Autumn Leaves - Pedal harp in the forest by Ralf Kleemann 

Thank you for your kind words! It feels the same for me when I play on, or listen to the harp.

Beautiful comment, adds some beauty to this video. 🍂

Thank you for stopping by to listen! I agree that Autumn Leaves fits the instrument really well.

Thanks for your kind words!

Thanks so much! 🍁

Thank you for your kind comment. I simply love that piece! ☺

Thanks very much!

Thanks very much for stopping by to listen, and for your kind words. Doing my best for you! 🎶

Thanks so much for stopping by to listen, and for your kind comment!

Thanks for your kind comment! Never too late to stop by! 🙂

Thank you very much for your kind words. I'm happy that the music helped to calm and relax.

Thanks for your kind words, and for stopping by!

Thanks for listening, and for your kind words! Old kings had their bards, and maybe some of them played Jazz as well - who knows! 😎

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Thanks for stopping by!

Thank you!

Thank you for listening! ❤

Thank you for stopping by to listen, and for your kind comment! ✨

💐

Thank you again! Glad you play the harp as well. I will continue to make videos like this one. Also, please be welcome to browse my channel, perhaps you find a piece that you wish to learn, or other inspiration. 😊

Thank you for tuning in!

Ja, die Pfefferminzakkorde...! :-)

Thank you! :)

Thank you very much for your kind words! 🙏❤

Thanks so much! Soon it's that time of the year again on the northern hemisphere…

Thanks so much! ☺

Thanks :)

Thank you for stopping by to listen! One of my inspirations was jazz harpist Park Stickney, he calls this effect "pedal slide". It takes some practise, but it's quite effective.

Mille grazie! 🥰

Thank you for listening!

Thank you very much!

Thank you!

Thank you for listening!

@@harfenspieler Thank you for putting in all of the time and effort required to gain the wonderful skills that you generously share with the world :)

Thanks so much dear Rachel, and best wishes for your music as well!

Danke fürs Vorbeilauschen!

Please don't hesitate - playing the harp is so rewarding, and the basics are easy to learn! 😊

Thank you! Might do more of these… 😊

You should do, the Harp is a beautiful instrument and you are clearly a master Harpist! New subscriber here, keep it up! 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Thanks for stoppin' by - About Nat King Cole, I'll see what I can conjure up! ;-)

💫

... ich empfehle eine heiße Schokolade dazu... :-)

I'll be happy to put it on the track list! :)

Hi Anne, thanks so much for your kind words! Luckily there are many versions/arrangements of this one for all levels of expertise.

P.S.: Let me know if you need help finding the right arrangement for you.

@@harfenspieler im looking at Ailie Robertson’s recent youtube.

Thank you so much for your kind comment! Pedal harps are a little cumbersome, but there are some transport aids with 8" wheels, and I have a car that fits the instrument (matress in the back). In this case, the autumn forest was close to my home and I used a forestry road to get close. Having said that, it's always a little adventure to do things like this, which I enjoy immensely. 😊

Szia Krisztina! Thank you for stopping by to listen! Learning the harp has a few extra challenges for visually impaired players, but it can be done. I know at least two blind or nearly blind players who are learning to play the harp, and I'm sure there are many more. Also, the famous Turlough O'Carolan had no eyesight at all, and went to become a player and composer of great reknown. Please let me know if you have further questions and I'll be glad to help.

Hi and thanks for your comment! Dedicated semitone steps are indeed done with the pedals, and they are adjusted in the closest approximation to the ideal semitone. However, this is not always the case in practice, as the mechanism shows some mechanical drift over time, depending on how heavily it is used, and how the harp settles and breathes with the environment. So if you hear intervals less than a semitone, this is likely due to small misalignments in the mechanism that have not been addressed yet. Of course, in a perfect world, this would never occur... 😉 On the purely subjective side, it may add to the overall charm of the instrument, as long as doesn't run out of the rudder completely.

Thank you for your comment! Yes, it's my own arrangement (with a bit of Caccini sprinkled on top... ☺ ).

@@harfenspieler It's fantastic, beautiful work!!

It was a bit of an "Indian Summer" mood, near my home in northern Germany (54°N). Lots of beech trees in that part of the forest, and the sun was giving them the perfect backlight that day.

Two DPA 4060 microphones, A-B configuration, spaced about 30 cm/12", recorded into a Marantz PMD661. Nothing out of the ordinary, really. 😊 The location was reasonably quiet, so I could record the harp quite easily.

Danke, aber das meiste ist einfach: üben. 😉

Thanks for stopping by! This recording was done with two small microphones, but no amplification. The harp itself has pickups for amplification, but I did not use them here.

Hi Nicole - that means so much to me, coming from a dear Jazz friend! Thank you!! ❤