Lullaby for Cello and Piano

[lifeoftears]

would it be okay if my friend and i used this as the theme for our kingdom hearts games? this song is perfect for the winter feel. we promise to give credit to you ^_^

[agirotto1]

man, this is beautiful.

I'd buy a full album of those songs.

good luck, and thx so much!

[TQMaster13]

what cris130810 said!!!!!!!!!!!

[LunaBell5]

This is so lovely, I had my one year old listen to this song and she fell asleep within minutes no more late nights thank you so much

[victoriawillardx]

I played this for my neice and she fell asleep in just about thirty seconds..

Thank you SO much.. xD<3

[buttercup5948]

I love this piece! my friend and i are planning to play this

[cris130810]

beautiful... totally beautiful.

[TheInstrumentalist99]

I just started viola and I am surpised how the string instruments, string and piano can blend.

[WlfLverOO7]

This is so beautiful~ dudeee, ur an amazing music writer~! I wish i cld have this on my ipod... Dang... y do i have to play the violin?! TT_TT I shld have played the cello...so beautiful....*tears*...jkjk, im not actually crying...or am i...? O.o

[littlesisterwolf]

I listen to this song when I'm troubled or over-stressed. I am synesthetic, and the colors of the music, along with the beauty of the melody itself (I love the cello beyond description), can always soothe me. Thank you for that.

[jmaisto43]

this is fucking gorgeous. and yes, the use of the word "fucking" was necessary in an extreme case like this. you're my hero.

[MSUrox25]

Gosh that's beautiful : )

[kierax001]

Would you mind if I used this as the ending theme to my show that I'm making? I'll give you credit, I promise ^^ It would just fit so well.

[WizardWalk]

@kierax001 sure, don't mind at all :-)

[kierax001]

@WizardWalk Oh god thank you! *hug* That makes me soooo happy

[niinja7]

WHAT IS THIS AMAZING PIECE CALLED?!?!

[powerhousejp]

@niinja7 It's probably called "Lullaby for Cello and Piano"

And it is amazing.

[ezziboo]

magnificent music and graphics

[supanurd416]

i can't even describe to you how much your music means to me. last summer on july 1st my rabbit who was the most important thing in the world to me died. this was the last song he ever heard while i was trying to help him relax. i used to listen to it with him in my room when we would look out the window and i couldnt think of anything more beautiful to exit this world to. so thank you, and im sorry this is long.

[Coversbycass]

THAT WAS FREAKIN BEAUTIFUL

[maddydancer777]

This is absolutely gorgeous. Nice work!

I just found this, and my friend who plays the cello and I are already planning a duet

[WizardWalk]

@maddydancer777 lol, awesome! thank you!

[malerockdemon2]

this stupid bubble thing made me stop watching

i feel like the retard who made this is like

HERP DERP LAWL I CAN MAEK SPECULL BUBBLE BLASTERR NOTES LAWL

[sonicfan282]

@malerockdemon2 it looks more like a digital composing program to me....

[gracewinnington]

if wind had a song...i think this is what it would sound like.

when I listen to it, i can imagine leaves doing a dance along

it's so beautiful

[kyomaru411]

i love listening to this song and it really does help one fall asleep. first time i heard this I cried. lol, i was probably moved greatly ahahaha

[WizardWalk]

@kyomaru411 Many thanks! :-)

[Chipz1515]

So pretty and gentle...

[Celticsinger1]

this is so beautiful

[WizardWalk]

@Celticsinger1 Thanks! :-)

[Shatallion]

this is amazing! Thanks for putting this up!

[nelda1993love]

i love this piece so so so much. i wish i could learn it. this is just so beautiful :) i cant stop listening to it. the cello has such a pretty sound and thats why i love playing it. and you write the best pieces ever

[WizardWalk]

@nelda1993love Many thanks! :-)

[nelda1993love]

i love this piece so so so much. i wish i could learn it. this is just so beautiful :) i cant stop listening to it. the cello has such a pretty sound and thats why i love playing it. and you write the best pieces ever

[Jafaarify]

I want to learn this on my alto saxophone. It would sound really pretty. Thank you SO much for posting this.

[WizardWalk]

@Jafaarify Ooh, never thought how it would sound with a saxophone, that probably would sound nice

[kidfromstatenisland]

How pretty.  Now you need words...

[Plaincow]

i have a question. when i download it how do i open it? is there a program i need?

[InnocentMalin]

Peaceful and soothing :) Well done!!

[XxRinoa1xX]

i luv the cello part!

[luvyou2deathcuzimemo]

LOVE IT!!! i play cello and ive been looking for a lullaby for ever!!!

[MyGhost3]

I am planning on learning to play piano so I can play this with the girl I'm hoping to marrying, she plays cello and we both love this piece. It's amazing!

[WizardWalk]

Many thanks! Fortunately the piano part for this piece is pretty simple, since I can hardly play the piano myself :-D

[CmRCLS70]

I have listened to this song so many times I've actually learned to play it on my cello and it sounds absolutely amazing, even though I dont have a pianist to play along with me. Once again, excellent job on this, I believe it will never get old or worn out. :)

[Amethyst11ln]

This sounds amazing! I especially love the imagery, not sure if that's the right word, but I've never seen music displayed like that.

[celloer1717]

beatiful song!

loved the ending pure genius!

[domorion]

very rich and vibrate song with great intricacy excellent song.

[heygivemethat]

This is really pretty! I especially love the cello.

[WizardWalk]

Many thanks!

[VampiHime]

I love this! You compose wonderful music~

[WizardWalk]

Many thanks! :-)

[coltrivers]

that's brilliant. love it!

[WizardWalk]

Thanks! :-)

[shamrockgirl804]

Very beautiful! Keep up the good work!!

[WizardWalk]

Many thanks! :-)

[AmiaJoan]

I was just wondering, could you make a lullaby with viola, cello, and piano? I love your work and I listen to this song when I am working on my book, it is my favorite! If it is not too much trouble, I would greatly be obliged

[WizardWalk]

I will certainly try next time I am in the mood for writing this sort of music with few instruments! :-) Thanks for listening! :-)

[Deadwingedbutterfly]

I love this It brought tears to my eyes the first, second, and third time I listened to it.

[bostonchick911]

ohmigod! i really want the sheet music for this!

[WizardWalk]

Many thanks!! I get inspiration from a lot of places: other music, movies, stories, paintings... no, I never thought about music therapy, but it looks really interesting, I'll have to look into it!! Do you know much about it or how I can get more information on it?

[xXSlicyDicyXx]

hey wizard, do u play the cello?

i'm sort of new to my instrument, i was just wondering if u had any advice for new players?

i really really enjoy this lullaby, i love it ♥

[WizardWalk]

Unfortunately I can't play the cello myself, not even sure how this lullaby might sound on a real cello... however, I believe youtube user nano240 plays the cello, and he's a great composer too.

Many thanks for listening! :-)

[StupidUchihas]

I play cello, That's awesome and it sounds so real!

[emilysayshi1234]

thats cool :D

[dimsimlord]

Hey Wizard,

when I go onto your site and right click the downloading arrow, it saves the picture of the arrow, not the mp3. It's a shame because your music is really beautiful.

Do you know why this could be happening?

[WizardWalk]

Hmmmm... that's weird. Make sure you're choosing "Save Link As" and not "Save Picture As" ... it might depend on what browser you're using.

[CmRCLS70]

I'd love to have the sheet music for this both Cello and Piano so I can play it too ^.^ Awesome Lullaby!

[WizardWalk]

Many thanks! I do have sheet music on my website; there's a link in the description.

[pixelbee223101]

This is so beautiful! I'm speechless.

[Mackser]

Cello is such an amazing instrument. I actually play electric guitar, but I started writing my first "orchestral songs" a while ago (in Guitar Pro lol).

I think I have to get this Garritan Personal Orchestra. It's very cheap and sounds very authentic to me.

Keep up the wonderful work! :)

[cuteshrty]

i love this lullaby! i can't stop listening to it!

[Ilikemycello]

Wait so is the music done aritifically? The vibrato sounds so expressive it's hard to believe it's not an actual person o.0 Love it :DD I have gotta try this :D

[WizardWalk]

Yeah, the instruments are technically artificial, but they're made from recording and sampling real instruments, so they're at least based on real sounds. Garritan Personal Orchestra's cello I think came out particularly well in this lullaby ... many thanks for watching! :-)

[gunsxgoxbangx13]

This has to be one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard *sob*

[namineangel96]

This is my favorite ...

[12northstar13]

That's so Pretty....

[LoricaLady]

:-)

[MuzikalShadow]

Absolute beauty. I want t learn cello, but i I can't seem to find a teacher in my area. I hae a deep respact for music, and I play clarinet. 5 years. I want to find something new, and i think cello is a very beautiful instrument. Any suggestions?

[WizardWalk]

Thanks! I can't suggest much since I don't have much experience playing instruments myself, but I definitely wouldn't mind learning cello myself. :-)

[celticcellocuts]

I play the cello! I love it with a passion. Have you gone to the suzuki method directory for your area? If you would like more info feel free to contact me!

[5botball]

Beautiful song. How do you like working with Garritan Personal Orchestra i am planing on buying it for my Sibelius program. Any comments about the program please share. thanks

[WizardWalk]

Thanks!

I've been using GPO it for years, I think it's incredible, especially for its price. :-)

[Jonnygasms]

God, this is beautiful.

[DBiscuit481]

Good song! 5/5

By the way, thanks for the subscribe. XD

[WizardWalk]

Thanks!! :-)

[BrokenDreamer]

Beautifully written piece!! I'm a violinist, andI enjoy listening to lullabies very much :)

I can't believe these aren't real instruments either!

[WizardWalk]

Many thanks! :-)

[WizardWalk]

Thanks to Daniel (nano240), the score is now posted, check out the video description!

Many many thanks Daniel!! :-)

[nano240]

No problem at all!!

Cellists,

You may notice in the audio bow changes are present where the score shows legato; Keep in mind, Sean hadn't created any slurring when creating the audio. Also, a whole note was changed to a double-dotted half note, due to the need for lift space.

Those who haven't been playing very long, my apologies for not creating any position markings or fingering markings for shifting on the A-string. Just choose the position you are most comfortable with and go with it.

[rose18101]

I love it, as a cellist, it's beautiful. I'm still listening, and it only gets better

[WizardWalk]

Thanks! I'm going to try to post the sheet music for it tonight...

[pino226]

omg! i'm totally crazy about this "song" ty a lot to whoever posted it =D

[AlamoCityCello]

Great Job!

[nano240]

I've given up on M.A.M... It doesn't look good choppy. I tried another program, MidiJam, and it's still choppy, but it can afford to be.

This particular song inspired me to compose a Cello Piano duet. And I actually completed it! I posted it on YouTube, using MidiJam. Will the amazing Sean Patrick Hannifin please watch and comment?

[nano240]

ALSO! how do you get your video framerate smooth? I've been messing with CamStudio settings (framerate, quality, etc.) and M.A.M. for a while, and the AVIs always come out choppy. Maybe you just have a good computer... Please help if you can? I have the highest framerate settings on CamStudio... I don't know what's goin' on.

[WizardWalk]

Yeah, it might just be the computer's speed... I do tend to close every program except for MAM and CamStudio. The resulting AVIs are actually still a bit choppy, but after converting them to a WMV with Windows Movie Maker and then having them go through YouTube's conversion, they become a bit blurrier (which I kind of like) and smoother. If it's really really choppy, you could send me the MIDI and I could try recording it on my PC just to see if it is indeed just a matter of a slower PC.

[nano240]

Yeah, I tried closing every program except MAM and CamStudio. I put it in Windows Movie Maker, and after comparing to yours, my AVIs do indeed come out choppier. Funny, this is a $700 PC with Vista... No fair. =P I gotta find some other form of animation to put over my compositions. Thanks for the help!

[WizardWalk]

I'm still using XP, maybe Vista is helping to slow things down... you could also try making the MAM window small and just record that little area; should take less computer power to record a smaller window that Windows Movie Maker can then later enlarge.

[WizardWalk]

You could also try recording with "Camtasia Studio" ... I haven't tried it myself and unfortunately I don't think it's free, but it might work better; I think they at least have a free trial. Probably a bunch of other screen capture programs somewhere out there as well.

[nano240]

Okay, thank you SO much for your help. I REALLY appreciate it. Now that the free Finale Notepad 2008 came out with the MIDI extraction feature, I wanna post my compositions up like you. Unfortunately, it's a very MIDI sounding library that sounds HORRIBLE... I'll try to find some way to change the instrument sound and another way to make the AVIs less choppy. Thanks again!

[nano240]

God, I wish I could compose as well as you can. And as fast. I tend to procrastinate; I got about 20 songs unfinished. xD

Wow, the Cello. My favorite instrument, quite difficult to play. Would probably be difficult to play as high as you've written too. It sounds really nice!

[WizardWalk]

I love the cello's sound as well, and I'm rather spoiled instrumentation wise as GPO will play everything just about perfectly even if they'd be more challenging in real life.

[WizardWalk]

That particular melody where the cello goes high also helped get the piano get out of that pitch for a while, as I thought it was getting monotonous, and after a few listens I really liked the cello changing it's pitch for a while too, especially with the rising nature of its melody in that part. :-)

Thanks for your kind words!

[smalin]

Really a nice piece, Sean --- I can tell it's going to be running through my head for the rest of the day! And I think this "balls and lines" display is really well suited to the slow 'cello part.

[WizardWalk]

Many thanks!! :-)

[xyphy]

Soothing.  Great Sound!

[WizardWalk]

Thanks!