Wind Harp - Aeolian Harp on the Irish coast

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  • @harfenspieler
    @harfenspieler  6 років тому +6

    Here's another, longer wind harp video for you:
    ua-cam.com/video/pFBKgCk_Uzg/v-deo.html

    • @dankogrgic8355
      @dankogrgic8355 Місяць тому

      Thus is boring. Nature shouldn't be allowed to play instruments

  • @SueiWaa
    @SueiWaa 2 роки тому +90

    Makes me think of how the 6th ode in The Odes of Solomon begins: ”As the wind moves through the lyre,
    making the strings speak,
    so the spirit of the Lord speaks throughout my limbs,
    making me speak by his love.
    (Nuhra translation)

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  2 роки тому +9

      That's really beautiful, thanks for the reference!

    • @justdoinmything
      @justdoinmything Рік тому +3

      Beautiful praise YAHWEH

    • @danamorante1565
      @danamorante1565 27 днів тому +1

      🥹🥹🥹🥹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @elizabethmchenry3102
    @elizabethmchenry3102 4 роки тому +150

    No music is as heavenly as that made by an aoelian harp. It is a beautiful occurence of nature,but it has a spiritual parallel. The harp is nothing but a wooden box with strings attached in harmony,waiting to be touched by the unseen fingers of the wandering wind. As breath of heaven floats over the strings,notes that are nearly divine float upon the air, as if a choir of angles were wondering about and touching the strings. Just beautiful! Thank you

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  4 роки тому +9

      Thank you very much for tuning in - I can't think of a better way to describe the aeolean harp sounds. (I might quote you with your permission!) 😌

    • @InformationPollution
      @InformationPollution 4 роки тому +1

      Lol what a weirdo

    • @trailbossx2
      @trailbossx2 3 роки тому +4

      @@InformationPollution shouldnt you be out stomping on puppies????

    • @savannahastings6807
      @savannahastings6807 3 роки тому +11

      Literally just read this devotional today and was looking to see what this thing was. Thank you for your comment

    • @littlechicky0206
      @littlechicky0206 3 роки тому +12

      @@savannahastings6807 Streams in the Desert? I am reading it too and came here for the same reason! @Harfenspieler the original source of the quote is from Days of Heaven Upon Earth by Rev. A. B. Simpson, 1897.

  • @mandarinlearner
    @mandarinlearner 5 років тому +72

    The first time I played harp outdoors and this happened I was totally entranced as were those around me who heard this ethereal sound

  • @Jude300c
    @Jude300c Рік тому +9

    I was inspired to find this, because today I found a nice place to place my lap harp and suddenly the wind caught my notes and resonated them. As if God and the angels came down to have a turn. It really eased my soul and I took my time to let the wind play as it wanted to. A Divine duet!

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  Рік тому

      That's the beauty of it - you can simply immerse yourself in the sound. Have you tried tuning to different scales, like pentatonic, when the wind blows through the strings of your harp?

    • @Jude300c
      @Jude300c Рік тому

      @@harfenspieler You know? I have not yet, in fact Im only just easing to harp after having a lyre. Im not really financially well off, but the lyre and harp off amazon have brought me so much pleasure and joy to play on.
      Im curious about scales and tunings. I tune by nature once I've set my instruments up at there standard. I always drop my lyre a whole step because it sounds much warmer with the metal strings. But as Im not trained on notation, I really have no clue what that tuning is. On the harp itself i may just fiddle around as Ive been playing it clean.

  • @justcallmesando
    @justcallmesando 2 роки тому +25

    This must be one of the most beautiful sounds that I´ve heard in my life.

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  2 роки тому +1

      I'm glad you came by to listen, thanks for your comment!

    • @justcallmesando
      @justcallmesando 2 роки тому +1

      @@harfenspieler thank you!

  • @harfenspieler
    @harfenspieler  11 років тому +79

    The sound is quite loud and can be heard over a distance of, say, 100 or 200 m. The microphone helped to isolate the harp sound from the wind noises.

  • @EarlOfMaladyCrescent
    @EarlOfMaladyCrescent 4 роки тому +33

    I love the idea behind this instrument! I know what's happening here, but I'm surprised it's so loud. Wind is an example of "Pink noise". Noise is lots of frequencies being heard all at the same time; maybe hundreds of thousands, maybe millions. You can't pick out any notes, because there are so many. It just sounds like...noise! The aeolian harp plays only certain frequencies. Those frequencies are in the sound of the wind, so it resonates them in the strings.

    • @MelindaGreen
      @MelindaGreen 4 роки тому

      The pink noise is essentially a bow on each string. Each string only wants to play a tonic plus harmonics, those harmonics, which are picked up by other strings and vise versa. Now I want to hear the result of different tunings.

    • @EarlOfMaladyCrescent
      @EarlOfMaladyCrescent 4 роки тому

      @@MelindaGreen That's a point. I didn't think of the harmonics being triggered. Yeah, different tunings would be great to hear. The strings could even be tuned to a chord, where some notes are doubled up, & slightly detuned.
      When a string is physically bowed, it produces a different kind of sound wave. There's something you can use on an electric guitar, called an E-bow. I've never used one. It vibrates a guitar string, without touching it, using electromagnetism.

    • @MelindaGreen
      @MelindaGreen 4 роки тому +1

      @@EarlOfMaladyCrescent I'd even like to hear what happens if all the strings are tuned to the same note (practically impossible, I know). 12 string guitars and the higher end of pianos have doubled strings, so we know it sounds nice. But mainly, I wonder about tuning to various chords and even scales other than the standard 12 tones. So many questions!

    • @EarlOfMaladyCrescent
      @EarlOfMaladyCrescent 4 роки тому +1

      @@MelindaGreen That's a good idea! Quarter tones can create some very interesting sounds. I suppose if all the strings were tuned to one note, they'd all resonate at the same time and give a very rich chorus type sound.
      I know there's an instrument where all the strings are the same length, (I think it's a koto). There's one movable fret for every string and you use them to (tune) the strings to whatever scale you want to play in. Maybe that instrument could create that one note sound, played by the wind.

    • @mr.astronuts3825
      @mr.astronuts3825 Рік тому +1

      It’s because of vortices I think

  • @dbpooper7512
    @dbpooper7512 9 років тому +173

    I wish this video was a little longer. Say, about sixteen hours or so. I'd have it on all day.

    • @jericarter901
      @jericarter901 9 років тому +3

      +DB Pooper Yes, you and me both, it's so beautiful

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  9 років тому +25

      +Jeri Carter et al., I do have about one or two hour's worth of raw recordings, I'll see what I can do. :)

    • @melissakio1840
      @melissakio1840 9 років тому

      +Harfenspieler Yes, plz:)

    • @KSMSDRPEPPER
      @KSMSDRPEPPER 8 років тому +1

      +DB Pooper I noticed elsewhere on UA-cam they have videos of rain/thunder as 3-10 hour videos. I'd love something like this too. But... I'm not in Ireland any more. I was there two different years and never heard or read about this. So we likely passed within a short distance of it?? (mostly in Dublin, Waterford, Cork, Cliffs of Mohr, Belfast, Giant's Causeway, Meath.). This is sooo cool !!

    • @KSMSDRPEPPER
      @KSMSDRPEPPER 8 років тому

      +DB Pooper I noticed elsewhere on UA-cam they have videos of rain/thunder as 3-10 hour videos. I'd love something like this too. But... I'm not in Ireland any more. I was there two different years and never heard or read about this. So we likely passed within a short distance of it?? (mostly in Dublin, Waterford, Cork, Cliffs of Mohr, Belfast, Giant's Causeway, Meath.). This is sooo cool !!

  • @paulg3336
    @paulg3336 4 роки тому +13

    In Melbourne Australia it is common for industrial buildings to have wires tensioned across the roofs to stop birds landing.
    In a brisk breeze the wires act just like Aeolian harps.

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  4 роки тому

      I wonder if those wires are tuned, or just whirring at random?

    • @paulg3336
      @paulg3336 4 роки тому +5

      @@harfenspieler Just random. The object is to obstruct the birds landing. The sound is just a unintentional by product.
      Cool sound though and it begs the question whether tuning the strings of an aeolian harp is even necessary.

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  4 роки тому +1

      @@paulg3336 Thanks very much for the insight!

  • @happypiano4810
    @happypiano4810 4 роки тому +41

    I’m learning etude op 25 no. 1, so I thought I’d listen to an actual aeolian harp.

    • @happypiano4810
      @happypiano4810 4 роки тому +7

      The etude is prettier to me, and I stopped learning it for now because I can’t keep focused on one piece for very long. YOU SIGHT READ IT???!!!

    • @mori-patte
      @mori-patte 4 роки тому

      @@imacomplexity Wow, I see some advanced techniques here 😁

    • @kennytran2860
      @kennytran2860 4 роки тому +1

      Same

    • @jakubbaran28
      @jakubbaran28 3 роки тому

      @Jörmungandr wtf?

  • @blueschanter
    @blueschanter 9 років тому +17

    I have so many words to say how beautiful this video is at present. Aerolian harp music is absolutely a great art!

  • @ryanli5222
    @ryanli5222 3 роки тому +2

    nature's touch is sublime.

  • @Livelaughandluvjesus
    @Livelaughandluvjesus 4 місяці тому +1

    This is the sound that has people turn their heads with widened eyes of awe..

  • @blueschanter
    @blueschanter 9 років тому +39

    It's the wind breathing and conveying it's beautiful mind.

    • @blueschanter
      @blueschanter 9 років тому +1

      And I want to say wow!

    • @blueschanter
      @blueschanter 9 років тому +1

      And on the coast?! Very good choice!

    • @Youre_Right
      @Youre_Right 6 років тому

      Iris Iris lay off the LSD. The wind has no brain, it is just a part of nature

  • @PaulSmoker420
    @PaulSmoker420 7 років тому +31

    If anyone is interested in hearing additional (and longer) Aeolian Harp recordings look for the CD "Windsongs: The Sound of the Aeolian Harp" put out by the Musical Heritage Society. It may or may not still be in print. It's a must hear.

  • @horasefu1438
    @horasefu1438 9 років тому +11

    the most beautiful sound i heard

  • @trailbossx2
    @trailbossx2 3 роки тому +1

    Absolutely charming, and gorgeously spellbinding,,,,where are the welsh witches,and fairies??,,,,,,

  • @sarahhavillamelooliveira5825
    @sarahhavillamelooliveira5825 2 роки тому

    This is the best wind harp sound I've found

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  2 роки тому

      Thank you! It was important to me to capture the harp sound rather than the wind sound. 😊

  • @gutsandgrittv5076
    @gutsandgrittv5076 3 роки тому +2

    Angels praising God ❤️

  • @jarredgraffiti
    @jarredgraffiti 7 років тому +2

    very calming

  • @abhijitchavan2453
    @abhijitchavan2453 7 років тому +1

    Relationship between science and nature being seamless💝

  • @hughcaves3108
    @hughcaves3108 3 роки тому +2

    there is a wind harp erected at Rosal/naver forest Sutherland Highlands

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  3 роки тому

      The more, the merrier! Thanks for the hint, I must definitely go there one day to see it.

    • @hughcaves3108
      @hughcaves3108 3 роки тому +1

      @@harfenspieler Ordnance Survey Map 16 near Dalharrold Farm grid reference 6705 3805 approx, wind harp sculpture erected in memory to a Mrs Mackay 19 century lady from near Rosal( Highland Clearances) by the Mackay family who own the Naver Forestry I often mountain bike cycle on the forestry trails from my home in Thurso Caithness the music the harp plays is very science fiction ish!

    • @hughcaves3108
      @hughcaves3108 3 роки тому +1

      Grid Reference ought to read 6805 3805 near the B873 road from Bettyhill to Altnaharra/ Tongue road junction

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  3 роки тому

      @@hughcaves3108 Thanks so much! 😊

  • @ettasmith3642
    @ettasmith3642 2 роки тому +1

    I love this. Thank you!

  • @jennifersimmons964
    @jennifersimmons964 5 років тому +1

    Goosebumps good; both sound and scenery.. thanks for sharing

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  5 років тому +1

      Thanks for listening! The wind has many stories to tell...

    • @jennifersimmons964
      @jennifersimmons964 5 років тому

      @@harfenspieler indeed, o and I had forgotten to subscribe, but did now.. happy day/night

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  5 років тому +1

      Thanks for subscribing, there's more to come (like, today... :-) )

  • @jpdr7081
    @jpdr7081 День тому

    Henry David Thoreau mentioned it... I'm crying.

  • @naeem6583
    @naeem6583 4 роки тому +29

    Why does this reminds me of Minecraft?

  • @r.i.p.volodya
    @r.i.p.volodya Рік тому +1

    I've only recently discovered what an Aeolian Harp actually is! Amazing sound - ethereal and eerie. It casts certain pieces of classical music in a different light (e.g. Chopin op25/1)

  • @quinto190
    @quinto190 2 роки тому +1

    :D nice idea and place

  • @dianericard5201
    @dianericard5201 9 років тому +2

    Fantastique!
    celeste,un pur bonheur!

  • @AlbySilly
    @AlbySilly 7 років тому +2

    I'd love having listening to a stream of this

    • @friesiamans1966
      @friesiamans1966 7 років тому

      +albin9000 - when i first went into the internet in 2009 i found a livestream of a wind harp somewhere - i lost the connection, but if you keep looking, maybe you find it also...
      btw. i dream of building my own windharp - at the end of my garden, towards the open fields, there is a place, where almost always some breeze is blowing, hmmm - one day... :-)
      greetings from germany

  • @LadyVoldemort
    @LadyVoldemort 7 років тому +11

    Calming otherworldly music...If I was there sitting in a comfy couch, looking at the sea, sipping a good drink, munching some pizza and chocolate ice cream...okay a bit much (clearly an obese person's dream)...it would be heavenly.
    Well, seems like the wind plays a better music than the ocean (the morske orgulje in Zadar Beach, Croatia).

  • @JAMROCKerz7
    @JAMROCKerz7 7 років тому +1

    so majestic 👌

  • @charlesbaicy3295
    @charlesbaicy3295 3 роки тому +2

    I want to make a temple made with these integral to the design with directed wind flow

  • @Alisongabrielle
    @Alisongabrielle 10 років тому +1

    Beautiful.

  • @petertalgaard6540
    @petertalgaard6540 7 років тому +3

    all of earth sings..we don't hear but there is the most magnificeby symphony playing all the time..we life inside it..i live at coast ..wake up as the first bird makes a sound and go listen to how everything..birds .waves .trees .all .harmonises in a splait second. and I listen to the morning song of earth..no sound of card here . its earth singing AT us...and we never tune in to listen

    • @friesiamans1966
      @friesiamans1966 7 років тому

      +peter talgaard65 - what a beautiful comment! a long time ago i once had the chance to literally listen to the trees singing, and it was of overwhelming beauty! it sounded in fact a bit similar to the sounds you can hear in this recording, only much richer, and the tones were much longer, plus they came from everywhere, of course, from every tree and every bush - i spoke about this experience only very few times, because people would take me for crazy - you are the first one who seems to have encountered a similar experience - i am very thankful, i greet you (btw. i spent my childhood years in the moor and my youth years at the coast)

  • @nerahart
    @nerahart 3 роки тому +1

    Wow!!!

  • @Marco_Venieri
    @Marco_Venieri 4 роки тому

    coleridge has dedicated to this instrument a beautiful poem

    • @bunberrier
      @bunberrier 4 роки тому

      Just posted a similar comment. One of my favorite poems.

  • @nyarome8436
    @nyarome8436 10 років тому +12

    What would happen if you touched or played a string?

    • @nyarome8436
      @nyarome8436 9 років тому +4

      ENOUGH PRESSING +1 ON THIS COMMENT!!!!

    • @GoldenScarab45
      @GoldenScarab45 9 років тому +14

      +Raiden Young It would just become a regular harp. The sound is produced by the wind in the same way a player would produce sound. if someone were to go up and lay their hand over the string, the string would be muted.

    • @nyarome8436
      @nyarome8436 9 років тому +1

      Nicholas Fagnilli ...OK.

    • @YouTubeSupportTeams
      @YouTubeSupportTeams 7 років тому

      duh. lol

    • @wigwagstudios2474
      @wigwagstudios2474 5 років тому +2

      BRO ARE YOU STUPID!?! ISN'T IT OBVIOUS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN!?!?!?!??!?!

  • @harfenspieler
    @harfenspieler  11 років тому +4

    Hi Séan, no worries whatsoever, this video has a Creative Commons license and can be used freely. Please post your video when it's finished! :)

  • @thatonethattalksalot7656
    @thatonethattalksalot7656 8 років тому +1

    soundtrack for a sad or alone scene!

  • @jimf3221
    @jimf3221 8 років тому +20

    Reminds me of the beginning of Us and Them by Pink Floyd

  • @MarkTitus420
    @MarkTitus420 9 років тому +17

    The gods whisltin' a tune.

  • @evangangstad5537
    @evangangstad5537 9 років тому

    So pretty

  • @Erik3harps
    @Erik3harps 5 років тому +5

    Any harp will do this. Just take care it doesn't get blown over. I played harp and sang at a graveside service and the wind participated every so often. A traditional wind harp or Aeolian harp is rectangular, often placed on the sill of a double hung window. All twelve strings are tuned to the same note and the rising and falling of wind velocity brings out different notes in the harmonic series above the fundamental tuning, American transcendental writers wrote about wind harps.

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  5 років тому +3

      Thanks for your comment - I'm impressed about how many different types of wind harps there are. Just had the effect again when playing out in the open on a wedding the other day, it was very windy and people were instantly mesmerised by the sound... :)

    • @privateinformation784
      @privateinformation784 5 років тому

      Erik Johansson is it possible to have a wind harp tuned in Ionian Mode?? All the wind harps I’ve seen have been Aeolian tuned.

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  5 років тому +2

      If there is no reference bass note, those two scales would sound the same. You'd have to tune the instrument to a non-modal scale, e. g. a pentatonic scale, or harmonic/melodic minor, to get a different sound from a wind harp. A chromatic 12-tone scale would also work, but sounds very eerie to my ears.

    • @Erik3harps
      @Erik3harps 5 років тому

      @@privateinformation784The traditional rectangular wind harp is generally tuned to one fundamental note. The changing velocity of the wind divides the vibrating nodes on the strings, producing various notes of the harmonic series. The intervals are closer as they ascend, and by the third octave go into the "harmonic scale". so the wind can play melodies on the single note all strings are tuned to. It is amazing, because the motion of the strings is barely visible, while the music can be quite loud.

  • @DeeEfSea
    @DeeEfSea 10 років тому +1

    What is the main difference in terms of construction between a conventional harp and an aeolian harp?
    Are they essentially the same instrument but just used in a different way?

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  10 років тому +5

      Any harp can be used as an aeolian harp by putting it into the wind at a certain angle (string plane perpendicular to the wind). You can use different tunings, such as pentatonic, for varying the sound.
      There are also dedicated, specialsed wind harps that are mostly optimised to endure moisture and other weather conditions. Some of them have their string tension kept with weights, so that no tuning is necessary.

    • @DeeEfSea
      @DeeEfSea 10 років тому +2

      Harfenspieler
      I was wondering if you could offer a critique on my idea.. I'm considering building a portable Aeolian Harp which would be in the form of a helmet - An Aeolian Helmet. I want to design this so that when the user walks or maybe cycles, it will create enough wind flow to activate the harp and create an all round and intimate sensory experience. What is the minimum length that I could make this harp? Would a small harp be very high pitched? Would it require a lower wind flow or higher wind flow compared to larger harps?

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  10 років тому

      Govind Sidhu , very interesting concept. Small string length means high pitch, but you can increase the string diameter and composition to compensate that effect, up to a point. I don't know how such a device would look like or behave, but it's certainly worth looking into. :)

    • @jazzcatt
      @jazzcatt 9 років тому

      +Dee Ef Sea just a note to add to Harfenspieler's comment. the fatter the string and/or the tighter a string is pulled, the less likely wind will be able to make it vibrate. Same for short strings. The shorter it is the more difficult it will be for just wind to vibrate it.

    • @jazzcatt
      @jazzcatt 9 років тому +1

      +Dee Ef Sea Don't confuse Aeolian mode or scale with Aeolian harp. An aeolian hars is simply a stringed instrument that is played by the wind and is named for Aeolus, the ancient Greek god of the wind. A traditional harp, played by plucking strings, is not tuned to Aeolian mode.

  • @drkam6
    @drkam6 12 років тому

    beautiful!

  • @djformalin
    @djformalin 4 роки тому

    Lovely🎼

  • @happy17761492
    @happy17761492 7 років тому

    Most interesting.

  • @tonybardsley4549
    @tonybardsley4549 3 роки тому +3

    Without wishing to sound hippy-dippy, you should read the Irish poet John Montague's short poem "Windharp" while listening to this.

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  3 роки тому

      Thanks for the nice idea! Not sure if the rights management of the late poet will allow it, but I can try.

    • @untonyto
      @untonyto 3 роки тому

      Too late. You already sound hippy dippy. But we'll still read the poem.

  • @kheirbasileus2126
    @kheirbasileus2126 Рік тому

    I BELIEVE.

  • @woyeshinibaba
    @woyeshinibaba 2 роки тому

    i'm here because of chopin's op25.no1. i'm sure this'll help students to understand the sound effect.

  • @asianfacility5682
    @asianfacility5682 7 років тому

    hi is it cold there

  • @dolnanawa3124
    @dolnanawa3124 8 років тому +1

    Can You tell something about recording process and recording equipment?

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  8 років тому +4

      I used piezo pickups inside the harp, that way the wind could not make any distracting noises. Recorded using a 2-channel audio interface by Metric Halo, and a MacBook Pro. Smaller setups are possible, too. There is a longer description further down in the comments :)

  • @darrellw82
    @darrellw82 7 років тому +1

    What kinda of set up do you have?

  • @harishsankarr2019
    @harishsankarr2019 3 роки тому +1

    Dear harfenspieler ,
    I'm from South India
    Can I use this music as a sound score for my shortfilm please ?
    I hope the author was you , so I could mention your name at the video itself.
    Can I use it ?
    Thank you

    • @harishsankarr2019
      @harishsankarr2019 3 роки тому +1

      Dear harfenspieler ,
      Please reply sir

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  3 роки тому +2

      Please feel free to use it! This piece is published with a "Creative Commons" licence. Best of luck with your project!

    • @harishsankarr2019
      @harishsankarr2019 3 роки тому +1

      @@harfenspieler Thank you so much sir 🙏🏻 & thanks for your wishes

  • @Kloppsserialbottlers
    @Kloppsserialbottlers 7 років тому +2

    This is excellent. I was wondering, are you planning on undertaking any more of these recordings in the near future? I'm currently in Limerick Institute of Technology and working on my final year project. It's called 'Elements' and its essentially an ambient EP which is inspired by three of natures elements: air, water and earth. I've been recording some interesting things, like underwater recordings and for the air element of the track I built a basic wind harp and although I am getting some interesting sound out of it, it's not a patch on this. Now, perhaps it's the environment but may also be the strings? All my strings are the same guage. They are 0.45 nylon fishing line. Perhaps they need to be different guages? I also can see from your video, that I must place the contact mic INSIDE the body!
    But getting sidetracked haha, if you were ever recording like this again I'd love to help out or take part in the session and get some of these recordings for my own projects if you were okay with that? Anyway, great video, thanks for sharing!

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  7 років тому

      Hi there - you are free to use this recording under the Creative Commons terms. Let me know if you need a longer version. Best o' luck wit your work!

  • @DJDurkfromDownunder
    @DJDurkfromDownunder 14 днів тому

  • @nyarome8436
    @nyarome8436 8 років тому +1

    Is it plugged into something?

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  8 років тому +1

      I used piezo pickups inside the harp. Recorded using a 2-channel audio interface by Metric Halo, and a MacBook Pro. There is a longer description further down in the comments :)

  • @Levan0o
    @Levan0o 9 років тому +2

    Really enjoyed the video! Which mic did you use?

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  9 років тому +1

      Thanks for your comment - I used a built-in pickup made from a few piezo elements.

  • @beingsupermanonamazon1786
    @beingsupermanonamazon1786 6 років тому

    Goodness

  • @alexandreloureiro1037
    @alexandreloureiro1037 7 років тому

    I tried to reproduce it using a home eletric fan but nothing happend… :-( How was it tuned? Could you record it tuned to a pentatonic tuning, say C, D, E#, F, G, A, B#?

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  7 років тому

      The wind has to move along the full length of the strings. It's perfectly possible to use a pentatonic scale, the results are very harmonic.

    • @alexandreloureiro1037
      @alexandreloureiro1037 7 років тому

      But would YOU tune the harp to a pentatonic scale, record it and post it as a favour? ;-) I'd like to use it in a personal project, obviously with your authorization and credits…

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  7 років тому

      I have all the recordings on my hard drive, but please allow for some time to process them. I have it on my list! :)

    • @alexandreloureiro1037
      @alexandreloureiro1037 7 років тому

      Oh! Great! Take your time :-)

    • @richardschneider9098
      @richardschneider9098 7 років тому +2

      The wind must also flow as a smooth mass -- fan breeze is too turbulent. It's a gift of nature, like honey and rainbows.

  • @dimitristsekeris1821
    @dimitristsekeris1821 6 років тому

    Does this happen with all harps or do you need a special one?

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  6 років тому

      This works with all harps, no modifications needed at all. Only the wind... :)

  • @bunberrier
    @bunberrier 4 роки тому

    The Eolian Harp
    by Samual Taylor Coleridge
    brought me here.

  • @jonellemannion7815
    @jonellemannion7815 8 років тому +1

    What county in Ireland is this, Kerry?

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  8 років тому +2

      +Jonelle Mannion The video location is south of Cork, near Kinsale.

  • @ahlivetuhsidamaro150
    @ahlivetuhsidamaro150 7 років тому

    how can anyone give this a thumbs down??!!

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  7 років тому +1

      Not sure - perhaps some don't agree with the wind. ;)

    • @Jefferson-ly5qe
      @Jefferson-ly5qe 7 років тому

      I think there are just grumpy bastards out there

  • @lincathrin
    @lincathrin 9 років тому +35

    now we know how the wind "sounds" ?

  • @Liedton
    @Liedton 5 років тому

    In Finland u call it Tuulikannel...

  • @DJVoidTEM
    @DJVoidTEM 11 років тому

    Do they actually sound that loud? Or is it because there is a microphone to it?

    • @Jude300c
      @Jude300c Рік тому

      They are very loud, even on my lap harp its loud. Im sure a bigger harp's resonance would carry far

  • @JayJohnBryce
    @JayJohnBryce 6 років тому +1

    Where i can buy this instrument?

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  6 років тому +1

      This particular harp was made by German luthier Frank Sievert, please see www.sievert-harps.de/index_e.html for details. Depending on your location, there may more - or fewer - instrument makers in your area, but fortunately smaller harps are not as rare as they used to be. :-)

    • @JayJohnBryce
      @JayJohnBryce 6 років тому

      Thank you so much :-) . I read Thoreau had one so now i'm interested in it.

  • @lakotacamp8533
    @lakotacamp8533 4 роки тому +1

    starting at 1:15 I swear I can almost hear a voice but I can't make out the words.

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  4 роки тому +4

      There was some actual talking leaking into the microphones. Sorry for any (ghostly) confusion!

  • @seanleite
    @seanleite 11 років тому

    Great, thanks. I produce World Music-driven Downtempo Trip Hop stuff. It probably won't be a video for the moment but I'll post a link to the track when its ready. Lovely harp playing in your other videos! I much prefer to gather samples then to use robotic-sounding MIDI samplers.

  • @eddiesparxx2715
    @eddiesparxx2715 6 років тому

    Reminds me of summer forest from spyro

  • @Trev0r98
    @Trev0r98 10 місяців тому +1

    transcendent

  • @tiluriso
    @tiluriso 6 років тому

    Eerie Érie.

  • @czygyny
    @czygyny 11 років тому

    Beautiful harp, beautiful setting! :-) My 'harps' all sound like UFOs and aliens! I have a set of guitar strings, though and your video encourages me to make something out of them a bit more 'tuned'!

  • @gcymous9160
    @gcymous9160 9 років тому +3

    om.....om....om.....

  • @ruthmcdonnell4564
    @ruthmcdonnell4564 4 роки тому

    Amazing the harp didn’t fall over with the Atlantic breezes! Where was it filmed?

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  4 роки тому +1

      The area was safer than it might look 😉. The location is at the Irish south coast, south-east of Kinsale.

  • @nelsonx.8299
    @nelsonx.8299 3 місяці тому +1

    Put that in the middle of the rainforest to scare the sht out of explorer's

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  3 місяці тому

      A remarkably tempting idea, given the history.

  • @BrawnyBuddha
    @BrawnyBuddha 7 років тому

    Reminds me of Artificial Intelligence (the movie).

  • @wisatakubali9742
    @wisatakubali9742 5 років тому

    Ini sama seperti guangan layangan di bali dan kincir angin di bali ada juga bambu di bali yang mengeluarkan suara merdu tapi jika ada karta besar seperti melaspas yaitu karta agung ngenteg lingih lainya salam damai kalau layangan bulan ini rareangon musim layangan

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  5 років тому

      Thank you - I didn't know about those instruments in Indonesia!

  • @Guywithair2
    @Guywithair2 2 роки тому +2

    I did DMT once and I heard this sound

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  2 роки тому +1

      That seems entirely possible - so the effects are not purely visual then?

    • @Guywithair2
      @Guywithair2 2 роки тому

      @@harfenspieler During the come up I heard it in the background along with indescribable noise. About a minute later I blasted off and do not remember much. I do remember the harp sound though.

  • @elementterre
    @elementterre 9 років тому

    You can participate to vent de guitares ( adlib ) send us the geolocation ventdeguitares.com/fr/,

  • @alienpick1
    @alienpick1 4 роки тому

    Jesus Christ is Lord ✝️ Maranatha

  • @callummay5184
    @callummay5184 4 роки тому

    Where's the drop?

  • @yeetzone9828
    @yeetzone9828 2 роки тому +1

    sounds like minecraft ngl

  • @arnavrawat9864
    @arnavrawat9864 5 років тому

    Odin is playing a tune

  • @jorjiang1
    @jorjiang1 4 роки тому

    李永乐

  • @epicwolf070p6
    @epicwolf070p6 10 років тому

    the Aeolian harp's strings are looser than a regular (I wish I had one

  • @chicanopiano8117
    @chicanopiano8117 Рік тому

    japanese KOTO箏 also wind 、Here !
    ua-cam.com/video/m8nWypwhJbQ/v-deo.html

  • @pyropussquantscalethewell-6472
    @pyropussquantscalethewell-6472 6 років тому

    they just figured out a way to make energy out of this thing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windbelt

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  6 років тому +1

      Very cool! I wonder if they make sounds as well while generating electricity.

  • @seanleite
    @seanleite 11 років тому

    I'm making a song with this. Will share it soon (please don't sue me for copyright)! Sláinte!

  • @conner-manradio
    @conner-manradio 3 роки тому

    Minecraft music

  • @deltafour1212
    @deltafour1212 7 років тому +1

    What a irritating sound. That sound would drive you nuts listening to that all day long

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  7 років тому +3

      Thanks for your comment, I'm quite sure that sounds like this are polarising - beautiful for some, haunting for others. Perhaps it was even used in psychological warfare in former times… I can't always listen to it, it drags me in and I don't get any work done! ;)

    • @friesiamans1966
      @friesiamans1966 7 років тому +2

      +harfenspieler - the sound of a windharp always brings back a dear childhood memory - we lived in a house out in the moor, where the wind got quite strong very often, especially in autumn of course - well, there were wires coming from a pylon directly to the house, fixed to four porcellain isolators (?) - i used to sleep in a room next to the point, where they were fixed - i often had wind "lullabies" from these wires, because they were a sort of big wind harp - but the sounds were much deeper than the music here, and i heard strange things like "alien" choirs a.s.o. - i remember well, that it was often haunting and strange, but never threatening - i loved it... :-)
      greetings from germany

  • @paulatriedes
    @paulatriedes 9 років тому +1

    disgusting discords forever, how unnecessary,,

    • @harfenspieler
      @harfenspieler  9 років тому +16

      +paulatriedes I promise that the harp was in tune. Personally I think, like most art, it's neither necessary nor unnecessary, in the sense that the wind was streaming through the harp without any intention - not even to entertain. I do hope you find harmony and enjoyment in other, human-played harp music. : )