My favorite Skyrim song is Far Horizons because it always plays whenever I come back to Dragonsreach and see all the orphans I adopted as they call out “Papa!” to me. (I have a mod that allows me to adopt multiple orphans.) That’s why Far Horizons always melts my heart because it is a song that evokes nostalgic feelings of returning home and being welcomed as a father by your children.
Not many people know this, but the dulcimer were a race of elves sometimes called “sweet elves”. They were known for being neighborly and great bakers, but were wiped out near the end of the second era by orsimer, who only ate meat and distrusted the dulcimer, believing them to be two-faced manipulators. Few accounts survive of this, the smallest of mer races
I heard that they've been on the rise as of late. Much like the Falmer, in a sense. They disappeared, but were never truly gone. Unlike their icy brothers, however, the Dulcimer are supposedly still, without a doubt, Mer.
@@KingPhilipsRideshare I remember the exact moment hanging around Whiterun around age 21, when Skyrim and all other games lost their magic and I couldn't lose myself into them like I could before. It was like the moment when you're 7-9 and the cool cars and dinosaurs and other toys just turn to pieces of plastic in your hand, never speaking to you again. I've been chasing that feeling I lost that day for 12 years, trying a lot of drugs to enhance the immersion, but nothing. And now for the first time in my life this year, I haven't gamed much at all.
@@Josh_728 hey “this year” is like 10 days so far lmao! Nah I know what you mean. My mom always told me since I was young “life is mostly boring and the sooner you get used to that the easier it is” I didn’t play anything but Smash rarely until my oldest child started to game. Now the magic is back. It’s not a magic that left us. It can’t come with us! It belongs to children. We should be able to grow up and enjoy what we had but this world has us trained to desire desire. I’ve learn that we will never be fulfilled by chasing those memories. You have to make new ones, sharing your time with others. There is no going back
@@KingPhilipsRideshare Man, I'm so old I don't even register anymore when the year changes in the calendar :D Can't wait for my kids to be old enough to play with them and see how it feels. There really is no going back, only forward.
I wish I could play Skyrim again for the first time. Jeremy Soule really put so much love into the music tracks that there's no way it would be the same game without him.
Skyrim, like ffvii, owes so much to it's soundtrack. Secret of mana as well. Need for speed carbon is another game the music raises above it's station.
I will never forget. 12 year old me sitting up at 12am on a school night. After having just gotten skyrim for the xbox 360 for my birthday. A cold winter night. Wrapped in a blanket. Walking around the night time tundra of skyrim. The northern lights in full bloom, the howl of the wind, and then stumbling upon winter hold. Truly a magical experience I wish I could have for the first time again. I will ALWAYS. Love skyrim and her people. From the fair haired nords. To the argonian dock workers. This world is a place many could only dream of. And I would happily call it home. Despite its many dangers.
Damn! This was like the Ultimate description! I was 31 when this game dropped and WOW! Everything about this game was a Wow. Land, exploration, people, dialog, books, history, dragons, and danger. Skyrim sits as king of ALL open world rpgs and just may be the best rpg of all time. 😊😊
my friend, skyrim soundtracks are what i hear at night and they take me there, night skies full of stars with the northen lights blessing the land with wonder and magic.
Oh this brings back memories of walking through the wilds of Skyrim with the two moons hanging high in the sky as i watch the dragon fly over the mountains.
Did you ever try it in VR? When I did, it felt like I was playing it again for the first time. Standing on the edge of the Rift staring down at Eastmarch with my own eyes was magical.
Bloodied build detected. ;) (Someone pointed out that bloodied FO76 characters are the origins of the Children of Atom, and now I can't un-think it....)
I have several monitors at work, so I started playing a skyrim ambiance video on YT on the laptop screen with an earbud in to not bother others. This song always gets me in the feels...
@@lastfirst3512 First off, I'm not your bro, bro. Second off, wtf does that even mean? Sounds rude. Maybe if you clarify, I'll take that back. In the meantime, I'll just chalk it up to you being on the hunt for your missing chromosome.
From one dulcimer player to another, well done dude! This looks really tricky, nailing those bass arpeggios took a lot of practice I'm sure! Cool dulcimer too!
Thanks so much! It actually wasn’t too bad bc the key I play it in is pretty standard and fits on the instrument very well, and I’ve been playing this tune for awhile so it’s in my muscle memory pretty well 😌. And thank you, me and a friend of mine built it and I’m happy with how it turned out
When 0:19 hit my mouth was AGAPE. I couldn’t believe how perfect the rendition was. From beginning to end, this was an inspirational performance. Well done.
SO BEAUTIFUL! I think they should use your version in Solitude at the Winking Skeever! Maybe you could jump into the game and play all over Tamriel! I've got a horse; you could ride with me!😁
Whatever...Beautiful, thank you Evan! It was a most extraordinary mornin due to our Creator God and the gift he blessed you with. Use it wisely...it is most precious. THANK YOU FOR SHARIN,PLEASE CONTINUE,...NAN🎉
Oh to experience walking among the snowy, dusk lit mountains, the clanging of hammers on anvils, the babbling of a nearby brook and the distant roar of dragons. All that married with songs like this to create one of the most immersive environments ever created in gaming. Thank you Bard, for helping us relive memories of old. SKOL!
Brings back a wonderful memory from my childhood. 50 years ago I stood and watched a gentleman play the dulcimer on a street corner on Mackinaw Island, Michigan. Beautiful music!
I never played a lot of games growing up, I'm 28 now and have been playing skyrim for a few months and the game itself has had positive impact on me... Growing and improving my character in the game has made me reflect on growing and improving in my actual day to day life. The game is very therapeutic and an excercise in the importance of decision making.
I’ve played Skyrim so many times it feels like my second home. Listening to this music reminds me that Skyrim hit in more ways than just a one of a kind RPG. In fifty years I’ll go back to my home away from home, when so much time has passed I barely recognize it. Stand at the summit of High Hrothgar and watch the sun set on Tamriel once more.
This is my most favourite song in skyrim. I would spend hours just walking at night, star gazing with the wind blowing and this song playing in skyrim. A great memory.
i came across this by complete accident but dude this is??? so incredible??? i am stunned! you played beautifully, and the hammered dulcimer all on its own lends such an ethereal quality to an already lovely song. absolutely banger job.
Reminds me of the fact that for the first month I played Skyrim I had no clue you could fast travel. Let’s just say I did a lot of discovering. 😂 This is beautiful btw!!!
That moment, when you return from one of your journeys on the cold lands of Skyrim and enter one of the inns where people reunite to find some rest and comfort on this rough yet beautiful world. One of the only games that gives me multiple goosebumps with its soundtrack, amazing cover, Solitude bards would be proud!!!
The moment you flipped the hammers and played the first three notes I got chills. Soule captured incredible lightning in a bottle and you cracked it open again for me. In this moment thunder rolls within. Thank you.
There is something so intrinsically ancient and mystical about this instrument. I just discovered this video, channel and instrument by chance and oh my god am i hooked! Keep them coming lad. Thank you! Need a spotify playlist of your covers
This song is my top 3 of all time fantasy songs. It was meant to be played on a dulcimer, nothing else. Side note: it wouldn’t hurt to put an add-on to this song. Like an extra verse - an extended version - a new version. Just to add to the pleasure of listening and dreaming
You can almost hear the flutes and brass swelling over the high mountainous, snowy peaks and winds of High Hrothgar as you listen to this man play those chords. Jeremy Soule: you have produced many nostalgia and beautiful childhoods because of this music. Thank you so much.
Not only do I absolutely love Skyrim, but some of my earliest memories are of my Nana playing her dulcimer. You've conjured some powerful feelings with this one 👍🥲
Mesmerizing sound, and your precision and control over the instrument are incredible. Makes you wish these instruments made a comeback in contemporary music
Dulcimers are still used somewhat in contemporary music, although they are more often the variant found in the US, the so called Appalachian dulcimer The Rolling Stones used it wonderfully back in their day recommend listening to _I am waiting_ or _Lady Jane_ and you'll hear it nicely
That is a very fun fact in the description!!! Beautiful cover btw, sounds so perfectly at hone on hammered dulcimer, and such a wonderful song and performance!!
I totaly forgot about this song, it was allways one of my favoriets in the game. I quit gaming a few years ago and your song brought me back to the old times when i first played this masterpiece. Thank you for sharing your talent, you are amazing
Never heard of this instrument, but that looks really hard to learn and tune, and really impressive that you built it yourself! Also sounds really good!
I remember the first time this played as I walked thru skyrim. Goosebumps. Absolute majesty of a creation. That game was 100 times better than my real life.
I was in line for Skyrim 11-11-2011, got VR 2018, has felt like a vacation home since. This makes me feel the same way my souvenir rocks from grand traverse bay makes me feel? Like, nostalgic for my “happy place” growing up?
So it wasn't really a hammered dulcimer...it was a piano used like one. A piano tapped w/ pencils. That doesnt make it a real dulcimer. Thats like saying bc a player used a bow on a guitar, the guitar suddenly turned into a violin. You *DO* know the difference between a dulcimer & a piano...don't you??
@@cindyrissal3628 I've seen inside both of these so yes. The difference is that a piano has the option to use keys. It's still a box with stretched strings across. If you made a giant dulcimer and added keys it would be a piano
@@gormauslander the layout and arrangement of the notes on a dulcimer is very different though, so a dulcimer with keys wouldn’t make a piano. However, the concept is similar, and the dulcimer is an early ancestor to the piano after all.
god this is so good, I love seeing old instruments that aren't used much anymore get remade and become beloved again, we need more of these older instruments that are no longer used or thought of, so much history and unique sounds/
That is one of my favourite Skyrim musical pieces
Agreed, it is one of my favorite fantasy music pieces ever! Especially the original track from the game 😍
That would make such a beautiful music box piece.
@@wisewoman7906 Oh you're right! That would be amazing 🙂
My favorite Skyrim song is Far Horizons because it always plays whenever I come back to Dragonsreach and see all the orphans I adopted as they call out “Papa!” to me. (I have a mod that allows me to adopt multiple orphans.) That’s why Far Horizons always melts my heart because it is a song that evokes nostalgic feelings of returning home and being welcomed as a father by your children.
Yes.. the vibes and the feels every time the dulcimer starts to play
Not many people know this, but the dulcimer were a race of elves sometimes called “sweet elves”. They were known for being neighborly and great bakers, but were wiped out near the end of the second era by orsimer, who only ate meat and distrusted the dulcimer, believing them to be two-faced manipulators. Few accounts survive of this, the smallest of mer races
hahahaha
So this dulcimer was hammered? Sheesh
I heard that they've been on the rise as of late. Much like the Falmer, in a sense. They disappeared, but were never truly gone. Unlike their icy brothers, however, the Dulcimer are supposedly still, without a doubt, Mer.
@@Tom_Darippa whoosh
So this instrument is symbolic of the Dulcimer being hammered to da death by the Orsimer? Far out man.
This song always brings back my nostalgia of my first playthrough of Skyrim. Gets me almost emotional thinking about the good old days
Never to be repeated let’s move forward and not chase what we cannot repeat in our hearts
100%
@@KingPhilipsRideshare I remember the exact moment hanging around Whiterun around age 21, when Skyrim and all other games lost their magic and I couldn't lose myself into them like I could before. It was like the moment when you're 7-9 and the cool cars and dinosaurs and other toys just turn to pieces of plastic in your hand, never speaking to you again. I've been chasing that feeling I lost that day for 12 years, trying a lot of drugs to enhance the immersion, but nothing. And now for the first time in my life this year, I haven't gamed much at all.
@@Josh_728 hey “this year” is like 10 days so far lmao! Nah I know what you mean. My mom always told me since I was young “life is mostly boring and the sooner you get used to that the easier it is” I didn’t play anything but Smash rarely until my oldest child started to game. Now the magic is back. It’s not a magic that left us. It can’t come with us! It belongs to children. We should be able to grow up and enjoy what we had but this world has us trained to desire desire. I’ve learn that we will never be fulfilled by chasing those memories. You have to make new ones, sharing your time with others. There is no going back
@@KingPhilipsRideshare Man, I'm so old I don't even register anymore when the year changes in the calendar :D Can't wait for my kids to be old enough to play with them and see how it feels. There really is no going back, only forward.
"Ah, a new day dawns in Whiterun. May your journey be filled with adventure and your burdens be light, traveler."
I wish I could play Skyrim again for the first time. Jeremy Soule really put so much love into the music tracks that there's no way it would be the same game without him.
When I played Skyrim VR, it was like playing it for the first time, but instead of looking at the world I was in it.
I’ve never played Skyrim. Prolly gonna play it after I finish baldurs gate 3
Yep, agreed. And ESVI wont be the same either because Jeremy Soule isn’t doing the music as far as I am aware.. quite disappointing..
Skyrim, like ffvii, owes so much to it's soundtrack. Secret of mana as well. Need for speed carbon is another game the music raises above it's station.
I didn't like Skyrim, but I'll admit the music was *chefs kiss* (I like more structure plus I hit a main quest bug part way thorugh)
0:41 who else heard the flute in their head lmao
This vid is beautiful, but it just feels unnatural to not have the flute.
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Music like this is what made exploring Skyrim so breathtaking and memorable.
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Honestly the sky sold me my first playthrough
the problem with skyrim is that even if you get tired of the game, your soul is tied too tightly to it and it just doesn't let you leave
I just started a new game a week ago 😅 has to be my 30 or 40th time over 3 different versions of the game.
cant relate. terrible game in every aspect but aesthetics
@@yinnyonline your tripping, games amazing and fun.
and thats not even a problem at all
@@jermaineturner458 yeah, terrible game *proceeds to watch videos about said game*
"do you go to the cloud district very often? oh what am I saying.. of course you don-" *gets shouted into oblivion*
Literally.
I just saw Zhongli from Genshin Impact say this, and now I know the context thanks to this random comment. Thank you stranger.
"I'll have you know there's no PUSSIIIEEEE!"
*Gets sent to the Cloud district* "Oooh, that brothers, Hanging In the air."
“Let me guess, someone stole your sveet roll.”😂
I will never forget. 12 year old me sitting up at 12am on a school night. After having just gotten skyrim for the xbox 360 for my birthday. A cold winter night. Wrapped in a blanket. Walking around the night time tundra of skyrim. The northern lights in full bloom, the howl of the wind, and then stumbling upon winter hold. Truly a magical experience I wish I could have for the first time again. I will ALWAYS. Love skyrim and her people. From the fair haired nords. To the argonian dock workers. This world is a place many could only dream of. And I would happily call it home. Despite its many dangers.
Damn! This was like the Ultimate description! I was 31 when this game dropped and WOW! Everything about this game was a Wow. Land, exploration, people, dialog, books, history, dragons, and danger. Skyrim sits as king of ALL open world rpgs and just may be the best rpg of all time. 😊😊
my friend, skyrim soundtracks are what i hear at night and they take me there, night skies full of stars with the northen lights blessing the land with wonder and magic.
Well spoken, traveler
Sounds like Ensiferum lyrics lmao
I could have written this. Skyrim got me through some really tough shit all through my teen years. It will always be a sort of home for me
Not sure if I've ever experienced such instant goosebumps as I did at 00:19
fuck yeah, what a suprise ❤
Made my hair stand on end, pretty crazy
wife had to ask if I'm ok
Same, went looking for this comment
It was like : 😐......... 😲
"Hammered Dulcimer" sounds like the name of a tavern that would be in Skyrim.
Oh this brings back memories of walking through the wilds of Skyrim with the two moons hanging high in the sky as i watch the dragon fly over the mountains.
And occasionally, mammoths hovering
Did you ever try it in VR? When I did, it felt like I was playing it again for the first time. Standing on the edge of the Rift staring down at Eastmarch with my own eyes was magical.
now, i love my heavily irradiated cowboy as much as the next person, but i sure do miss my battlemage now
Bloodied build detected. ;) (Someone pointed out that bloodied FO76 characters are the origins of the Children of Atom, and now I can't un-think it....)
One of the most beautiful pieces ever written, in my opinion
Agreed! Streets of Whiterun too!
I agree
This is the sound of a world yearning for another world.
Well said.
Because of this, I fired up Skyrim again after several years, turned the volume down, and cranked THIS on repeat. Absolutely magical ❤
I have several monitors at work, so I started playing a skyrim ambiance video on YT on the laptop screen with an earbud in to not bother others. This song always gets me in the feels...
Bro you can take off the knee pads and lipstick lmao
@@lastfirst3512 First off, I'm not your bro, bro. Second off, wtf does that even mean? Sounds rude. Maybe if you clarify, I'll take that back. In the meantime, I'll just chalk it up to you being on the hunt for your missing chromosome.
@@lastfirst3512your thought is disgusting. Stop hating musician appreciation
@@cemaikanhigh you sound gay af lmao
Skyrim is the only game that I wish I could play again for the first time every time I play it
If you haven't tried it in VR it's like a new adventure.
From one dulcimer player to another, well done dude! This looks really tricky, nailing those bass arpeggios took a lot of practice I'm sure! Cool dulcimer too!
Thanks so much! It actually wasn’t too bad bc the key I play it in is pretty standard and fits on the instrument very well, and I’ve been playing this tune for awhile so it’s in my muscle memory pretty well 😌. And thank you, me and a friend of mine built it and I’m happy with how it turned out
@@EvanPlaysDulcimerwait....you built your Dulcimer??🤯
Incredible....
I normally don't thank people for making me cry, but this is it! I couldn't be happier!
I’m convinced that if Jeremy Soule had lived 200 years ago, he’d be accounted one of the great composers with Mozart and Beethoven.
200 years from now Jeremy Soule WILL be accounted one of the greatest composers with Hans Zimmer, Nobuo Uematsu and others.
He's using themes and concepts from all those who came before him. Like they did in a fashion. Not to take away from him.
@@MasonBryantGood artists copy, great artists steal. If I am tall, it is because I am standing on the shoulders of giants.
It’s a shame he basically pulled an exit scam by taking advantage of his popularity from writing this soundtrack.
Imagine him performing The Dragonborn in a full concert for Baroch era listeners
When 0:19 hit my mouth was AGAPE. I couldn’t believe how perfect the rendition was. From beginning to end, this was an inspirational performance. Well done.
SO BEAUTIFUL! I think they should use your version in Solitude at the Winking Skeever! Maybe you could jump into the game and play all over Tamriel! I've got a horse; you could ride with me!😁
Love this comment, thank you. I’d love to play in some Tamriel Taverns!
@@EvanPlaysDulcimerlove love love this music 🙌🏼👍👏
Whatever...Beautiful, thank you Evan! It was a most extraordinary mornin due to our Creator God and the gift he blessed you with. Use it wisely...it is most precious. THANK YOU FOR SHARIN,PLEASE CONTINUE,...NAN🎉
lol, passers by sees you both and says” you have a bard with you?! Fancy ! Good day.”
Perhaps a new mod is in order.
Idk who dulcimer is but that's the coolest spoon lute solo I've ever heard
never heard it called a spoon lute, always just a hammered dulcimer
@@baconblitz772r/whoosh
This will now and ever be a spoon lute.
lol... you a funny, funny human. :)
What kind of elf is a Dulci-mer?
Oh to experience walking among the snowy, dusk lit mountains, the clanging of hammers on anvils, the babbling of a nearby brook and the distant roar of dragons. All that married with songs like this to create one of the most immersive environments ever created in gaming. Thank you Bard, for helping us relive memories of old. SKOL!
thank you for this... the most beautiful thing I have heard on youtube today...
bruh you out here makin us old gamers get in the feels 😭
Old gamers???
Uhh this game came out in 2011
13 years is a long time guys. Especially in video game years.
@@diehard096 fuck, there are teenagers that were born after Skyrim was released
@erikpoephoofd yea I was already 22 when this came out, thst feels like another age.
Probably the coziest track in the Skyrim OST for those winter days indoors.
You're going to make me cry, man. We had no idea just how good we had it
Brings back a wonderful memory from my childhood. 50 years ago I stood and watched a gentleman play the dulcimer on a street corner on Mackinaw Island, Michigan. Beautiful music!
I never played a lot of games growing up, I'm 28 now and have been playing skyrim for a few months and the game itself has had positive impact on me... Growing and improving my character in the game has made me reflect on growing and improving in my actual day to day life. The game is very therapeutic and an excercise in the importance of decision making.
I’ve played Skyrim so many times it feels like my second home. Listening to this music reminds me that Skyrim hit in more ways than just a one of a kind RPG.
In fifty years I’ll go back to my home away from home, when so much time has passed I barely recognize it. Stand at the summit of High Hrothgar and watch the sun set on Tamriel once more.
I like to say Skyrim is my video game home. Not even joking.
Bro when you hit the chorus. My whole body got chills. You’re a living legend, thank you
This is my most favourite song in skyrim. I would spend hours just walking at night, star gazing with the wind blowing and this song playing in skyrim. A great memory.
was waiting for this one since I saw him play this at the renaissance :D Wonderful! as a fellow hammered dulcimer player, inspirational!
i came across this by complete accident but dude this is??? so incredible??? i am stunned! you played beautifully, and the hammered dulcimer all on its own lends such an ethereal quality to an already lovely song. absolutely banger job.
Wow, beautifully done 🥹🎵
Reminds me of the fact that for the first month I played Skyrim I had no clue you could fast travel. Let’s just say I did a lot of discovering. 😂 This is beautiful btw!!!
I'm not ashamed to say same..
@@Kindred... that makes me feel better. 😆
@@Wewillbeokay8 glad I'm not the only one
Hammered dulcimer is a new instrument for me, never seen one before this video. It's so cool, like a piano, balalaika, and drum rolled into one.
Bringing back the best moments from my journey through Skyrim ♥️
Skyrim was such a great game and the music was just as excellent.
So.... I'm going to need the entire soundtrack played on this instrument. Beautiful playing 🥲 (First time discovering this instrument)
There are many versions of this o UA-cam but THIS one is hands down the absolute best. Such incredible talent
Dude, this is amazing. Well done!
This is beautiful and Skyrim is my favorite game by far it’s lovely seeing its music put into reality like this
58yr old gamer. Still play a modded Skyrim (650) and love it! Love this rendition of the song! My motto: "Skyrim FOREVER!!"
That moment, when you return from one of your journeys on the cold lands of Skyrim and enter one of the inns where people reunite to find some rest and comfort on this rough yet beautiful world. One of the only games that gives me multiple goosebumps with its soundtrack, amazing cover, Solitude bards would be proud!!!
Oh, this is one of my favorite tracks from Skyrim, and you're playing it so beautifully. I love it, thank you.
i find this instrument to be fascinating, yet hypnotic but strangely relaxing.- love the sound this produces when played.
incredible. that's the nicest sound I've heard in a while
I haven't played Skyrim in so long. This is really putting me in a peaceful, nostalgic mood....
Oh no, I feel the urge to play again lol
Just beautiful! Could listen 2 this all day/night!
The moment you flipped the hammers and played the first three notes I got chills. Soule captured incredible lightning in a bottle and you cracked it open again for me. In this moment thunder rolls within. Thank you.
A sublime arrangement.
This gave me full body chills. So beautiful. The Skyrim soundtrack is one of my favorite pieces of music.
Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
The wave of nostalgia is overwhelming! So beautiful!
This is mesmering!!! Awesome precision
There is something so intrinsically ancient and mystical about this instrument. I just discovered this video, channel and instrument by chance and oh my god am i hooked! Keep them coming lad. Thank you! Need a spotify playlist of your covers
thank you. your rendition gave me that shiver up my spine. :D
Tearing up here. So many good memories. So beautifully done. Thank you so much for this.
Sounds phenomenal! Just wow ❤
I play skyrim still to this day and I never will get tired of the soundtracks, just hearing it on a real hammered dulcimer makes me so happy.
THE RELEASE AT SECOND 00:20 oh my god that was glorious
That was absolutely lovely. I was right there by the standing stones, looking over the lake, the whole time.
This was lovely, thanks so much for playing and posting a video about it. :)
Thank You very much for this video ! 😊
Oh my god you finally made the whole song, i love it
Wow absolutely beautiful, instant sub.
This song is my top 3 of all time fantasy songs. It was meant to be played on a dulcimer, nothing else.
Side note: it wouldn’t hurt to put an add-on to this song. Like an extra verse - an extended version - a new version. Just to add to the pleasure of listening and dreaming
You can almost hear the flutes and brass swelling over the high mountainous, snowy peaks and winds of High Hrothgar as you listen to this man play those chords.
Jeremy Soule: you have produced many nostalgia and beautiful childhoods because of this music. Thank you so much.
Dulcimer is the best race in the game
Amazing. May the gods watch over your battles, friend.
This was so beautiful to listen to, and you play so masterfully. Thank you for sharing 😌
And suddenly I am treking across a beautiful snowy mountainous landscape. So gorgeous.
Beatifully played and beautiful piece 😊
The music is so beautiful. It really made Skyrim as beloved as it is now.
Man, you killed it! Great job, awesome cover and wonderful playing. It was a pleasure listening. Many thanks!
Not only do I absolutely love Skyrim, but some of my earliest memories are of my Nana playing her dulcimer. You've conjured some powerful feelings with this one 👍🥲
Mesmerizing sound, and your precision and control over the instrument are incredible. Makes you wish these instruments made a comeback in contemporary music
Dulcimers are still used somewhat in contemporary music, although they are more often the variant found in the US, the so called Appalachian dulcimer
The Rolling Stones used it wonderfully back in their day recommend listening to _I am waiting_ or _Lady Jane_ and you'll hear it nicely
@@rejvaik00 Thank you!
Skyrim is my all time favorite game. You played ‘Ancient Stones,’ so beautifully!
That is a very fun fact in the description!!! Beautiful cover btw, sounds so perfectly at hone on hammered dulcimer, and such a wonderful song and performance!!
I keep coming back to this. The timbre is everything the original should have been.
Ah yes, the song when you start running around the shops to buy ores to smith.
favorite instrument of all time for sure
I’m low vision, so it looks like you’re just playing air ~ and somehow I love it even more!!! 💜🌟✨ Keep your magic!!
I totaly forgot about this song, it was allways one of my favoriets in the game.
I quit gaming a few years ago and your song brought me back to the old times when i first played this masterpiece.
Thank you for sharing your talent, you are amazing
Never heard of this instrument, but that looks really hard to learn and tune, and really impressive that you built it yourself! Also sounds really good!
Skyrim really had such iconic music
What a beautiful sound! ❤❤❤❤
I remember the first time this played as I walked thru skyrim. Goosebumps. Absolute majesty of a creation. That game was 100 times better than my real life.
I hope if a Skyrim live action movie is ever made, they cast you as a Nordic bard from the Bard's College.
A live action elder scrolls would suck
I got chills listening to this; the memories of playing Skyrim for hours at a time came rushing back!
Magnificent.
I was in line for Skyrim 11-11-2011, got VR 2018, has felt like a vacation home since. This makes me feel the same way my souvenir rocks from grand traverse bay makes me feel? Like, nostalgic for my “happy place” growing up?
Отличное исполнение, звучание инструмента шикарное, получил удовольствие! Спасибо.
I love how all the comments are looking back on Skyrim, I still play it on a regular basis. It’s my comfort game 🤍
This is my favourite piece from Skyrim. The trills sound so good in this rendition - well played.
I mean, it doesn't seem fair to say "it's not a hammered dulcimer" and then describe how Jeremy turned his piano into a hammered dulcimer XD
So it wasn't really a hammered dulcimer...it was a piano used like one. A piano tapped w/ pencils. That doesnt make it a real dulcimer. Thats like saying bc a player used a bow on a guitar, the guitar suddenly turned into a violin. You *DO* know the difference between a dulcimer & a piano...don't you??
@@cindyrissal3628 I've seen inside both of these so yes. The difference is that a piano has the option to use keys. It's still a box with stretched strings across. If you made a giant dulcimer and added keys it would be a piano
@@gormauslander the layout and arrangement of the notes on a dulcimer is very different though, so a dulcimer with keys wouldn’t make a piano. However, the concept is similar, and the dulcimer is an early ancestor to the piano after all.
@@EvanPlaysDulcimerwhat?
It's not a hammered dulcimer, the technique the composer used is called prepared piano
god this is so good, I love seeing old instruments that aren't used much anymore get remade and become beloved again, we need more of these older instruments that are no longer used or thought of, so much history and unique sounds/
Listening to this, i feel more at home than visiting my parents.