save ginny weasley-harry and the potters (stringified!)

[Emmaisanerdfighter]

I can haz notes for this?

-a violist

[capitolcee]

I don't know the song, but nice playing! I thoroughly enjoyed it!!

[CasiePace]

saveee ginny weasley from the basalisk!

[TheArtstknwnas]

hey there I love this video and that is a lovley Viola. what is the age to it? My friend who goes to temple university in Philadelphia is going for music and plays Viola. He says his favorite thing right now is doing Chamber Orchestra. I will certainly add you as a friend. How long have you been playing the Violin/ Viola for? Take care. and Check out my version of this song haha.. I recorded one as well haha

[raidonthestadiar]

...It even took out Ms. Norris (THAT'S THE JANITOR'S CAT!)

I heard a great a capella version of this once.

Yayyyyyy

[Mikeysmonkay]

OMG! You play Violin too! We are definitely meant to be best friends.

[hopeonatenspeed]

it is actually a viola...

but we can still be friends.

[0hhelleur]

holy fuck that's awesome.

[thelimejello]

You are wonderful. :)

I haven't played my violin in a little more than two years (I abandoned it for the guitar when I left for college). Watching this has inspired me to pick it up again.

Hope you'll make more videos in the future!

[hopeonatenspeed]

hooray!

i love inspiring string playing!

i actually had a great time arranging this...

and am considering doing something with a remus lupins song. hah. i think it would be fun.

[CrazyGirl12123]

FRIGGIN AWESOME!! sorry for the caps i just think its cool

[Mapsp2]

WOW you are REALLY good =O!!!

[secludedsecret]

schnaaap. You have major skills.

I used to play the viola when I was younger - like, around 3rd grade younger - but then I quit because I didn't like practicing. I mean... I still have the viola, but it's majorly too small. ahh, well. I want to learn guitar and piano, so maybe I'm picking music back up - yay!

anyways. I like the video, and your concentrating face is awesome.

[SourCookie]

Loved it :) You're really good. Did you figure out all the noes for it yourself?

[hopeonatenspeed]

i got the chords off of the internet and figured the notes out from there.

it was a lot of fun.

[Thestralsxxx]

That was amazing and Ravenclaw FTW!

[ohhsoliloquy]

SO COOL!

[EvilxSoap]

OMG!

U're soo great!

[hopeonatenspeed]

i'm pretty pumped that you like it!

[elvendork1995]

Are you Ravenclaw ? Looks like a Ravenclaw tie !

[hopeonatenspeed]

heck yes!

i'm a ravenclaw.

[elvendork1995]

Ravenclaw's are made of awesome RAVENCLAW FTW

[JordiekinsxxReal]

can i haz your brain?

[hopeonatenspeed]

well...

i need it most of the time...

i will see what i can do about lending it to you on occasion.

hah.

[minorians]

man i wish i had that tallent. gotta love your wizard rock

<3

[ghostwritten87]

paige, you are so talented! Keep these vids coming, loving them :)

[librarydanceparty]

This is awesome!

If I may ask, what is your viola's name?

[hopeonatenspeed]

his name is ivan!

[shannonshine]

This has awesome written all over it!!

[anniessosilly]

PAIGE! I LOVE THIS! I hope you're having fun in South Korea!

[sarahstarface]

hahaha!! That was so awesome :D

I love that song.

[base753]

Paige, very well done, that looks like a lot of work.

[OMJitsohmyjasper]

lol. awesome and new ravenclaw tie!

*we ravenclaws pwn...*

:Dftba

[hopeonatenspeed]

yes!

ravenclaws are pretty much the best.

[0Cazlon0]

I like the different faces :D hehe

Go go go my korean adventurer :)!!

[hopeonatenspeed]

yes!

i will gogogo!

[lucilombardo]

very nicely done :) at first i was wishing that you had put on different outfits for each part, but then i realized- it was way more awesome the way you did it! great job!

[hopeonatenspeed]

hahah.

thanks!

i thought about putting on different things for each...

but that would have required more work. hah. plus, i only have one harry potter type outfit with me in south korea.

[NullisSum]

Utterly fantastic. Thank you!

[hopeonatenspeed]

no...

thank you!

[passionateforwords]

If anyone was unaware of what awesome was, I'd point them to this video.

I love all of your "violin faces". Or as you point out just now, "concentrating faces". I need to stop commenting on a textedit window as I watch the video.

Also, RAVENCLAW TIE? REPRESENT.

Is that a sock at the end of your bed? If so, that is pretty much awesome, as you are receiving this comment from a prone sock-ditcher.

[hopeonatenspeed]

hahahaha.

i'm not sure if it is a sock...

i was in the middle of unpacking, so it could be anything. i'll rewatch and find out!

[DazzlinglyAbsurd]

Somebody DFTBA'd =D

That was awesome... but no popsicle? ^_^

[hopeonatenspeed]

i couldn't find popsicles at home plus!

tragedy.

[maninwhitedress]

another beautiful masterpiece ::--))

[hopeonatenspeed]

thank you friend!

[holeysaintgeorge]

Very cool!!

[hopeonatenspeed]

people who think that string arrangements of a song about harry potter are cool are my favorite.

i love nerds so much....

you know...

being one myself.

[holeysaintgeorge]

oh yes indeed!

I love nerd too.. so so much! We are awesome!

[ashchan6]

wow that was pretty cool :D

[hopeonatenspeed]

i'm glad that you think so!

[phainopepla95]

President of Awesome beyond doubt! The viola quartette brought to mind the song "I'm real woman" where the woman concerned does all the field work, comes back to the house and prepares all the meals, etc., etc., etc. because, as she sings "I am a real woman". In your case and smart and ingenuous, too, fits. Your split screen videos have become (hate the word- too tired, but maybe it works....) awesome!

[hopeonatenspeed]

hahaha.

i'll have to go watch that video.

thanks!

[RachaelF27]

I love it! Now you just have to find a glow in the dark dog and you and Paul DeGeorge will become best friends forever!

[hopeonatenspeed]

it will be a quest for friendship!

[UberFridgeKing]

Awesome cakerey. Very nice.

[hopeonatenspeed]

man...

now i want some cake...

hah.

[UberFridgeKing]

Id give you some but your a wee bit away so you are :D

[seaottersoup]

Excellent!

Now, when can we expect something written or arranged for ukulele and viola?

[hopeonatenspeed]

ummm....

sometime after i get my uke here in south korea. hah.

[CleverestWitch2188]

Paige... when you told me you were posting this.. I was all O_O! Now I just don't even have words for how awesome this happens to be. You never cease to amaze me with your skills.

-Sara

[hopeonatenspeed]

yes! i amazing with my mad skills!

[CwarMacDog]

awesome job and im digging the tie!

[hopeonatenspeed]

harry potter ties ftw!

[theotherjessica]

Wow! That was so good! I love Harry and The Potters!

[hopeonatenspeed]

aren't they fantastic?!?

[emmfan09]

this is life-changing. and overly appropriate as I was singing this song yesterday in excitement fro HBP! and I love the fact that you took a Ravenclaw tie with you to Korea. how necessary, indeed!

[hopeonatenspeed]

hahah.

i'm happy to have changed your life.

hahah. my ravenclaw tie was one of the first things to be packed.

[darkbluecoffee]

You so got this idea from Peeved, didn't you? :)

Paige, this is amazing, you have mad skills! <3

[hopeonatenspeed]

actually, it was kind of a spur of the moment decision at leakycon. i met paul...so i asked which song he thought would be good via string quartet.

thanks! i'm glad you like my skills!

[phainopepla95]

BRAVO! Paige for president!

[hopeonatenspeed]

hahaha.

president of awesome maybe?

[xperpetualmotion]

That was amazing, Paige! Random thought but it would be awesome if someone remixed this with the original song.

[hopeonatenspeed]

that would be really cool!

[ukulelevlog1732]

Paige+ HatP= :)

AWESOME job!!

[hopeonatenspeed]

thank you!

i'm glad that i could do the song justice.

[NewTet]

Tongue-in-cheek as it may be, it is still good. Thank you.

Oh, and if you ever get around to it, do what ever it is my wall paper makes you wanna do, okay?

[hopeonatenspeed]

hah. something crazy.

check.

[LorrenFTW]

Things like this make me REALLLLLY glad I subscribed to you... If I didn't... then I would've missed this!

Your songs and stringified covers of songs make me SO happy. They're all completely amazing :) Thanks for being the coolest cool kid.

[hopeonatenspeed]

i'm pretty glad that you did too!

i'm glad they make you happy.

[paisleypower30]

That was so awesome. You did the arrangement all by yourself, didn't you? So that doubles the awesome :)

[hopeonatenspeed]

yup! i arranged it myself!

[whoaitsliketaylor]

Let's be musical string quartet friends <3 I'll bring mah cello.

[hopeonatenspeed]

yes!

string quartet party!

[Painfoot]

(I love how you're pwning the youtube stats in South Korea)

Amazing viola playing of such an awesome song :D (and nice tie!)

[hopeonatenspeed]

(haha. i know! there isn't much competition over here.)

thankyouthankyou!

[princessleia184]

Amazingly Fantastical. I wish I could play the violin. I've decided you're going to teach me. Yep. That's the plan.

[hopeonatenspeed]

this is actually a viola...

but i can teach you the violin if you want. i'm just not as good at it.

[princessleia184]

Oh. Now I feel stupid. I should have done my research.

My plan to look smart has turned on me. As long as you don't tell anyone about this little "incident", I think I'll be okay. Note to self: research musical instruments.

[RebeccaInTheTARDIS]

I'm so stupid. For a moment there I actually wondered how many violins you had. :S

But yeah, amazing cover, I love that song and you played it beautifully. :]

[hopeonatenspeed]

haha.

no violins...

but one viola!

[thepeteris]

Wowza.

[hopeonatenspeed]

in my head...

you were a cartoon character when you said that. hah.

[thepeteris]

That's strange...

I WAS actually a cartoon character when I said it.

You know, like in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Oh, and on a side note, what is the difference between a violin and viola?

[hopeonatenspeed]

i knew it!

the viola is a fifth lower than the violin.

violin strings: G D A E

viola strings: C G D A

also, the violin has a full size. the viola gets as big as you can hold it.

[thepeteris]

Thanks.

Another mystery of the universe solved by Paige.

[alorena1]

That was so lovely :)

[lamarnza]

I play violin ^^

[hopeonatenspeed]

yes! string players!

[xxpajjioxx]

PAIGE YOU ARE MADE OF AWESOME. :]

[hopeonatenspeed]

paige you are made of awesome!

[xxpajjioxx]

haha, no you. :]

[Starlysh]

This is SO AWESOME.

And I totally have the serious/concentration face as well.

That must have taken some time composing all the parts together. So cool.

[hopeonatenspeed]

yeah...

it wasn't too bad tho. once you get the first couple of parts you can do a lot of copy and pasting. haha.

[Fencedingates]

-Claps- I love it :D You are awesomely amazing

[hopeonatenspeed]

thanks! i'm so glad you liked it!

[suchducks]

Oh how I love seeing four or less Paiges staring at me intensely while playing beautiful awesome fantastic music.

[hopeonatenspeed]

haha. yes!

i will stare into your soul!

[bonomu13]

Cool video, song sounds great!

[hopeonatenspeed]

thanks! i'm pretty pumped that you liked it!

[musicislife00000]

Ravenclaws, represent! :]

[hopeonatenspeed]

holla!

haha.

[littledagny]

LOL! Paige you brought your viola to S. Korea? Awesome. Haha.

[hopeonatenspeed]

heck yes i did!

i would be lost and alone without my viola!

[EVElVENEG]

You are amazing Paige!

[hopeonatenspeed]

thanks friend!

[potterluva9393]

(you spelled weasley wrong in the tags)

Awesome! Glad to see you finally have your viola with you! An orchestra person is lost without their instrument.

[hopeonatenspeed]

thanks and fixed!

i know. i don't know what i would do without ivan (that's my viola's name).

[shortsisters756]

YAY!  I loved actually seeing you play :-) so glad you decided to put it up for all to enjoy! pure awesome!!!

-chellie

[hopeonatenspeed]

haha. yes. hooray for impatience.

[fizzylimon]

Ravenclaws FTW! And nice viola-ing skills. Congratulations on the tailpiece remaining intact :-P

[hopeonatenspeed]

haha. i know!

i would have cried if it had broken.

[bandgeekmike]

How often do people make comments in your videos about that being a violin?

[hopeonatenspeed]

surprisingly few actually.

i think there have only been a couple on this one so far.

[cookie4monster4]

Woah Paige! This is amazing. I love this song, and you play beautifully. Awesome job!

Also sweet editing skills, it seems like it'd be mad hard to match the timing up right.

[hopeonatenspeed]

yeah...

it was a little tricky. it was a lot of fun tho!

[EnlightenedCinema]

This vid ROCKS!!!

[hopeonatenspeed]

you ROCK!!!

[ohmygodfatherscat]

You are right, all the cool kids do.

This changed my life. I love wrock. I love wrock more when you play pure awesomeness on violin.

HUFFLEPUFF PRIDE!

[hopeonatenspeed]

hahah.

i'm glad you enjoyed it!

[BriIsTheFinestCheese]

OMG UR A RAVENCLAW TOO!!! :D "We've got to save Ginny Weasley frm the basilisk!!" i like save Ginny Weasley from Dean Thomas too. both good songs. "We've got to save the school...again." lol

[hopeonatenspeed]

yes! ravenclaw!

[outofmyelement]

We've got to SAVE GINNY WEASLEY FROM THE BASILISK! ^_^ We've got to save Ginny Weasely from that unseen horror!

This is amazing, Paige! <3

[hopeonatenspeed]

haha. yeah...

i'm going to be singing it in my head for all of eternity.

[Huvudpain]

I love it! I love when strings are played well :D

[hopeonatenspeed]

thankyouthankyou!

[hoffmangirl23]

this is great!

harry and the potters rock my life. :)

[hopeonatenspeed]

i know the feeling.

[limehighliter]

Once again you have outdone yourself in the awesome department! Thanks!

[hopeonatenspeed]

i try...

haha. thanks.

[secretaznjen]

woooo! yay for violas! ^_^

[hopeonatenspeed]

yes! best instrument ever.

duh.

[NerdfighterAnna]

Love it!!!!!

5*'s + faved :D

[hopeonatenspeed]

thanks!

[LAshlieH]

Wow Paige, that was amazing! I really liked it. Awesome : )

I hope things are still going well

[hopeonatenspeed]

thanks!

they are going quite well so far. no major mishaps or anything. hah.

[Sustainable135]

Awresome, Paige!  Great concept.

[hopeonatenspeed]

thanks!

orchestra nerds! hah.

[KronksSpinachPuffs]

Awesome :)

You are quite the musician, Paige!

[hopeonatenspeed]

thankyouthankyou friend!

[SuperJar]

wow, that's such a good idea!

i never knew you could have a one person quartet :)

[hopeonatenspeed]

thanks!

it was an idea born out of necessity...

i couldn't find a cellist. hah.

[hellobettsy]

this is AMAZING

you are my favorite

[hopeonatenspeed]

you are amazing!

thanks.

[elaizathornberry]

Ahhh best.

My friend and I were

going to spoof the original :)

[hopeonatenspeed]

haha. wonderful.

what kind of spoof?

[AutisticLemon]

Also, that was awesome, I can only play one song on the viola, and it's squeaky and it takes me so long to play it. Haha.

[AutisticLemon]

FOURTH. Damn, I missed first this time. CURSES.

[hopeonatenspeed]

it is okay...

i still love you.

what song can you play on the viola?

[AutisticLemon]

Um... I'll have to ask my friend who taught me but it goes

Bumm bumm bumm BUM BUM bum bum dedum BE DE BE...

You know, that one....

Hahaha

[Seanorexia]

Love it! And love the tie!

[hopeonatenspeed]

thanks!

harry potter nerds need a quality tie. hah.

[Seanorexia]

and glasses! luckily, you & i are both four-eyed nerds! ;p hope you're getting settled in nicely, best friend. night-night.

[beckstraordinary]

Favorite Harry & The Potters Song! Super awesome!

[hopeonatenspeed]

i'm quite a big fan of the original myself.

[mynameisyibble]

Epically awesome. :D

[hopeonatenspeed]

thank you friend!