Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven) on Celtic Harp
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- Arranging this piece was quite a journey! When I was halfway through creating the arrangement I played it for my dad, because I really needed some encouragement. I was seriously feeling the brain-fry of planning so many lever changes (this piece was clearly written for piano, not harp), and I needed to know if it was worth it... does it even sound that nice? My dad said that it sounds super elegant and relaxing, and he thinks people would be so happy to be able to play this piece on lever harp, so I pushed through and finished the arrangement. Thankfully, in the end it is totally worth it and really fun to play! 😅
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My Father used to play this on his piano, sadly he passed away and we were listening to it at his Funeral yesterday as a reflection of his life, so upsetting.. tonight I listened to your rendition of it Christy-Lyn..and felt the same emotions and truly applaud you for it. Cas x
Wonderful! I'm sure Beethoven approves! 👏💖🙌
I watched spellbound the entire 6 minutes and 43 seconds. You gave those levers a real work out. You make it look so easy. What an incredible arrangement! PS, your Dad is right!
Wow, that’s so cool that you watched the whole thing, I feel honored! 🥰 Thanks for your lovely comment ❤️❤️❤️
So cool!!! More lever changes than notes to play in the left hand🤣 I love to whatch you play an I also listend the entire video❤️🔥
You have done a magnificent job with the arrangement, and your playing is absolutely beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!
I'm impressed by all those levers moving all the music long! It sounds beautiful on the harp ❤
Astonishing! I am impressed by the arrangement, and I hope I can improve my skills to play it too. 🤯
I'm super impressed with this arrangement, I didn't think it would be possible to arrange this for lever harp! It sounds so beautiful on harp ❤
Haha thanks Katharina! Honestly there were times when I wasn’t sure either… but we got there in the end! 😅😅
This has always been a favorite piece of music to listen to. Nice to hear it on harp.
I’m so glad, Lois! It’s such a quality piece of music, I’m glad I could play it on the harp 👌🏻
Lovely beyond words. Laying here in bed listening to the quiet with your beautiful playing. God bless you.
This is one of my most favorite songs. I’m surprised you didn’t play it on your peddle harp. But wow you did great with all those lever movements. Not an easy one to play. Some day I will learn this one.
Yes it would be much easier on pedal harp, but most people in our community are lever harp players and I wanted to make it possible for them 😄💕
Beyond next level. Slow and calm sounding when you close your eyes and just listen, so busy and so much activity when you watch with a bit of suspense of the next lever change before the next note, almost like the dramatic build and undertone of the music. Fantastic.
Excellent...your timing at flipping those levers was precise!
Thanks! Takes a bit of practice but it’s very satisfying once you get it right! 😅🙌🏻
This is just amazing…and quite difficult - how wonderful a display for us - great achievement here ! Brava
Thanks Lisa Marie! It’s a fun challenge to get all those lever changes right 😄🙌🏻
It's really beautiful and you somehow seem to make it flow effortlessly from your fingers.
One of my favourite classical pieces.
Thank you so much for the hard work!
Great! I didn't think it could be adapted to Lever harp; but, because the left hand has fewer notes, there is more time to move levers! 👏
Wow all those lever changes, well done Christy! Good thing it wasn't in C# minor - D minor worked great. Very impressive !!
Haha yes D minor works more easily for lever harp 😅
Absolutely stunning Christy-Lyn! Bravo!
Thanks Cassie, always nice to see your name in the comments. Sending lots of love! 🤗
Woo 😊 I can tell how hard you had to work on this. Well done!
Hehe thanks 😅 In the end it’s so relaxing to listen to, it doesn’t sound very difficult, but figuring out how to arrange it for lever harp was quite something!
Wow! Bravo, bravo! Your Dad's right, super fantastic. You really worked hard on this one. It sounds beautiful on the harp. I know at this time I couldn't play it but I'd like to someday. I would have thought it wasn't doable on a lever harp. Well done!😊❤
Thanks Jane, good to hear! I’m sure you’ll get to this someday, keep going 😃🙌🏻 It’s amazing what is possible on lever harp if you get creative and aren’t afraid to try 🤗
Sublime as well as very touching!! Keeping the right hand in a steady tempo throughout is a challenge in itself, and that combined with all the many and complex lever changes! And despite all these technical issues musically and emotionally so moving! I'm very impressed, in every possible way. A big thank you, Christy-Lyn! 🎩👌
Very kind words, thank-you so much! 🤗💕 I hope that this arrangement inspires more lever harp players that it is possible to do more than you think with a lever harp… and to go for it! 🙌🏻
@@LearningtheHarp I am certainly inspired to give it a try on the lever harp. I can play it on the piano, but on the harp it sounds even more beautiful to me. 🙂
Thank you so so much for all of your hard work. I can’t wait to get started on this. Bravo! 💕
Wonderful!! Such a pleasure, I’m glad I can help 😃🙌🏻
Beautiful! Still one of my favorite pieces.
It really is a timeless classic 👌🏻😄
Wow! Beautiful. Not only levers the dynamics I’m sure the advanced members will love this. I on the other hand will tune in to listen and watch all the video releases
Thanks Connie! What pieces are you working on at the moment? 😊
Thank you for sharing. My 10 year old son found moonlight sonata through gaming (forwarded really fast haha!) And he loves listening to both the gaming as well as the relaxing version. I'm going to have to get better to play this for him ❤
I just realised I commented with his account 😂 it's Fai, one of your harp stalkers and students😂😂🎉
Wow you did very well
Wow, that's a lot of lever changes. It works nicely as a piece of music, and I'm glad this piece can now be played on lever harp - at least by those quite a bit better than me.
A labor of love, peace and joy
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Excellent!
It is beautiful. I have been waiting for someone to arrange this for lever harp. thank you
Oh yay! So glad 😃💕
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Incredible!
L O V E … my sister wants me to learn this at some point!! Thank you so much 😊
Thank you for performing this piece of music. I have always enjoyed Moonlight Sonata. I was wondering if you would perform O Divine Redeemer. I have not seen or heard it anywhere on RUclips.
omg. This is absolutely beautiful. I can't wait to learn this classical piece! Thank you very much for arranging this! I'm not an advanced player yet, I will definitely try this one right away. but I just found out that I need more strings🥲😅.
Aw sorry about that!! This arrangement needed more strings because you have to set the sharps or naturals in different octaves to make all the chromatic notes possible on lever harp. How many strings do you have? ❤️
@@LearningtheHarp Mine is 26 harpsicle 🙂
Aw ok, pity about that! I usually try to make small harp arrangements as often as I can, but this arrangement just wasn’t possible to adapt for small harps unfortunately. But there are other advanced arrangements that will work on your harp, like River Flows and Clocks etc. And maybe you can gradually save for a bigger harp if you are interested in that? 😊
Thank you so much Christy Lyn!
Thanks Frauke! 🤗💕
So nice💕💞💓
That's incredible! How is this even possible to play on lever harp?!
It’s tricky but possible! 😅🙌🏻
Wow~~~^♡^!!❤😂🎉great^♡^~!!😊
Now on to the 3rd movement! 😉
I have a question about watching your playing......were you plucking with your 5th finger, or were you just moving it out of the way , and maybe a little balance to your plucking technique? It looks like you're plucking (with your 5th finger), but I'm told you never use the 5th finger......and what a busy song!!!! I got anxious just watching you do a two person job of playing and flipping levers......and you didn't miss a beat. Would it be rude to ask how many takes you did on that recording? Anyway, you're wonderful! So is my harp teacher. I couldn't begin to pick a favorite. Even the Harp twins present an impossible choice between just the two of them. All things harp (and lyrre)!!!!
Levers challenge ! Well done !! :D
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Beautiful!
It is amazing! I hope, some day…., But right now Mid-Intermediate is a challenge. But I would love to play it.
I’m sure you’ll get there sooner than you think, DeeDee! The main challenge with this one is staying relaxed and doing all the lever changes. But playing small parts of it slowly isn’t actually so bad. So perhaps in a few months you can give it a try! It’s fun to play little portions of it, if you can’t do the whole thing yet 🤗💕
Unfortunately, I had to give up my harp for now but I eagerly await the time when I can have access to a harp again someday.
Aw sorry to hear about that! When you get the chance it’ll be fun to play again. It’s never too late to come back to it ❤️🤗
@@LearningtheHarp I will say for what it's worth, I'm tempted to look into getting a metal harp if I can find one to tide me over until I can save up for the one I really want: A Dusty Strings FH36S of Mahogany and Bubinga. :D
Stunning!
Wonderful!!!!💜💙
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Ohh, love it 💕
this music make me depressed, the first listen in 2015, and i was 13 or 14 yo, nostalgia 😔💔
why don't u sing anymore,miss ur wonderful voice 🙂
Aw that’s so nice, thank-you for saying that 🥰 I do still sing but haven’t been doing it for the RUclips channel for a long time, you’re right! Maybe I will do more of that again sometime.
BEAUTIFUL! I LOVE THIS PIECE! Do you think you'll make the video of the other two parts? Are they adaptable for harp?
So glad you like it, me too! 😍😄 I haven’t looked into the other 2 movements because only the first movement was highly requested and voted for, but that would be an interesting project for a harpist to attempt! Probably not me, though 👍🏻
@@LearningtheHarp I suppose the other movements are more challenging on harp, but I find them way too emotional. ❤️
@@vehrkalia I am still waiting for someone to play the 3rd movement on the harp! I hope Josh Layne can be persuaded to give it a go, it is my most favourite piece of music!
@@inluminatiomea9889 mine too!
Late beginner here....now I have a long , long term goal..to be able to play this piece
Ooh yay, it’s so good to have long term goals to keep us pushing forwards and motivated! 😃🤩🙌🏻
I don’t think she’s a real harpist, she used her pinky
😂😂😂😂 she is an amazing harpest❗
It must have been an odd camera angle.
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