Wow wow wow. It just got better and better. What an incredibly talented lady you are!!! Such perfect playing and such a long piece all from memory. I’m totally in awe. Thank you for sharing this beautiful piece. 💐💕
Ahhh, thank you so much - it's a really fun piece to play and I'm just so pleased you like it! Come to think of i, I've not played this one in a concert in ages - I'll have to add it back in to my rotation! ;) hanks so much for watching and sharing your lovely comment 🥰🎶✨
@@TamsinDearnley mon commentaire est fondé plutôt sur le bonheur de d'écouter que par gentillesse. Gentils sont tes doigts en caressant les cordes de ta harpe. Beijo
Wow this is the best cover of the song I've heard definitely tons of dedication involved and deserves more views only 2k views very underrated thank you for sharing this.
As a lever harp player myself I know how much you must have put into this fabulous arrangement of a true rock classic. All I can say is Wow, well done!
Ah, thank you so much - so kind of you! I've been playing it for quite a while now, but it did take me quite a while to be happy enough with the arrangement to video it. So pleased you like it - it IS such a classic, isn't it ;)
there is one thing i don't understand it's WHY is she is "touching" the hightest part of the harp it seem like or she was touching mechanics or some "switch" ! i understand why she play at diferent "hight of cords" bexause as someone who had played guitar, bass and now 5 strings banjo and ghuzheng i know "cords instruments ( my list intrument is the only one that is not a cords instrument but a wind one as it is bagpipe) But Harp i have not clues on what was theses "moves" at the top of the harp! So please explain in an understandable way for none harpist!
@@mariagorbunova8388 Oh ok thank you i had never played harp but i'm playing other instruments some bein "rare" in my country france ( like guzheng and 5 string banjo) so i was "curious" because i HAVE "musician knowledge" but no harp knowledge! So thank you very much!
@@thaerosAn easy way to understand this is to think of the strings of a harp as being like the white keys on a piano with no black keys to supply the sharps and flats. The movement Tamsin frequently makes while playing this piece is to engage what are known as semitone levers which enable her to play the "accidentals" (sharps or flats), which raise the pitch of the string by one semitone by flicking them up and lower the pitch by a semitone if flicked down. Stairway to Heaven is full of key changes so it demands a lot of lever changes in order to play it on the harp. The large orchestral harps do the essentially the same thing with a series of foot pedals. Hope this helps.
One word. Goosebumps. That was stunning. I was holding my breath through parts of it and watching how her fingers danced over the strings and levers. I'm just starting to learn and have wondered what can be played on a harp. This opened my eyes to possibilities. :) I'm MANY years away from even a simplified version of this though.
My jaw is on the ground never to be returned to my face...incredible technically and resplendent emotionally...the melody hand painting the picture and perhaps the greatest left hand I have ever seen building the foundation for the song to take flight. Bravo Tamsin Dearnley, Bravo!!!
🍀I'm liking music without the need for ear-aching amplifying, and appreciating the accoustal demonstration of versatility in music. I like watching that 2 cellos video back in the 1700's where they drive the parents crazy on accoustic cellos. I also appreciate the detail of the original song that you put into your harp rendition......accoustically!
Haha, thank you! It was a joint effort - someone else shot the footage (obviously!) and I did the sound and video editing. We had a lot of fun :D I'll pass on your comment - he did do a lovely job of the shots, didn't he!
You are fabulous! I love what you have done with this piece! Wow! Love love love it! An inspiration to me - just learning Sylvia Woods arrangement. Your version just flows - beautiful!
This is such a treat to listen to! Are you selling this arrangement? I’d love to buy it! A version of this was the first song I ever learned on the pedal harp, and I’ve really been missing it now that I’ve switched back to lever.
Thank you! And I'm afraid I've never got round to writing this one down, sorry - I just listened to the piece about a million times and tried to get it as accurate as I could... 😆I'm sure there must be arrangements out there, though. Funnily enough I think maybe this is easier on lever than pedal harp (though as a terrible pedal harpist I /would/ think that!). Good luck - welcome back to the world of levers...! 😁
That was very impressive Tamsin. Love the quick lever work and great bass line. Was intrigued to see how the lead break would work out on the harp.. and I wasn't disappointed!! I'm a guitarist struggling to learn the harp and at 69 I don't think I'm going to achieve your level... but I am inspired to push on!
Thank you so much for taking the time to catch, and for your lovely comment!🥰 It was actually really fun to work out how to do all the parts and try to keep the feel faithful to the original. It took a lot of practice to get it right though! 😉 I wish I could play the guitar better! I play for fun but I’m not very good - I find the left hand contortion for the chords something of a trial 😆 I suppose like anything though it’s a matter of practise…! Good luck with the harp - it will come! 😊✨🎶
Magnificent! I can’t believe I’m just hearing this now! I’d love to buy the sheet music, but I saw where you said that you didn’t have it written down. Surely it’s the best arrangement 💕
Dear Ms Dearnley, What wonder cover of a great song. Very much different and equal to the virtuosity of Greg Buchanan. You are an inspiration to beginner students like myself. Best regards, HMorison
Thank you so very much - I really love this song and I did my best to pay tribute to the original! I'm also super happy if you find it inspiring - that means a lot
I think this is fantastic, please let me know where I can get your sheet music for your arrangement, it’s brilliant. I am not able to play it, but my prof. can! So inspirational! Thanks
So beautiful! In my mind, I could hear Robert Plant singing as you played. Absolutely wonderful, thank you! Will you consider publishing your arrangement please?! 😍
Thank you so much! And I'd LOVE to write this down and publish the arrangement, but unfortunately it's copyright so I'm not allowed :( Really sorry about that 😭
Hello! Sorry, this song is copyright so I'm not allowed to sell the arrangement :( I learned it by ear but never bothered to write it down for this reason, I'm afraid. I'd LOVE to be able to - if I can ever figure out how to get permission I will of course post it here! :)
@@TamsinDearnley Thanks! Right...I am in the same situation actually, not sure how to sell arrangements for famous songs on the harp...I bought your Fairy Queen one which Is lovely :)
Ah, merci, c'est très gentil! :) Et je regrette mais puisque je l'ai appris à l'oreille je n'ai jamais fait une transcription de cet arrangement - désolée! Mais j'imagine qu'il en existe plusieurs pour le piano ou la guitar que vous pouvez adaptez - bon courage! :)
The switches on the strings are audible. Can they be dampened by an addition of some kind of foam pad ? not that your playing is any less than ... reference my comment below
You actually make a really good point here - this particular video was taken during lockdown and in fact I was unable to source more of the rubber rings I needed to make the lever changes quieter at that time, so they are a bit more audible than normal! That being said, the amount of noise the levers make is dependent on the make; some are a little noisier than others, but then, some are easier to use than others. I love mine because they require almost no pressure to move and keep the string perfectly aligned when I engage them, but they are much better now I've replaced the rubber rings. How much or how quickly you're going to use your levers also really depends on what type of music you're going to play; much traditional music doesn't really require it, and some people prefer not to change them if they can avoid it! However I (and many of my colleagues who like contemporary music and jazz as well) like to experiment with genres so we do tend to abuse them a bit, but this also means we can provide feedback for improvements - the harp is very much an evolving instrument at the moment, which is great! Interestingly though, though, the make of lever I use has since been redesigned and the new version is much quieter as it uses a different method of stopping the metallic parts from touching. I'm planning on getting them switched around at some point, but it's a very expensive business as I live in a different country from the maker...! Ahem, sorry, I got a bit harp-geek carried away there. But I think it's a really interesting area; precision engineering meets fine art 😁 I wish more engineers would go into harp making, to be honest - harp makers are often phenomenal engineers who can do complex stress/pressure/acoustic equations in their heads, but input from other backgrounds could introduce a whole new set of ideas...!
@@TamsinDearnley Thanks for such a detailed replay. I have learned something about harps. I was wondering if there is a harp that has a drone system on it. That might be interesting.
@@briankerr4512 Haha, I can't help myself once I get started talking about harps! I feel sure I've seen something like what you describe (I think it was more like a lyre type thing, but with quite a lot of strings) but I can't for the life of me remember where...! I'm sure it exists, though! if you ever see one do let me know ;)
This might be the best harp rendition of "Stairway" that I've heard.
Haha, thank you! It was a lot of fun to arrange ;)
Person who's making the video the photographer for lack of a better title
Hats off to that photographer or camera individual
Lightening speed lever changes! Beautiful, beautiful, Beautiful. Thank you!
Thank you! i love playing this piece, and I promise you the lever changes aren't as bad as they look... ;)
Omg! I wasn't expecting even Jimmy Page's solo...marvellous harp performance.🌸
Ahhh, that's the fun bit where you get to pretend you're a rock star for 2 minutes 😆! Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it!
Those lever changes are insane! You’re amazing! So quick!
Haha, thank you! I think I've just had a lot of practise... 😆
Because of this video, i've started learn harp! and now i practice this song. God thank algorithm❤ - south korean your big fan
Ahhh, that's awesome! Happy harping! :D
JEEZ, She even did Jimmy,s solo exactly perfect, she is a Genius harp player FACT.
Hahaha, thank you so much! 🥰
Perfect to you isn’t perfect to everyone else.
@@thatguycarmine1 Easily triggered ! !
@@francishughes542 perfect pitch.
Wow wow wow. It just got better and better. What an incredibly talented lady you are!!! Such perfect playing and such a long piece all from memory. I’m totally in awe. Thank you for sharing this beautiful piece. 💐💕
Ahhh, thank you so much - it's a really fun piece to play and I'm just so pleased you like it! Come to think of i, I've not played this one in a concert in ages - I'll have to add it back in to my rotation! ;) hanks so much for watching and sharing your lovely comment 🥰🎶✨
What a skillful fabulous presentation of one the greatest pieces ever written !! Beautiful !
Stunning rendition, and so cretative & fresh. Wow!! :-)
Thank you so much!
C'est quelque chose de délicieuse de voir et d'écouter Tamsin et sa harpe, les deux toujours avec leur complicité parfaites
Ah, tu es trop gentil, João! Merci, merci :D
@@TamsinDearnley mon commentaire est fondé plutôt sur le bonheur de d'écouter que par gentillesse. Gentils sont tes doigts en caressant les cordes de ta harpe. Beijo
How is it possible that You don't have Ko-fi, Patreon, Throne or some other page of this type set up yet? Such talent deserves support. Lots of it.
Oh, that's so kind of you! I'll get around to it one of these days... ;)
Essa é uma das versões mais incríveis dessa música.
Wow this is the best cover of the song I've heard definitely tons of dedication involved and deserves more views only 2k views very underrated thank you for sharing this.
Aw, thanks so much - so lovely to hear! Glad you liked it :D
Ez tündék zenéje! Igen joooo!!!!
Beautiful version!
Thank you so much! 🤩
As a lever harp player myself I know how much you must have put into this fabulous arrangement of a true rock classic. All I can say is Wow, well done!
Ah, thank you so much - so kind of you! I've been playing it for quite a while now, but it did take me quite a while to be happy enough with the arrangement to video it. So pleased you like it - it IS such a classic, isn't it ;)
there is one thing i don't understand it's WHY is she is "touching" the hightest part of the harp it seem like or she was touching mechanics or some "switch" ! i understand why she play at diferent "hight of cords" bexause as someone who had played guitar, bass and now 5 strings banjo and ghuzheng i know "cords instruments ( my list intrument is the only one that is not a cords instrument but a wind one as it is bagpipe) But Harp i have not clues on what was theses "moves" at the top of the harp! So please explain in an understandable way for none harpist!
@@thaeros these levers change the height of the notes, for example, A becomes A# :)
@@mariagorbunova8388 Oh ok thank you i had never played harp but i'm playing other instruments some bein "rare" in my country france ( like guzheng and 5 string banjo) so i was "curious" because i HAVE "musician knowledge" but no harp knowledge! So thank you very much!
@@thaerosAn easy way to understand this is to think of the strings of a harp as being like the white keys on a piano with no black keys to supply the sharps and flats. The movement Tamsin frequently makes while playing this piece is to engage what are known as semitone levers which enable her to play the "accidentals" (sharps or flats), which raise the pitch of the string by one semitone by flicking them up and lower the pitch by a semitone if flicked down. Stairway to Heaven is full of key changes so it demands a lot of lever changes in order to play it on the harp. The large orchestral harps do the essentially the same thing with a series of foot pedals. Hope this helps.
Merveilleusement agréable à entendre ce morceau joué à la Harpe !! Bravo et merci pour ce bon moment ! ❤
One word. Goosebumps.
That was stunning. I was holding my breath through parts of it and watching how her fingers danced over the strings and levers. I'm just starting to learn and have wondered what can be played on a harp. This opened my eyes to possibilities. :)
I'm MANY years away from even a simplified version of this though.
Aw, thank you so much for watching, and for such a lovely comment! I'm delighted you liked it! 🥰 The lever harp is super versatile! :D
The best rendering I have heard ..bravo
very expressive
"Might be"??? no....Is be! Really a treat.
This is unbelievably stunning
Thank you so much! 🥰
“Hey, you can’t play that here…uhh…never mind, you can play it!”
Hahaha, thank you! It took a bit of arranging but it was worth it, it's so much fun to play! 🤩
Just...Amazing!
Thank you! 😍
My jaw is on the ground never to be returned to my face...incredible technically and resplendent emotionally...the melody hand painting the picture and perhaps the greatest left hand I have ever seen building the foundation for the song to take flight. Bravo Tamsin Dearnley, Bravo!!!
Thank you so much for watching, and for such lovely comments! It is such a fun one to play, so I’m pleased you liked it! 🤩🎶✨
Belleza en su maxima expresion
Underrated video
Wow!! Beautiful
wow ... angels really do play harps ...
i cant wait to have this played as im walking down the isle 😍
Beautiful, haunting,
For some reason, I came here before the algorithms knew I needed to see this.
Clearly the human brain is better than AI ;) Thank you for watching! ☺️
Awesome playing !! 👏 And it sounds great :)
Cheers! :D
Simply amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! 🥰
Stunningly brilliant! Great Job!
So lovely of you - thank you so much for watching! 🤩
Bravo !!!
What a performance!!!! Incredible. Thanks for this.
🍀I'm liking music without the need for ear-aching amplifying, and appreciating the accoustal demonstration of versatility in music. I like watching that 2 cellos video back in the 1700's where they drive the parents crazy on accoustic cellos. I also appreciate the detail of the original song that you put into your harp rendition......accoustically!
Wow Tamsin that is gorgeous. I love your covers of songs that I don't expect to hear on the harp. e.g. Take Five. :-)
Thank you so much - I'm really glad you enjoyed it :D The harp is super versatile so it's nice to try to show it sometimes!
❤❤👏🏻👏🏻💯
This musical performance is simply amazing! Genius and brilliant! I'm crying! What a beautiful girl!👏👏👏😃
Thank you so much for watching, I'm so happy you liked it! :D
This sounds excellent. And tell the camera man they did a good job too
Haha, thank you! It was a joint effort - someone else shot the footage (obviously!) and I did the sound and video editing. We had a lot of fun :D I'll pass on your comment - he did do a lovely job of the shots, didn't he!
Incredible
This is the best rock gone classical cover I’ve ever seen
Wonderfull...
That is beautiful
Thank you!
Grew up with the original version in high school. Fascinating to hear this new version. Also thanks for your version of the jazz classic "Take Five."
Thanks so much! It was really fun to arrange!
Gratidão
Easily the best rendition of stairway to heaven on harp I've seen. Love it! Also, your harp is beautiful :P
Ah, thanks so much! (I love my harp too ;) )
That literally gave me goosebumps! Amazing!
Aw, thank you! 🥰
Omw I have never heard harp stuff before, that is truly fantastic, very moving, I am almost lost for words
Thank you so much! The harp is such a lovely instrument, I feel so very lucky to have had the opportunity to learn! Thanks so much for watching 😍✨🎶
@@TamsinDearnley thank you for taking the time to reply, I have listened to lots of your music now, you have a true gift
Wow!
You are fabulous! I love what you have done with this piece! Wow! Love love love it! An inspiration to me - just learning Sylvia Woods arrangement. Your version just flows - beautiful!
Ahh, thank you so much - I'm so pleased you like it! :D
Gorgeous interpretation 💚
this is the best version I play it in the morning when I study calculus or electrical engineering💖💖💖🎶 I love it so so so much!
Wow, thanks so much - I'm s pleased you like it! 🥰✨🎶
Beautiful piece. You do this complex song justice in a solo.
Thank you so much! 😍
This is such a treat to listen to! Are you selling this arrangement? I’d love to buy it! A version of this was the first song I ever learned on the pedal harp, and I’ve really been missing it now that I’ve switched back to lever.
Thank you! And I'm afraid I've never got round to writing this one down, sorry - I just listened to the piece about a million times and tried to get it as accurate as I could... 😆I'm sure there must be arrangements out there, though. Funnily enough I think maybe this is easier on lever than pedal harp (though as a terrible pedal harpist I /would/ think that!). Good luck - welcome back to the world of levers...! 😁
Absolutely breathtaking. I could listen and watch for hours. What a virtuoso performance. Thank you 💕
Thank you so much for your lovely comment!
my word - that was (and is) wonderful - rock meets water: I am very grateful to you for sharing this.
Oh, that’s so kind of you to say - I so glad you enjoyed it, thank you so much! 😍
Awesome rendition. Makes me want to go out and buy a harp.
Thank you! And haha, why not... ? ;)
wooow this is incredible i never knew there were levers on a harp! the amount of work you put into this instrument is amazing 🙏🤘
This is the best rendition of stairway to heaven that I've ever heard. I hope to accompany you in the kingdom of our Father. I play the flute.
Haha, I hope that won't be for a while yet ;) Glad you like the music, though - thank you! Good luck with your own music - never stop playing! :D
Valkiria❤
That was very impressive Tamsin. Love the quick lever work and great bass line. Was intrigued to see how the lead break would work out on the harp.. and I wasn't disappointed!! I'm a guitarist struggling to learn the harp and at 69 I don't think I'm going to achieve your level... but I am inspired to push on!
Thank you so much for taking the time to catch, and for your lovely comment!🥰
It was actually really fun to work out how to do all the parts and try to keep the feel faithful to the original. It took a lot of practice to get it right though! 😉
I wish I could play the guitar better! I play for fun but I’m not very good - I find the left hand contortion for the chords something of a trial 😆 I suppose like anything though it’s a matter of practise…!
Good luck with the harp - it will come! 😊✨🎶
Magnificent! I can’t believe I’m just hearing this now! I’d love to buy the sheet music, but I saw where you said that you didn’t have it written down. Surely it’s the best arrangement 💕
Estou emocionado aqui! Que coisa mais linda!!🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Thank you so much, really glad you liked it! 😁🎶
amazing
Thank you 🥰
Just magic !!! Awesome ! But sorry, it earned a better cameraman...
YOU ARE AWESOME
Haha, that's so kind of you, thank you! 🥰
Wow! Just wow! 👏👏👏
Thank you so much! ❤️
Wow! I’ve just had a request to play this at a wedding. I’m inspired but it will be hard to get anywhere close to this! Thanks Tamsin
Oh, you'll ace it!! It's such a fabulous piece, and such fun to play! :D
I love it !
Thank you so much!
Beautiful sound regards Miklof
Amazing 🎉
Best rendition ever! You are truly awesome! I’m a fan 💯
Ahhh, thank you!
Beautifull❤
Bravo!
😊❤❤❤
M✨🙌✨in heaven! thank you beautiful!✨💛✨
Ah, thanks so much!
@@TamsinDearnley thank you you play beautifully
Dear Ms Dearnley, What wonder cover of a great song. Very much different and equal to the virtuosity of Greg Buchanan. You are an inspiration to beginner students like myself. Best regards, HMorison
Thank you so very much - I really love this song and I did my best to pay tribute to the original! I'm also super happy if you find it inspiring - that means a lot
Amazing!
👍👍🙏
Amazing. Thank you 😊
Thank you! 😊
I think this is fantastic, please let me know where I can get your sheet music for your arrangement, it’s brilliant. I am not able to play it, but my prof. can! So inspirational! Thanks
So beautiful! In my mind, I could hear Robert Plant singing as you played. Absolutely wonderful, thank you! Will you consider publishing your arrangement please?! 😍
Thank you so much! And I'd LOVE to write this down and publish the arrangement, but unfortunately it's copyright so I'm not allowed :( Really sorry about that 😭
@@TamsinDearnley oh well, I'll just have to listen to your beautiful playing instead! 😊
Fantastic - loved it - thx
Thanks for watching! :D
This starts off well, and gets better. At 6:30 I had goosebumps.
Ahhh, thank you so much! 😍It's s lot of fun to play! 😁
Oh wow!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💕💞👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🔥💖
haha, thank you :D :D :D
Hi beautiful, where can I find the sheet music? Thank you for sharing such a wonderfully played song ❤
Sheet music? :) I'd buy it! I don't see it on the website where you usually upload your music
Hello! Sorry, this song is copyright so I'm not allowed to sell the arrangement :( I learned it by ear but never bothered to write it down for this reason, I'm afraid. I'd LOVE to be able to - if I can ever figure out how to get permission I will of course post it here! :)
@@TamsinDearnley Thanks! Right...I am in the same situation actually, not sure how to sell arrangements for famous songs on the harp...I bought your Fairy Queen one which Is lovely :)
Fingers of an angel did led zeppelin justice ⚖️
Thank you so much! I love playing this piece, very glad you enjoyed it! 😍🎶
You make me want to be a better musician. 😊
Aw, thanks so much! There's no magic secret to it, just a lot of practice! ;) Good luck! :D
Bravo this is wonderful! Do you have a music sheet? I would love to try to play it
Ah, thanks so much!
Bonjour. Est-ce que la partition de votre arrangement est disponible à l’achat ? J’aime beaucoup votre jeu 😀
Ah, merci, c'est très gentil! :) Et je regrette mais puisque je l'ai appris à l'oreille je n'ai jamais fait une transcription de cet arrangement - désolée! Mais j'imagine qu'il en existe plusieurs pour le piano ou la guitar que vous pouvez adaptez - bon courage! :)
The switches on the strings are audible. Can they be dampened by an addition of some kind of foam pad ? not that your playing is any less than ... reference my comment below
You actually make a really good point here - this particular video was taken during lockdown and in fact I was unable to source more of the rubber rings I needed to make the lever changes quieter at that time, so they are a bit more audible than normal!
That being said, the amount of noise the levers make is dependent on the make; some are a little noisier than others, but then, some are easier to use than others. I love mine because they require almost no pressure to move and keep the string perfectly aligned when I engage them, but they are much better now I've replaced the rubber rings.
How much or how quickly you're going to use your levers also really depends on what type of music you're going to play; much traditional music doesn't really require it, and some people prefer not to change them if they can avoid it! However I (and many of my colleagues who like contemporary music and jazz as well) like to experiment with genres so we do tend to abuse them a bit, but this also means we can provide feedback for improvements - the harp is very much an evolving instrument at the moment, which is great!
Interestingly though, though, the make of lever I use has since been redesigned and the new version is much quieter as it uses a different method of stopping the metallic parts from touching. I'm planning on getting them switched around at some point, but it's a very expensive business as I live in a different country from the maker...!
Ahem, sorry, I got a bit harp-geek carried away there. But I think it's a really interesting area; precision engineering meets fine art 😁 I wish more engineers would go into harp making, to be honest - harp makers are often phenomenal engineers who can do complex stress/pressure/acoustic equations in their heads, but input from other backgrounds could introduce a whole new set of ideas...!
@@TamsinDearnley Thanks for such a detailed replay. I have learned something about harps. I was wondering if there is a harp that has a drone system on it. That might be interesting.
@@briankerr4512 Haha, I can't help myself once I get started talking about harps! I feel sure I've seen something like what you describe (I think it was more like a lyre type thing, but with quite a lot of strings) but I can't for the life of me remember where...! I'm sure it exists, though! if you ever see one do let me know ;)
@@TamsinDearnley a Harp guitar can create that drone sound - so can putting a guitar pedal on the harp.
@@cheriegullerud281 Ahh, i'd love some pedals to play with... maybe one day when I stop spending all my money on harps 😆
They still won't let you play it in the harp store.
Haha, I've honestly never tried... 😆
Sorry, she didn't get the spirit of the song.
Trump' New Theme Song? (did you see that debate)
Played wonderfully, but the camera person keeps going out of focus.
Incredible
Is this your own arrangement? Do you sell the sheet music? Soooo lovely!