me that it's not as structurally bad as I'd imagined it, if they're just complaining about things that can be tweaked and polished.
makerandthebreaker 4 months ago
... can you also play a proper concert harp ? - usually ladies play them - at the met we've got a lady player - does a concert harp have too many strings for you ? - thanks for not playing " goodbye murshun durkin" ...
toronstganymede 5 months ago
@toronstganymede The main difference between concert harps and lever harps is in how chromatics are handled. The lever harp changes the pitch through the use of levers to raise or lower a tone; a concert harp is also known as a pedal harp, and it accomplishes the same -- much more thoroughly -- through using pedals. Thing is, pedals have a theory all their own, so you have to learn specifically to play one. I'd like one and to take lessons some day.
makerandthebreaker 5 months ago
@makerandthebreaker ... superthankx for getting back to me - can you play : " the swan" - camille saint-saens- i think it was written for 2 pianos and a cello - i've heard it played by a harp and a flute - it was used by michael fokine to choreograph "the dying swan" for anna pavlova - it's only about 3 minutes long - you might know a violin player to do it with ? ...
toronstganymede 5 months ago
You're a freak! AWESOME!
MichaeldeParma 5 months ago
wonderful, Im glad you took the plunge.
starrwoode 5 months ago
Wow -- I've never seen anyone flip levers during a piece -- always thought of it in terms of setting the key at the outset and playing in just that key -- though I've only seen levered harps used in Celtic folk music. Interesting.
jamesiegod 5 months ago
@jamesiegod Apparently a lot of people who play lever harp don't care for flipping levers during a piece...it is an extra step that you have to practice, and it can be difficult and disruptive when first learning how to do it. So many lever harpists play folk music and stay away from classical pieces.
makerandthebreaker 4 months ago
i watch this 100 times
Duhitsandy123 5 months ago
MakerandtheBreaker, have you attempted an interpretation of any Liszt pieces? Like Un Sospiro or Hungarian Rhapsody #2?
Also, how old were you when you first began playing harp? I'm 29 and want to start learning the harp. I've been playing piano, guitar and violin for about 8 years and drums for about 18 years so I have experience with stringed instruments and reading treble & bass clefs.
annuna 5 months ago
@annuna No, I've never done a Liszt piece.
I was 29 when I started playing the harp. I had taken piano and violin as a child, and had messed with the guitar for about a year before deciding to take the plunge with a lever harp. I messed with it for about a year and a half on my own before I decided I'd better start taking lessons because I was probably botching the technique. I spent the first couple years unlearning a lot of the habits I'd unknowingly picked up on my own.
makerandthebreaker 5 months ago
leaves me breathless...
tangocash84 5 months ago
Simply mind-blowing. If you ever get a friend with a video camera that is capable of handling a higher quality of a recording, I would honestly pay to see it / hear it. It's beautiful. You have a true talent. Thanks for sharing!!!
TheSonofInnocence 5 months ago
beautiful
josephpleonard 6 months ago
This may seem like a stupid question, but what were you doing to the strings at the top before you started playing? I've never actually seen a harp in person.
LB40186 6 months ago
@LB40186 Just flipping the levers on the appropriate strings to put it into the right key.
makerandthebreaker 6 months ago
adorei ! sou fã desta música do beethoven,na harpa então nem se fala!eu a toco no teclado com som de harpa !mas vendo você fazer na própria é maravilhoso!parabéns! de onde você é quero adicionar no facebook
MrEmersonbianchini 6 months ago
I can tell you ARE indeed a harpist! Nicely done!!
TheLuaron 6 months ago
There are two concepts in life that still puzzle me. Quantum mechanics and Female Harpists, Both complex, yet simple. I love them both. ;) xx
Wonin6billion 6 months ago
Lei sa suonare bellissimi! Mi piace molto! Buon lavoro! =)
GianAndre2010 6 months ago
you play beautiful, really need you to post a hq audio version ;)
rars007 6 months ago
Skills
mrblonde220 6 months ago
I love this song so much, you covered it really well:) i also like how you played it on the harp..it's different and unique, well done!
watchtheflash 6 months ago
LOVE IT! :D even though the quality of the video isn't that good. i only want to hear is the harp. XD
giruthanlo17 6 months ago
I thought this sonata wouldn't sound nice if not being played on the piano. Thanks for showing me that I was wrong. Very good work :-)
Cyberbob1987 6 months ago
You're inspiring and this is beyond beautiful.
MandyJacoMusic 6 months ago
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holy fuck it's micheal jackson, someone get a doctor up in dis mafucka he ain't dead
silowhore 6 months ago
@silowhore Too bad I can't moonwalk, eh?
makerandthebreaker 6 months ago 12
@silowhore PMSL
isbastardbunny 6 months ago
@silowhore Your an ass
hetaliauchiha 5 months ago
this is very beautiful. I love the harp. :D
ashleyyxxwood 7 months ago
I have a question...What are you doing at the beginning of the video when you touch the top part of the strings before you play? Are you adjusting some type of levers or fine tuning? Sorry, I never saw a harp in person before not too sure what that is...Thanks =)
cnotenesmith 7 months ago
@cnotenesmith After watching the whole video, my guess is that has something to do with the sustain...am I correct?
cnotenesmith 7 months ago
@cnotenesmith The levers raise or lower the pitch of each string, depending on whether they're up or down. At the beginning of the video, I realized I didn't have the harp in the right key and so made some hasty adjustments. ;)
makerandthebreaker 7 months ago
Lady in the video, is it true that tuning an harp cost hundreds?
Vicia2099 7 months ago
@Vicia2099 No, no one pays to have their harp tuned...they tune it themselves. It's not like tuning a piano....much easier than that. However, it can probably cost that much to have a pedal harp *regulated*...which is a regular kind of maintenance that needs to be done on the pedal and pulley mechanisms at least once every couple years.
makerandthebreaker 7 months ago
@makerandthebreaker Oh! I appreciate so much your answers, I am learning piano and it has been so but so frustrating cause don't know how to read music fluidly. Thanks for the answer. If I could I would had taken the harp from childhood.
Vicia2099 7 months ago
@Vicia2099 No problem. :)
I wish I'd taken it from childhood, too. I played piano as a kid and didn't start the harp until I was 29. Reading music well can take some practice...it comes more easily to some people than others, but if you keep at it, you'll get a lot better. It's kind of like learning another language...or at least another code.
makerandthebreaker 7 months ago
@makerandthebreaker Wait...sorry for the late reply but...don't you live of playing music? Is it a part time activity??
Vicia2099 6 months ago
@Vicia2099 I would like to make a living playing music...it's one of my goals, but as of now, no, I am not a professional musician. :)
makerandthebreaker 6 months ago
@makerandthebreaker The good part of that is, no matter how old one is, can always be a pro!!! Not like a sport player who is treated as disposable after young age.
Vicia2099 6 months ago
@Vicia2099 Don't worry about learning to read music fluidly. I've been playing piano for over 40 years and I still have to stare and thing about it before I can play it. I always had the ear though and that's how I learned even though I've won an International Piano certification years ago.
saundhaus 7 months ago
@saundhaus Good!!!! thank you for your advices, I really appreciate them, now I think I should to start...dunno having fun or composing so the frustrating is not for the hast mechanic stream of learning...Thanks!!!
Vicia2099 6 months ago
wow! that is really cool!!!!! i think the harp is the most beautiful instrument to play
OtakuBishounengirl 7 months ago
Thank you for this, was a plesent expirence.
noerlund75 7 months ago
hey im 16 and in high school and want to learn how to play the harp, since we have one in my orchestra class room that no one uses( by the way i play the violin since 3rd grade) but alot of people have been telling me it's going to be too hard and usually learning the harp takes YEARS!! do you think its too late to learn or should i try? since when do you play and onestly do you think i'll make it?
thanks :D (i'm really intrigued to learn!!!)
leylaluki64 8 months ago
@leylaluki64 Well, really, learning how to play any instrument *well* takes years. I didn't start playing the harp until I was 29. I've been at it for 10 years now. When I made this video, I'd been playing for about seven years or so...but even after playing only a year or so, I could play fairly decently as long as I wasn't up in front of a crowd of people.
makerandthebreaker 8 months ago
@makerandthebreaker So no, I don't think it's ever too late to learn. The fact that you actually know something about music will also put you ahead of the game. Whether you should try depends on how much you really want this. The same with whether you'll make it. If you stick with anything long enough, odds are that you will eventually make it.
makerandthebreaker 8 months ago
@makerandthebreaker I played piano, violin, and guitar at different points in my life, but I didn't stick with them or give them the practice they needed because, while I did enjoy them, they weren't the right instrument for me. It took plunging in with the harp for me to find *my* instrument. Good luck and best wishes. :)
makerandthebreaker 8 months ago
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You're very beautiful & you play beautiful piece of music.. wonderful combination!
potterclubtv 9 months ago
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potterclubtv 9 months ago
favourite piece of music and favourite instrument..thank you <3
wolfsorrow100 9 months ago 3
What great tone on your harp!
lucjyjazz 9 months ago
such a nice cover ;O i almost shed a tear for some reason
HellbornDragon 10 months ago
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thats coz it is BEETHOVEN
Dimagger 8 months ago
I study the harp. I asked my teacher I would like to learn a Beethoven Moonlight Sonata. He replied that the music would not be possible because my harp has no keys, besides being very difficult. Now, hearing this presentation, I am presented with such beauty. The beauty leads us to our dreams.
Thank you.
Airam09maria 10 months ago 3
@Airam09maria From what I am told, lever harpists tend to shy away from playing classical music on their harps because it's considered "too chromatic" and thus *is* somewhat more difficult to play and harder to arrange. It is just an extra dimension to practice, but you can learn how to do incredibly complex things with the lever harp if you truly have the desire to do so. As complex as this seemed when I first learned it, I've become very accustomed to doing it,. You can, too. :)
makerandthebreaker 10 months ago 2
Please play pink panther on harp too...yet to find a good harp video on it.
scalpmaster 11 months ago
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NICE! Too bad she looks a bit like micheal jackson :((
moetjewa451 11 months ago
@moetjewa451 That has got to be the most bizarre thing anyone has ever said about me.
makerandthebreaker 11 months ago 19
@makerandthebreaker
and untrue! ur gorgeous and got quiet a talent! im in love with this song and u made it so much better for me :D great talent u have!!
StarlessEverdark07 10 months ago
@StarlessEverdark07 Thank you...you are too kind. :)
makerandthebreaker 10 months ago
@makerandthebreaker lmao dam ppl are so random
TheJrlocc 5 months ago
What cha doin to the top of the strings?
MsKTMvalley 11 months ago
Hello,
I would like to commend you on your playing.
Who is the arranger for this lever harp version?
Your memorization,tone, technique is very good. The grasp of lever change sequence hypnotic to watch. Thank you very much.
StaringCompetition 11 months ago
@StaringCompetition Thank you! This arrangement is out of Barbara Brundage's Classics by Request Vol. 1 book, though I have made a few minor modifications.
makerandthebreaker 11 months ago
I don't know if this is great or not, but i love how it sounds :)
xChowder07 11 months ago
I now have another reason to love that song
YenieD13 11 months ago
tahas is beautifu i like so much, please i want mor of your, i love so mach fernando de mexicol
mireyanuez 1 year ago
It's amazing how you can remember when & which lever should go up or down!!
I planned to buy a 29 string lever harp do you think I can play this composition on it?
luc56poe 1 year ago
@luc56poe You should be able to...depending on how low the octaves go on the harp, you *may* have to play around with the arrangement a bit with the left hand. But as long as you have sharpening levers on all your strings (instead of, say, just Cs and Fs) you'll be able to play it, one way or another.
makerandthebreaker 10 months ago
Wow,this is great! what kind of harp are you playing?
bingyisfunny 1 year ago
@bingyisfunny Thank you...it's a Dusty Strings 36FHB.
makerandthebreaker 11 months ago
One of my favorite pieces! Great job! Can't have been easy flipping all those levers. :)
gtrgdss 1 year ago
Such an incredible addition to music, Half steps in tone with a harp.
I never knew this was possible, I always thought it was a simple string
instriment. This just adds to my amazment with its and the players ability.
The sweet sounds eminating from the harp are poetic and heart-bound.
sad and majestic at the same time. you are a wonderful player and the harp you play I suspect is a part of you like my Chello is a part of me
Wonderful, thanks again
tinroofbusted 1 year ago
that was awesome !!
i wan't you to know that =)
it's the first time i listen this piece on harp, so i got alucinated.
no matter the little mistakes. it seems really like you love playing it =) very nice
veguixor 1 year ago
i got a video for this for piano:D is harp much harder? nice video btw:)
Tilan123 1 year ago
@Tilan123 Thank you! Yes, everything about the harp is harder than the piano. I spent a year teaching myself the harp because I figured "I know how to play the piano, so how hard can it be?" Yeah, major tactical error there. I spent the first couple years of taking harp lessons unlearning all the things I'd "taught" myself about the harp. ;) Still, it's probably easier on a pedal harp than a lever harp. Something like 34 lever flips, if I remember correctly.
makerandthebreaker 1 year ago
@makerandthebreaker I am practicing that song in piano, how you shift to b and #? With those clippers in the top frame? Harp seems to be harder than piano, I assume all harp players also know piano a lot.
Vicia2099 1 year ago
What a mind so awesome
skywalkercorp 1 year ago
This is even creepier than when I first heard the song played on the original Resident Evil. Awesome.
Raidenko91 1 year ago
That´s really cool :) How many strings does it have?
swedentracknfield 1 year ago
@swedentracknfield That particular harp has 36 strings.
makerandthebreaker 1 year ago
resident evil style >=D
caki0009 1 year ago
bi telinin akordu bozuk bıt bıt ses veriyo
saatkulecisi 1 year ago
This was wonderful, I have no idea how to play a harp just love the music it and the player produces. The levers what are they for and what do they do. You have such great talent. Thanks for the post.
tinroofbusted 1 year ago
@tinroofbusted Thank you! The levers raise and lower the strings a half step in tone.
makerandthebreaker 1 year ago
congratulations!!!!!
IlidaCullen 1 year ago
what kind of harp do you have?
gliese581d 1 year ago
@gliese581d
The harp I used here in this vid is a Dusty Strings FH36B.
Love your user name, btw!
makerandthebreaker 1 year ago
Love your work! I love this melody especially made on harp! It sounds deeper than piano!
Desolation86 1 year ago
one of the two instruments i will never be willing to learn but one of the three i like best. youre great!!
xlaym 1 year ago
You know what's funny? There's a piano in the background. xD
dAFFINATIONnETWORK 1 year ago
@dAFFINATIONnETWORK Irony is great, isn't it? :D
makerandthebreaker 1 year ago
oh fantastic job. looks challenging though...haha I'm sure it was fun to learn.
mooncola00 1 year ago
@mooncola00 Like anything worth doing, it has both sublime and completely maddening moments. :)
makerandthebreaker 1 year ago
really amazing. you make my day
izzy3ds 1 year ago
Color me impressed! Very nicely played! I can't even imagine how to play a harp...
robroyoldboy 1 year ago
nice
kokoooouuo 1 year ago
baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd very baaaaaaaaaaaaaddddddddddddd
ppilot1986 1 year ago
@ppilot1986 Thanks for the reality check. It's always good to be reminded of the fact that you can't please everybody.
makerandthebreaker 1 year ago 4
@makerandthebreaker That is called leveled unnatural reality receptiveness, I am not a harp master, so I'd say: great, no bad, now, I perceive it was not her best interpretation, so I might say..regular, but not a strife to ears, but acting as a simple human being u could say...nicely played...you impressed me playing music, not try to impress a harp Russian university professor for a casting...once again...a coffee cup, a rainy afternoon and Moonlight Sonata in harp..makes my day...
Vicia2099 1 year ago
@Vicia2099 Thanks. :) Honestly, tend to get very self-conscious and a bit nervous when I am recording myself and knowing that whatever mistakes I make are going to be permanently captured. I'm getting better about it, but I definitely play better when the camera is not recording.
makerandthebreaker 1 year ago
@makerandthebreaker A very classy answer by the way to ppilot1986, good to take the high road. and yes one cannot please everyone, really with music its just to please one and yourself, its not to please anyone else.
tinroofbusted 1 year ago
Bad quality or not. The piece is still beautiful. And you pulled it off wonderfully. I admire an musician who can play such a hard, and more importantly, beautiful instrument.
NationalEmergency21 1 year ago
this looks very challenging for a lever harp, but very nicely played, I can' t imagine timing the lever changes so you don't loose the rhythm. Very well done! I have a small folk harp, a Glen Aulen I am renting, and have been thinking of getting a Prelude too because the Glen Aulen is ideal for folk but I don't like the way classical sounds on it, but the Dusty, it seems very versatile, and while it's kind of pricey, it's cheaper than 2 harps.
deblabel 1 year ago
wow, I'm impressed... and thats rare...
kinglaith7 1 year ago
i love this version! too bad the quality of the vid isnt that great :(
christine1394 1 year ago
@christine1394 Sorry...but I'm a harpist, not a videographer. ;)
makerandthebreaker 1 year ago 46
@makerandthebreaker
Loved this, such a repreave from the piano, so soft . Worthy of a childs dream. Thank you
tinroofbusted 1 year ago
Wow, awesome!
AdoreYouInAshXI 1 year ago
WOW! You go, rock star!!!
So much focus and feeling. You have inspired me deeply!
xxoo
moonelixir 1 year ago
perfect
alyanki 1 year ago
ハープってやっぱ高音が綺麗だね。演奏中にそんだけチューニングを直していては気が散ってプレイに集中できないよね。チューニングが狂いにくいもっとしっかりした物で轢けばよりいい演奏ができるでしょう。痛みに耐えてよくがんばった！感動した！ありがとう！（プライムミニスター小泉風）ｗ
royalhunt0603 1 year ago
Good job. Sounds nice.
hopliteman 1 year ago
I can only image how fun it is to restring =D
StanAlekseev 1 year ago
@StanAlekseev Luckily, I've never had to restring the whole thing at once.
makerandthebreaker 1 year ago 5
SPECTACULAR!
JohnandMonavie 1 year ago
Great ! I love it !
acrovis 1 year ago
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Cupcakes1614 1 year ago
shes more than likely been playing for a long time and on top of that im sure she does it she dosent have to move to a different string...she can just change the semitone to match the sound shed get on a different string
BaKuBoyG 1 year ago
beautiful! i enjoyed this a lot thank you xx
envy6 1 year ago
I love it! I can play it on piano, am learning the harp - if I could do this, I would be very happy!
d4g77 1 year ago
like an Angel come down from Heaven :) thank you for this
killaxse7en 1 year ago
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killaxse7en 1 year ago
Wow! That's truely amazing! That is an amazing talent you have for playing the harp
OneWingedAngel50 1 year ago
@CakeAndSLice If I remember right, I got the book, Barabara Brundage's "Classics on Request Vol. I" from Sylvia Woods Harp Center's online shop.
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