Celtic Harp Sarah Deere-Jones

Turloch O'Carolans No.180. Played by Sarah Deere-Jones at Buckator near Boscastle N.Cornwall close to the Cornwall Harp Centre of which she is the Director.
Harp is a Dusty Strings Ravenna 26
More Videos can be found by putting 'Deere-Jones' in to the YouTube search.
Sarah & Phil are available for concerts! CD's at www.fivetrees.com
www.cornwallharpcentre.co.uk

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Celtic
• Harp
• Carolan
• Virtuoso
• Sarah
• Deere-Jones
• Cornwall

[elton9876]

Why is Sarah moving her left hand upwards more than one time? Is that a harp-playing technique? I would like to have the answer from Sarah herself.

Elton

[phantombagpiper]

@elton9876 Each string has a 'semitone lever' at the top, these raise the pitch by a semitone. So, for example F becomes F# with the lever up. Some pieces of music require F-Natural, then later, F# so you have to flip the lever up, play the note in the piece, then remember to put it back to the Natural afterwards. On a concert harp this is done with foot pedals. If you want to see the levers in full flow have a look at our version of 'Misty' on YouTube! Sarah

[Jigen7490]

what is the actual name of the piece?

[phantombagpiper]

@Jigen7490 It is officially 'un-named' and Its just known as O'Carolans number 180

[phantombagpiper]

Yes new camera! also have a look at 'By A Woodland Stream' similar to Fantasie for Celtic Harp. Yes professional, she runs the Cornwall Harp Centre, Sarah is a prizewinner from the Royal Academy of Music in Harp performance. Thanks Phil Williams

[richardhanna0]

Nice playing although I doubt that it was recorded on that windy cliff :)

[phantombagpiper]

@richardhanna0

Oh, ye doubter! Actually I stuffed the microphone into a sock and inserted it in the sound box with the lead hidden in the grass. Otherwise, as you suggest, the wind noise would have been awful. ! Phil Williams

[b0dhran]

@phantombagpiper Such a great way to "mic" a harp, too ! This is such a fantastically beautiful video ! I enjoy watching it every now and again.

[ciferencesymphony]

great location to play the harp (:

please keep on plaYING!!!

we are glad to see you on our HANG & HARP channel:

ciferencesymphony

thanx CIFERENCE-SYMPHONY

[nurywais]

I would have loved to learn Celtic Harp, but I´m too far away from Cornwall. Pity.... I play Recorders, though, and can play Celtic melodies on them as well...

[sizedyna003]

綺麗だ

[Ichliebemusikundybd]

Very beautiful, I have always been allured by the magic the harp produces!

[ForestKid408]

I could see this in the video game Zelda!

[ForestKid408]

:)