Medieval Music - Harp

[bribear521]

if they...ever.......make a time machine.... im going to mideval or renissance times....... it would be awesome.... or i can just find the magic tree house. :DDDD

[MelbShuffleForLife]

Taco

[SolerDunk]

This is awesome!

[BUZOSKARSON]

THAT WAS GREAT !

THANKS LOVE !

[evilpuffcat]

yeah baby.

[TathagatDarkAssassin]

This Painting is Alive!!!

[alexjorge3]

What with the Hat?

Regarding the music is AWESOME!

[phantombagpiper]

@alexjorge3 Hat, Hat? Tressour Crispinette to be precise! - Thanks for nice comments ;-)

[9neplacednb]

@alexjorge3 at some level this is reenactment... women weren't alowed to have their head uncovered :) (hope i'm right)

[Crystalbird1769]

Nice playing. I recognize it ^-^

[rw9259]

more cowbell!

[topvidzs]

A medieval picture is moving!

[RgMetalLegend]

In one of my past lives I heard that song. =D

[Ghostshepard]

@RgMetalLegend I remember, that time, near the bridge, when it was the harvest, aye? I recall, what a evening it was...

[kattwin1]

She must love playing in costume! Looks like fun :)

[grandmajoyce2]

I really enjoyed listening to this. Thank you : )

[MrSitarus]

I would like to learn the harp -even though i am a boy- for future Reënactment events.

i'dd take a role of a troubadour or something like that, and i heard this wonderfull instrument whas prefered by them. I can understand why =)

Is it a instrument that requires alot of training? couse i can imagine that you need alot of training with that much strings...

It's eather this or a Hurdy gurdy, but i think a harp sounds much more relaxed ^,..,^ Could you help me plz? :)

[rodstartube]

i began to dance

[TheBumbleBunny]

what is the song's name? You play so pretty!

[phantombagpiper]

@TheBumbleBunny its called 'Angelus ad Virginum'

[luismedina2008]

God Bless you.

[HARVSTO]

lol now all i can think of is a noisy dim medival bar illumniated by campfire.

[isaiahbeasley123]

wow thats todays biggest hit! (in 1632)

[ChillAndSmile]

You are amusing!

[cybearkat]

as a harp plaer myself, the wire strung harps had brass strings(irish) and yes, it can be painful to play till you develop hyour callouses, or grow you nails.

[seonidh]

@cybearkat actually the brass strings were also played by scottish gaelic harpers as well not just irish bards.

[blossomblizzard]

Epic! @_@

[ievenska]

se qualcuno conosce il nome e cognome di questa donna mi contatti immediatamente

[phantombagpiper]

@ievenska Sarah Deere-Jones  info@cornwallharpcentre.co.uk

In English please!

[lennic95]

@phantombagpiper If anyone knows the name of this harpist may they contact me (ievenska) immediatly.

[ChrYou3]

You play music very well, your blue dress is very beautiful too. Thank you.

[javierlampart]

The music is beautiful, and also your dress is really beautiful.

[Mattthebarbarian91]

i wish i was part of that time

[Kythos]

Wow! This video made it look like she's a time traveler from the Medieval age or the camera which made this video traveled to the Medieval age. COOL! :D

[wardog1967]

Absolutely delightful and enchanting. Thank you. :))

[Deloqua]

Beautiful and very chirpy, great costume too. Thank you.

[jc69cj]

muy bonito

[UnderTorture]

sounds like The Legend of Zelda

[GLORD99092]

This harp sounds English just

like the Bagpipes sound Scottish

[hindsight1820]

Very nicely done. Looks just like she stepped out of a time machine! Her hat would make a lovely fruit bowl.

[damedesmontagnes]

Wow. It sounds a lot like the hammered dulcimer. Beautiful!

[nerdyharry]

icecream!

[AEngleSaex]

This sounds really beautiful! wish it was longer!

Would backing (harmony) have been that sophisticated by the 13c?

Considering at this point we're about a hundred years from the first ever documentation of harmony by the Winchester monks?

Great piece of music! Thank you for sharing it.

[phantombagpiper]

@AEngleSaex Well yes, you are probably right, the harps are believed to have had fewer strings and we suspect the lower hand may have held the pillar and one finger may have plucked a string like a drone, but, as usual, we don't actually know. But the more we look at the technical skills of that age the more impressed we become.

[dianislamb]

beatuiful music

[fabios66]

That's really nice,

[djypsydjazz]

I love this video! I watch it a lot. How many strings does this have and what are they tuned to?

[MatiasBeast]

wow ITS AMAZING ;]!!

[John081590]

Nice sound! Must be the steel strings. But it must be really really painful when you are just starting to learn how to play this right?

[phantombagpiper]

@John081590

Yes, wire-strung harps are finger-torture! You need to play a lot to develop hard pads on your fingers. Some people grow their fingernails for wire-strung.

[m00ngaz3r75]

Beautiful medieval dance and perfect execution , you can perhaps dream with this music and think how people would have lived and loved with this music at that time, when there were also warriors, horsemans knights and princesses...

[SallyBork]

so talented!

[beckie0]

I know I have already commented on this months ago - but I will again - I love this so much... thankyou.

[anonymusfree]

que bonito !!!!!

[coltsowl]

Lovely!!!

Mi Ladies,.... See ROMANTIC viedo:

A knight and his lady

[fkthlf]

Bug jump in the past

[midnighttilldawn]

@alemelech

Forsooth...pass me a serving wench !

[VanwaEle]

Wow beautiful!!

[yourforte]

This is lovely.

[NatJane18xx]

I love the medieval approach to the harp! well it seems the origins of the harp anyway, nice costume too.

[veganactor]

It's very nice! However chord progressions like this melodic phrasing like this as well did not enter the music of the world until the Baroque music era (1600-1750). Don't know if you were aiming for historical accuracy, but the piece of music definitely is not appropriate to medieval times. Still, a great piece! And i love costumes....

[phantombagpiper]

It could well be that the left hand accompaniament was not played, but we don't actually know. The more we look at medieval art and engineering the more in awe we become.

[fckualreadyaye]

@veganactor Actually it was used in the medieval era probably the later part (11-15th century). I think they were smaller versions but they were harps. Wikipedia says they date back to the ancient Egyptians (4000 BC) As far as this "definitely not appropriate to medieval times" People identify this sound to the medieval era. Then again I could be wrong, I never lived in the medieval era so I guess I wouldn't know what real music from those times would sound like.

[xXCriptlordwcXx]

wait if they are steel and sharp

how is her fingers still intact?!

[phantombagpiper]

When you play for a living then you get hard pads on your fingers, the worst bit is if you go on holiday and do a lot of swimming and it all softens up. She doesn't have fingerprints either, this makes US immigration amusing.

[Aishiya1]

Beautiful! Does it have bronze strings? It sounds like a wire-strung Celtic harp.

[phantombagpiper]

Hello, this one has steel strings, like a egg-slicer and has similar effect on your fingers!

[Aishiya1]

owowowowowow!!!! But it SOUNDS wonderful!

[empoleonno1]

@phantombagpiper lol

[Ramapazan]

Da kann ich sage dass ich auch mittelalterliche Musik mag.

[droeike]

Fantastic!

[tilintela]

Bellissimo!!!

[lasicula]

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!

[aleighaharber]

a little bit too screachy for me

[laredo16]

this is beautiful

[mffown]

good and no offens but this song maded me a bit sleepy 5/5

[GreenPiano49]

Ahh! I love this!!

[kurisuchinachan]

*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*

*0*0*0*0

^0^0^0^

[northanortha]

This kind of music is rebellious, in a way. So simple and cheerful.

[archdeaconj]

In what way rebellious?

[CraftCh1c]

Well it seems like nowadays music is always rebellious by being cynical and dark so this is rebelling against that... maybe? Ok so it's confusing lol

[archdeaconj]

Oh I see what you mean, yes. Thanks for clarifying.

[CraftCh1c]

Glad to help; I hope that's what he meant :)

[medieval1377]

Wonderfull

[introvertedcynicism]

She's great live. Beautiful to watch and listen to!

[SopranoKayla1992]

This makes me want to get one of those Angel Harps I'm always seeing at the Universal Light Expo, learn how to play this song, and be a minstrel at the Great Lakes Mideval Faire in Geneva!!! :)

[JollanVK]

Beautiful!!

Nice dress :D

[HarperCait]

Cool! Can you also slice hard-boiled eggs with that thing?

[phantombagpiper]

yes but only after a very bad day!!!!

[KISTOVI]

heheheheheh

[DeaththeKid93]

cool! ;D;D

[WhisperwolfAntaris]

This one made me dance!

[uetestina]

oh, awesome!

[Qazic12]

It seems no matter what the time period, somebody is ALWAYS making beautiful music.

[johnnytastetest]

What a beautiful interpretation!

...she is clearly a witch.

BURN HER!!

[Obistalker1]

Wait, we must find out if she weighs the same as a duck! (Monty Python, couldn't resist, lol)

[iaminsanelivewithit]

@Obistalker1 omg i love that movie

[NearExtasis]

Lol

[duran3d]

Beautiful music and beautiful picture too.

[nmatysiakj]

amazing!

[unvmoi]

Wow, this was about 500 years before BACH!!

And the music was good then too!!

[jhmathwizar]

i think i just saw medieval europe (peaceful medieval europe, that is)

[amongbeyo]

nice! thank you!

[orliczek4]

I also want to play a harp...!

[Stevend2be]

Stunning !

[MadmuaselleBella]

Sooo beautiful!! Just..amazing..adorable!! <3333

[BubCar2]

The metal strings certainly make a difference. DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME unless you have very battle-hardened fingertips :)

[FutileGrief]

This is so cool! Beautiful instrument and interpretation (:

[ludovico26]

She is playing one of The Cantigas de Santa Maria. A Spanish medieval manuscript written in Galician-Portuguese, with music notation, during the reign of Alfonso X El Sabio, the wise (1221-1284) King of Castile. The cantigas are one of the largest collections of monophonic songs from the Middle Ages. This one i think is call Salve virgo Virginum.

[mrmartinmartin]

Such an incredible sound.

[kidrussian555]

this song makes you feel like a simple farmer's boy, who has no cares, no problems, just work and sell for his family and his life..

[dolofonos]

Eh? Lazy-Ivan doesn't work hard!

[msmistluve]

love it! i love medieval!

[mturrini]

great!!!

I love the harp!

[Voranax]

love it! i love medieval!

[nuttierthanthou]

5 stars

[Alosnup]

Excel.lent perform...umm....the sound of the harp takes my hand and carry me to somewhere of yesterday times.

I'm a romantic.

Congratulations.

[lucholeticia]

evolving and elevating thank you!

[Aelitache]

Superbe :)

[Steacy783]

How many past lives,you have seemed to re-awaken here!?! It would seem appropriate to at least play one more tune of celtic origin,,please! Dress aside,,!;}

[oldcremona]

Ecstatic rapture!

[SopranoKayla1992]

I ♥ your dress, and this song!

[Aerikku]

le son qu'on entend me fait penser à celui du clavecin! O_o bizarre^^"

[makenneso]

wow

[pedrolobo25]

please milady, can you tell me what kind of clothing you are using in this vid?

thank you and congratulations!

[PedroDamin]

quite nice! :P

[KamiKaZantA]

Nice, reminded me of Zelda Ocarina of Time in the courtyard when Link is young

[chazum0]

hey!! i thought the same thing!

[Aerikku]

hey fan of zelda? ^^

[KamiKaZantA]

Well, not a die hard fan but I got fond memories of Ocarina of Time, thats for sure

[Aerikku]

hey, look in video comment my video ;)

[Numdenu]

WTF? *abruptly falls over laughing*

[penhand101]

i like ur dress it's nice

[SikoSiko13]

Don't worry. :-) I've heard "Medieval Music C-13th English Dance - Harp" already and it was so amazing as this. I don't know why, but I love this music for a long time. The older, the better. ;-)

[SikoSiko13]

It's so caressing... I love it! Not like that today metal rubbish.

[phantombagpiper]

Thankyou! see other 'Deere-Jones' YouTube pieces for more caress-ment!

[romuloVG]

great tune, nice performance

[penhand101]

can u make some more medievil songs please ilike the medievil times better i watch medievil movies alot and i know the stuff they wear and use.

[zombie19844891]

Jip. better times ;)

[Olebruc]

Is that the celtic harp?

[phantombagpiper]

No, its a reproduction wire-strung harp based on a drawing in 'The English Psalter' the appropriate instrument for the piece.

[clydesight]

Very beautiful. The wire strings really make it a sharper sound than "gut" strings! But in the Middle Ages, which would have been used more often?

[phantombagpiper]

As I remarked to 'yanpan16' we only know that wire and gut were used as well as horsehair.

we have no idea about what proportion. Local makers probably had their favourite materials.

[yanpan16]

what were the harps strings actually made from back then???

lovely playing =]

[phantombagpiper]

Strings were made from wire, horse-hair and animal gut. These are wire, modern wire is stronger and this harp is presumably brighter sounding than the originals.

[vevinaanne]

What kind of harp is that? where did you get it? who makes them?

[phantombagpiper]

The harp is a reproduction of the instrument in 'The English Psalter' It is wire-strung and was made by Christopher Barlow the Harpsichord Maker from Frome in Somerset.

[foxdruidz]

this must be the angelus!

i've heard this song played on a harpsichord

[yamazakura01]

Hello. I am Japanese.

I love music in the Middle Ages.

I like clothes in the Middle Ages.

I am very satisfied...

[carltonvht]

Très joli morceau, merveilleusement bien jouer merci.

[bluelinerider]

Yes,I want to dance as well but only the cat is with me,well we could try !

[BMcCue7]

I love the setting, with the light coming in from one side. You look like a living painting!

[clodoaldoljr]

seems to invites us do dance...what kind of dance would that be? perhaps a jig?

[phantombagpiper]

Angelus ad Virginum is a 13thC Christmas song.

1st verse is:

1. Angelus ad virginem Subintrans in conclave.

Virginis formidinum Demulcens inquit "Ave."

Ave regina virginum,

Coeliteraeque dominum Concipies Et paries Intacta,  Salutem hominum. Tu porta coeli facta Medella criminum.

[clodoaldoljr]

Those words look like Gabriel's speech to the Virgin Mary when he paid her a visit. I still think the style of the music (let's pretend one does not know the text) is rather profane (or secular as you like).

[arafhenus]

Bella melodia

[MoorOfDundee]

WOW! You're great! LOVE the outfit...Hmmm are you sure you're dressed in Medieval wear? Looks more Renaissance, but either way I enjoyed your playing...Wonderful!

[SilverSammet]

Love it.

[gadsy]

Qué belleza, todo...

[piper42]

I like your harp playing and your costume. :D

[Rojnc]

exelent

[anyatherat]

Lovely!

[gh0stbitch]

where can i get the sheet music for this?

[blackliath]

I play that carol too, as part of a medieval/renaissance xmas set. I adapted mine from Susanne Guildemann's book of carols for lap harp (most harp music places will stock it) - they are simple arrangements that fit on a 22 string, but it's easy enough to stretch them out a bit for larger instruments.

[dolphinlover1515]

what method do you use????

[phantombagpiper]

I play all genres of music on a variety of different harps, so I use the standard harp finger technique as taught by most conservatoires and colleges of music! Some will say it is not 'authentic', but for harpists like me who want to play a variety of harps it works fine!

[Ruikosama]

I'm singing this!!

wow...it sounds so different!

but good!

I think she should smile at the end though!

[babyrakes]

please teach me!

[adorantes0123]

it so hypnotic........I <3 IT !!!!!

[MauriceFlower]

Delightful -- the whole thing! Yes, clear sound. Good picture quality. Thank you for doing it 'this good'. I like quality! (See my very long Playlist.)

-Hans - the friendly viking from Sweden

[chickenboy2006]

ROCK ON !!!!! Beautiful SONG

[puritoman]

!MUY LINDO!

[MarkHarmer]

Lovely playing - really wonderful to listen to. Thank you!

[zwirbert]

this is really nice. The song is indeed swinging and dancing and the look of the set and the coustume ist great. Thanks. Thanks a lot. It really is inspiring.

[Celticharper1]

Wow, that is just awesome, thank you for inspiring me to practice more!

Celticharper1