Michelle Mulcahey plays Irish Harp

[GirlArmy21]

amazing!

[baggie00001]

Absolutely wonderful. Enjoyed every second of that.

Need to hear more of Michelle's music.

[pisces2222]

Absolutely charming :) I have found a new favorite instrument! Very, very well done!

[violynnsey]

The first jig is Bimid ag Ol, or We Were Drinking and Kissing the Ladies. The second, as Michelle mentions, is the Lark on the Strand.

[awgriffin]

What a gift to the world. You brighten up this chilly world :)

[Dreamin4more]

Hi Michelle, I love these songs!!! Can you tell me the name of these 2 songs, I couldn't quite hear in the video. Thank you & God Bless, LaRae

[iamyinandyang]

fab player, enjoyed with thanks

[mksboysal]

Michelle, your mastery of the harp shines like a morning star...

[patrickd879]

The 28 people who disliked this people are truly ignorant of absolute musical genius! This is absolutely fantastic... I have so much respect for her

[danielle1231828]

nice job there girl!!!!!

[andylowings]

If I understand this right the bass hand is playing 4/4 and the tune is 6/8..and the bass rhythm varies often from

One-(2)-(3)-Four,  to

(1)-(2)-Three-Four, and sometimes

One-(2)-(3)-Fourand, or

One-(2) -Threeand- Four

Its very catchy and clever and Irish !

[thedulcimer]

I never get sick of listening to this song. You are so talented and please post some more videos soon! God bless,

---Eric---

[John081590]

How peaceful...It's like a gently flowing stream...

[m4risU]

just hipnotizing, good work!

[holgerqueck]

Love it!



[chelsearoses22]

Wow, you're really good, inspiration for me to keep practicing my flute even, very good! Thanks for uploading your talent. Keep on playing and feel free to check out some of my videos!

[acecolvin]

Beautiful!

[egoterminators2012]

This is very very good!!! Thanks for learning how to play and sharing your lovely talent with the world

[ToOm733]

Excellent :D

[SiggyStern]

Very very beautiful, I love the sound of this harp and of course the very beautiful way that Michelle plays it!!

[schaumorgenrot]

My favorite Irish harpist...nothing to add.

[Foobiquanz]

Marry me!!! I could listen to you play forever! Such inspiration to learn to play my own harp! You're wonderful! Keep it coming Michelle! It's some of the best music out there, it really is!

[Dacnyolc]

It's a very cruel practice to applause after a harp-song. It breaks the peace what the music grants.

[swimchick359]

Michelle, you are absolutely wonderful. I wish I could play any instrument like you work that harp.

[gtrgdss]

awesome! i love to watch your hands when you play! :)

[wildjellybee]

i cant even here it

[droppinstep]

I really want this track (on Harp) in my playlist =( i've been hearing it from two years !!! where i can found it?

[melkor6666666]

Awesome

[baggie00001]

Wonderful. Love it.

[MichelleSeven]

beautiful!

[Skippydekangaroo]

Im proud to say i met her once :D

she played piano with me (im no good haha) and she played the fiddle in my house too, she's amazing and really nice too :')

[highlandlaura]

very nice. lovely!

[sacredsong]

why didn't we hear anything from the piper?!

the harp is awesome! but pipes and harp together are awesome-er

[Unitedsates]

Wow! Gorgeous! I'd love to hear her play live...

Just lovely, perfect playing.

[lolo19831983]

very goooooooood

[neocool12]

amazing piece of music...always loved the way those harps sound :)

[dave777blaster]

very nice, a beautiful set of songs

[bookkeeper57]

What a gift she has.

[andhearts6teen]

You have such beautiful hands. Beautiful playing. Brought my soul to tears. =)

[mjw12345]

I'm not sure why it has not made it to YOUTUBE. On a TG4 awards program [TG4 is an Irish Language Tv station] Michelle plays the harp in the most divine transcendant way you can ever imagine. It can be downloaded from the TG4 website as part of a 90min feature. I've D'L it but don't know how to cut and splice for upload. If someone out there in the globosphere has the D'load and can post fine; if not, speak up and I'll see if I can extract and upload the Michelle stuff which is for the ages.

[andyjirak]

Do you have any details on how to access this video on the TG4 site? I had seen it before, and it is amazing. The next time I went back the site had been changed and I could not find it. Thanks.

[mjw12345]

Yes,since i posted I checked and was surprised also that the relevant pieces had been deleted!! TG4 is state-funded to support the Irish language and culture (obviously its music) and I wrote them to find out what happened. Well,apparently problems with rights!! It seems BS-what better way for Mulcahy to have more fans and pay for her music and when she tours. Sorry for the delay-I'll see if I can find the original and post the portion relevant. TG4 is not doing the job Ireland pays them to do.

[sheilamaclean]

what perfect harmonies from a confident young lady, well done, you're a joy to listen to. thank you

[AppleMatchBox]

i don't like big harps

[Zincofrakh]

Your fingers should be wrapped in silk!

Thank you.

[Lifelessfreak101]

very happy and uplifting

[manatarms47]

Excellent! Great sense of rhythm. Very impressed!

[dr400z1]

Nice work! Beautiful music

[sergeanttriggerhappy]

she was my music teacher for the past two years one of the soundest teachers ever to be honest if you see this comment by any chance its jed haha

[me2ontube]

does she sell any of her music - she's amazing

[piobairesicago]

She's made two CDs with her father and sister as The Mulcahys. I think you can find their recordings at the Claddagh Record website.

[themishi]

This is so beautiful it brings tears to my eyes.

[Lawso1]

hi,

firstly, i play piano.....

how are these tuned? like, by a professional or similar to guitar?

very nice, well done.

[AntarcticDreamer]

Similar to a guitar. You use a tuning key - so not entirely like a guitar - but you do it yourself. All you need is someone to provide you with the right note to get you started and then you can tune the whole thing.

[pinkeschaoz]

can you send me the notes for this song? pls

[HazeTheVenomousMist]

Nice finger work @ 1:10-2:30. (Esp. the retuning @ 1:50!!)

[HazeTheVenomousMist]

Beautiful! :)

[Ozziewozzie2007]

I got one question.

The musician must have a very big memory bank to be able to memorise all the notes in that piece...

amazing...

[geargodanimations]

lol i dont mean to be an ass but that was not a question that was a comment lol

[Ozziewozzie2007]

Oh well, mr geargod.... god??

my question must have been a silly comment then... he he he

Usually i see musician playing complicated music always have some sorts of music score to help. If she dont need one, then her memory must be like my laptop, 100 over gigabyte.. he he he

[geargodanimations]

lol XD

[AntarcticDreamer]

Well, it depends how much of them are repeats.

Quite a lot of celtic tunes have an A-B-A-C D-E-D-A/F pattern, so you can remember the sections and the pattern they are repeated in. But even so, remembering these two peices plus the key change would be way beyond me. And then she has the beautiful touch to go with it... I'm staving off envy, here.

[Ozziewozzie2007]

U r right too. I can only strum the guitar but on this instrument, i doubt if i can even find any chords at all. he he he

[AntarcticDreamer]

hehe. That's why I love the fact that 'C's and 'F's are marked. I'd never learn a thing on harp otherwise.

[piobairesicago]

Umm, well, Irish traditional musicians learn tunes mostly by ear. It's a skill anyone with patience and dedication can learn, but it requires a lot of interaction with teachers and muiscal peers.

In other words, she didn't memorize a score for that performance. She's sort of semi-improvising the harmonies while playing melodies she's known for most of her life.

[Ozziewozzie2007]

Well, thanks for the explanation. I can only play simple music myself all my memory, did not have chance to learn to read scores early in life, so when i tried it as an adult, it was rather imposible.

[dolofonos]

While there are advantages in learning things as a child, there are also advantages in learning things as an adult. The primary advantage with an early start is time. Children have more of it available for musical study and practice. If learning to read scores is important to you and the time is available then you can learn to do so just as a child. What you don't witness when listening to an accomplished young musician is the years that they sounded terrible and couldn't sight-read!

[dolofonos]

@1eyedeit You would do well to familiarize yourself with the 'Fallacy of Extension.'

[1eyedeit]

@dolofonos Maybe I misunderstood you... your own statement was not clear. My point is, I think it is incorrect for you to state that accomplished young musicians spend years sounding terrible - not always and certainly not in this case.

[davidbuzzburrows]

I love it,you're brilliant..

[mgiotar]

Well done Michelle, I heard you as well on the TG4 programme (Grada?) where you got an award - the harp sounded super, and you've great rhythm and musicality. (Wish people were not putting those racist comments on your page.)

Very best of luck, M

[Foobiquanz]

I haven't seen this video for some months now. I come back to it and again it sounds beautiful!! Someone in Australia loves you!!! It's a much bigger harp than my own. I'll have to finish mine off! Just got lever's to go:D

[MystSilverDragon]

beautiful :)

[disaROTIN]

Nice job, whereas we as the Kurds got the same thing Harp,

[jupzz]

thats amazing thx for putting it on youtube :)

[12FlyMe]

Very nice! Thank you!

[pinkeschaoz]

have you the notes for this song? can you send me this pls?

[theSTAR70]

I listen to these musical pieces and I think I've gone to heaven ...

[Siobanxx]

wow ms u rock!!!

[Vincettivantastic]

You get +1 Awesomes

Use them wisely.

[PantheraLeoBlanco]

That was amazing!

[nauricaa]

love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

[boonec5]

this is enchanting.

[sheilamaclean]

What a joy to listen to! A difficult piece played with accomplishment. Thankyou.

[awol2602]

Beautiful playing

[Eadhmonn]

Michelle you're always a joy to listen to, watch and talk to, hope all's well with sis and dad, ever , Eadhmonn in Elkins WV

[excepter000]

beautiful! you have amazing skill!

[dizzyBslummin]

I'd like to meet this harp player. such a fluid musical flow can only come from someone with a beautiful and deep soul.

[talitacumi2457]

how sweet of u to say such things about her. she plays prettty good.

[adele2kk9]

ahhhhhh dats my music teacher :D:D

gowaan miss ya goodthinggg :D

[maxiart]

*applauses

[odie720706]

wonderful~~

[babycolt19]

sighhhhhhhhhhhh, wonderful. Fabulous job. 5 stars.

[nowonderitsneverland]

oh gosh this was amazing !!

[notstopping]

I love this piece. thank you for sharing.

[apeteraa]

beautiful,peaceful,beautiful..­.

[Dessun]

Very wierd, the music only comes out of one speaker now. And only with this video. I could have sworn it used to come out of both when I played this before.

[Collected23]

same here =/

[Clareroom]

up ireland! Well done!

[sisCathryn]

This one definatly got in my favorites list.

And, lately I have been a bit to loose with it, but this certainly decerves to be on it!

So nice, and, well, just add a word here you'dd like to compliment yourself with, and I would undoubtfully agree! :D

[ColinGuitarandVoice]

Great Groove~

[theirishmusician]

what are the songs called again??

[gwhastings]

It's right there in the listing:

Two traditional Irish pieces on Irish or Celtic harp, played by Michelle Mulcahey.

"Bimis ag ol" and "The Lark on the Strand"

[SrNetsWalker]

So Great Hand Working... with the non stop peace!!

[Aociardha]

Music in the head transferred to the fingures, so beautiful!

[mmrdenk]

you play with such love that you can feel it in the music.

amazing

[NewYorkHarpTrio]

Very Nice! Keep it up

[TWITCHYMAN]

Wonderful!

[Aeon135]

ahhh...ireland...

[Coolguy1993]

this is simply beautiful. does anyone know what she caleed the name of the two peices? i cant seem to hear what she said. :(

[Rendell05]

Bimis ag ol, and The Lark on the Strand.

[jeremiahfodgother]

Yes, harp is the instrument. Socrates also said so.

Peter was never in rome.

[ralphsilat]

Fantastic! Wow!!!!

[tomsta88]

I have never heard a harp being played this beautiful !

I couldn't imagine a better song to be played on this instrument.

Is this an allready existing song, or is it made by the girl in the video?

[LayalaM]

Wonderful!I could hear you again and again and again!!!!!!PLEASE MORE!!!!!!!!!

[RonaldsonTippet]

Wow!

[schaumorgenrot]

My favorite harp player : chudwuggie is right: it is the rhythm combined with the divine sound of the harp. Solo LP!!! I am all for it!

[GaladedridDamodred]

Ohhh, this is beautiful. I've always wanted to learn to play the harp...

They say that the harp is the one instrument that can sound no evil, however badly it is played. Perhaps that is why it is dedicated to the Gods?

[chudwuggie]

Wow-very good, I'm not accustomed to hearing jigs and that sort of precise rythmic playing on the harp. Very impressive!

[dervishmusic]

Michelle PLEASE make a solo recording. The world is waiting to hear you play!!!!

[violatione]

You're beautiful and your playing is heavenly!

[stewdart]

Thats heavenly i loved it, beautiful musical fingers

[robert1884]

that is absolutely beautiful

[Mogansss]

good work

[coolarsebillyboy]

nicely done!

[decsonthedecks]

as harp player myself I thought your playing was great...well controled and smooth. Michael rooney influence by any chance?

[Piperboy77]

My vote for best harpist on Youtube for sure.

[teratzul]

Increadible, wonderfull ! I was captured by the music and found that I couldn't even change the window. At the end I almost aplaused, barely remembering I was actually in my room. It's like the music transported me somewhere else.

[nuttierthanthou]

very nice

[LilHarpist]

Michelle is class.. I play the harp too myself..!

I love your syncopated backing, that's my fave style of harp playing..! :D

[rkmugen]

Now, i'm not Irish, and I don't normally listen to harp.... but.... WHOA... this is EXCELLENCE!!! Definitely, you're one of the few people that make me want to not only listen to more, but you inspire me to get a harp and make my own jams with it! :)

[lolly082]

Im so happy when i hear this song , Whats the name of this buatifull song? can u tell it me?

Michelle is realy good in irich harp and it werly buatufull she make's everybudy happy whit this song =)

[dbrockbassoon]

"Bimis ag ol" and "The Lark on the Strand" are the two pieces she played.

[Pooki70729]

Great talent! Beautiful.

[qizalia]

Truly beautiful, captivating.

[mmrdenk]

one of the most beautiful songs i've ever heard. tears through my eyes the whole time. this song sounds so beautiful and happy but i've got the feeling it must be about losing someone and trying to only think happy to make oneself happier.

[skabread]

Amazing.

[Signfreaker]

This is why god gave us ears

[InnocentInjury]

I had tears in my eyes, when I wathed this vid. for the first time...

Thank you for posting ist

[ForbiddenRomance94]

oh my god that was so beautiful.

[schwartzivym]

lovely

[wilsdomain]

Thank you very much for sharing, gwhastings. Tá tú an-chaoin! Go raibh míle maith agat! Michelle plays the Irish/Celtic harp very well. Yes, the lassie is very talented. Bimis ag ol and The Lark on the Strand are indeed two outstanding Irish pieces.

Ó! Is go maith sin! Is maith liom Gaeilge. Tá Éire tír iontach. Ba mhaith liom Éire ar cuairt a thabairt uirthi aon lá amháin.

Is maith liom go fírinneach é! Dáiríre!

--- WilsDomain (Children advocate, U.S. Marine/Cold War veteran)

[CryMoar]

One of my favorite instruments played beautifully!  Bravo!

[narutoavatarfan]

B-E-U autifull

[RK260]

OH NARU u killed it!

it's:

B-E-A-U tiful!

[ljubovna]

oh how i luvvvvv theee for ur irish tonguee and irisshhh harpp :)

[rockingmods]

That was beautul

[uromano]

Well done!!!

[CheetahGoddess]

Awesome job!! But remember to keep your elbows up.

[GreenHarpist]

Keeping your elbows up is important in classical playing, but not for the Irish harp.

[longingtobethere08]

Spot on comment! and so TRUE!

[Denisova321]

Thats beautiful! Well done!

[AnandaShake]

wow she is fastt!

beautifulll youre so sweet

[sonho1234]

What size is that harp? Its a lovely piece, and I don't know anything about harps, but this is awesome :D

[Rheidun]

this is good harping!

[LilHarpist]

she is CLASS.. i play the harp myself (Irish) and I would just love to be as good as she is some day..! her name's Michelle Mulcahy!

[zaivanbuijs]

hellooo, eikull, hehe! About the tunes and playing on the vid, lovely, lovley, lovely, and what a lovely lady playing them.

[skrouch]

i`ll like to see you playig tha arp, can you do it better¿?

[dave777blaster]

Special music takes a special girl

Here is an example of both

Exceptional

[XRayCam]

Awsume....................!! :)

[adrianleecassidy]

u go girl

[harpluffer]

awesome for how long is she playing the harp ?

[1381381]

nice piece

[poetarocco83]

l'arpa...uno degli strumenti lasciati in eredità da parte degli angeli all'uomo..e la fortuna e che cè chi suona le sue note!! bravissima! l'italia dovrebbe conoscere meglio questo strumento semplicemente puro!

[roberttiso]

Brava.very nice music.

more kisses from Italy

[carlo5770]

wonderful little nice girl and wonderful music.

kisses from italy

[jonjokel]

wow!

[Ravel55555]

Beautiful.

TG Scotsman

[moharabatta]

complimenti! nice job!

[d2ragon]

Great job! ^_^ 5/5

[rinchen12051982]

wonderful *

really perfect*

[BlondeGothicGirl]

quite pretty

lol

[yanpan16]

very pretty