Samantha Ballard20 minutes of peaceful Animal Crossing played on the harp, to help you fall asleep, wind down, or get some work done. 5 soothing tracks from Animal Crossing Wild World, New Leaf, and New Horizons. #harp #animalcrossing #sleepmusic
00:00 The Roost (from Animal Crossing Wild World) 03:59 Stale Cupcakes (from Animal Crossing Wild World) 06:43 Kapp'n's Song (from Animal Crossing New Leaf) 11:55 1 am (from Animal Crossing New Leaf) 15:10 2 am (from Animal Crossing New Horizons)
Welcome to "I'll Play You to Sleep" Vol. 4: Music from Animal Crossing! This one was a bit of a journey to get here, haha.
I had the idea for this video ages ago, but it kept getting bumped back until early September when I thought "it'll be something easy I can get done while prepping for Harp Con!" Mmm, no.
The recording and filming of it were done quickly, as I did all the songs in 1-2 takes and did audio and video together. The tone and phrasing in the upper registers was a fun challenge. But then Harp Con took over my life, and even after that, the audio proved to be a bit of a bug bear. My harp and my room have an abundance of low and low-mid frequencies, which means it's tricky to clean up the low end while still sounding warm, and not letting the compression during the mastering phase get too punchy or harsh.
It was important to me that this collection be dreamy, and comforting, and peaceful. It needed to be soothing enough so that if you put this on while you drift to sleep, it will carry you off to dreamland. That's so important to me. I'm always incredibly honoured when I get comments that a video helped someone with their insomnia, or to calm down from their anxiety, or helped them rock their baby to sleep.
In the end, after much frustration, I wound up with a mix that I'm pretty pleased with. I hope you enjoy these tracks from across the Animal Crossing franchise, which I picked to encompass that warmth and comfort the Animal Crossing series has brought so many of us. Who among us hasn't booted up the game at 2am when sleep evades us to do a little fishing, or just sit by the ocean and listen to the waves?
Animal Crossing Music to Play You to Sleep | 20 Minutes Relaxing Harp Music for SleepSamantha Ballard2023-11-17 | 20 minutes of peaceful Animal Crossing played on the harp, to help you fall asleep, wind down, or get some work done. 5 soothing tracks from Animal Crossing Wild World, New Leaf, and New Horizons. #harp #animalcrossing #sleepmusic
00:00 The Roost (from Animal Crossing Wild World) 03:59 Stale Cupcakes (from Animal Crossing Wild World) 06:43 Kapp'n's Song (from Animal Crossing New Leaf) 11:55 1 am (from Animal Crossing New Leaf) 15:10 2 am (from Animal Crossing New Horizons)
Welcome to "I'll Play You to Sleep" Vol. 4: Music from Animal Crossing! This one was a bit of a journey to get here, haha.
I had the idea for this video ages ago, but it kept getting bumped back until early September when I thought "it'll be something easy I can get done while prepping for Harp Con!" Mmm, no.
The recording and filming of it were done quickly, as I did all the songs in 1-2 takes and did audio and video together. The tone and phrasing in the upper registers was a fun challenge. But then Harp Con took over my life, and even after that, the audio proved to be a bit of a bug bear. My harp and my room have an abundance of low and low-mid frequencies, which means it's tricky to clean up the low end while still sounding warm, and not letting the compression during the mastering phase get too punchy or harsh.
It was important to me that this collection be dreamy, and comforting, and peaceful. It needed to be soothing enough so that if you put this on while you drift to sleep, it will carry you off to dreamland. That's so important to me. I'm always incredibly honoured when I get comments that a video helped someone with their insomnia, or to calm down from their anxiety, or helped them rock their baby to sleep.
In the end, after much frustration, I wound up with a mix that I'm pretty pleased with. I hope you enjoy these tracks from across the Animal Crossing franchise, which I picked to encompass that warmth and comfort the Animal Crossing series has brought so many of us. Who among us hasn't booted up the game at 2am when sleep evades us to do a little fishing, or just sit by the ocean and listen to the waves?
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Welcome to the stream! I play video game music on the harp, and sometimes anime, movie & other music too. While you're here, please be respectful so we can all have a good time.
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Welcome to the stream! I play video game music on the harp, and sometimes anime, movie & other music too. While you're here, please be respectful so we can all have a good time.
When I was working on the pedal harp cover of Mipha's Theme, I wanted to make a lever harp version too, mostly for anyone out there who wants to play it on lever harp. It... was a challenge haha and it does have a lot of lever changes, lol. But I tried to keep them manageable and still sound pretty good.
The sheet music is listed above if you want it! The harp in this video is a 36-string Heartland Harps Legend.
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Welcome to the stream! I play video game music on the harp, and sometimes anime, movie & other music too. While you're here, please be respectful so we can all have a good time.
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Mipha's Theme is one Zelda song that I've kind of been wondering for years why I haven't done it yet. So, what better time than when Tears of the Kingdom just came out?
I actually started this arrangement right after TOTK came out, then remembered that I play Tarrey Town on stream all the time, so that one got finished first, and now this one is ready to share.
As I discovered when I sat down to arrange this, Mipha's theme is quite chromatic. What I mean by that is, there's lots of sharps/flats/accidentals like every other bar, and so what THAT means is, there's lots of pedals. I did have to get a little creative in a few spots to not only get all the notes I wanted to play, but also change the pedals without hearing the strings change pitch as the pedals change.
I think that worked out pretty well! But I do have an old harp, so the pedals are a little noisy. Not much I can do about that, unfortunately, but the way the melody sounds so clear on the harp totally makes up for it for me :)
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Hello! It's Tarrey Town, from Breath of the Wild! (I don't know how much it's changed in the Tears of the Kingdom soundtrack because I haven't gotten that far yet, lol.)
For whatever reason, I basically didn't cover anything from Breath of the Wild when it came out, so I really wanted to cover something to celebrate Tears of the Kingdom coming out! I have plans for a couple other BOTW and TOTK covers coming up too, but they're taking me a little longer.
Actually, I was already working on another arrangement when I remembered that this song is also from BOTW and that I play it all the time on stream so it would be really quick to prepare and record. I did a single take and did audio & video at the same time to save on editing time.
Tarrey Town is one of those themes that just feels so homey and warm, and I love to play it. The low chords paired with the soaring melody in the second section works so nicely on harp, and add to that some damping and soundboard taps and you've got a nice little arrangement :)
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Welcome to the stream! I play video game music on the harp, and sometimes anime, movie & other music too. While you're here, please be respectful so we can all have a good time.
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Hello friends, this has been a project many months in the making. The actual time put into making these harp exercise books was just over 40 hours, but between being interrupted a few times and having lots of other projects on the go, it's been just over 9 months of working on this project.
So I'm very glad to have it be done and ready to share with the world! I've had some moments of impostor syndrome while working on these books, thinking things like "Who am I to make a technique book?!"
But ultimately, it's something I've really wanted to be able to use with my students, and that's where this is coming from. I'm sure I can't be the only one, so I'm very happy to share the finished ebooks with whomever wants them. If you don't feel it's something you or your students need, that's totally fine too.
Anyway. I have all kinds of rants about why I think these exercises are important, but they're all in the video, I'll just let you watch that instead :P
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Yay! I'm so happy to finally present my first harp cover from Octopath Traveler II: Castti, the Apothecary! Castti's story had me curious right from the start, and as I played more I only loved her more ❤️ I wanted to try and reflect her story and her character through the music; so without really spoiling anything, I made it slower and sadder. It was kind of an accident, but it felt right so I ran with it. (Not that me making something slower and sadder is anything new, lol.) The second time through the melody I also wanted to reference the music that plays during some of Castti's flashback scenes, so hopefully that comes across.
The soundtrack of Octopath Traveler II is just as beautiful as the first game, so you'll definitely be hearing more of it from me! I'm especially loving the area music in this game, but if there are any tracks you'd like to hear me cover I'd love to hear :)
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When I was preparing the lever harp arrangement of the Final Fantasy Prelude, I realized that I had never made a dedicated video, or published sheet music, for my pedal harp solo version of the song.
I did make a duet version many years ago, but I often wanted to play this live at weddings and on stream, so I needed a way to it all on one harp. Despite playing it this way for years, I just hadn't put it down on sheet music properly until now!
So if you'd like to play this solo harp version of the FF Prelude on pedal harp, now the sheets are finally available and you can hear the song first before buying it.
And, if you play the lever harp, you can find my arrangement of the Prelude for lever harp here: youtu.be/2mhNSZOn3GU
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Finally: an arrangement of the Final Fantasy Prelude for lever harp!! I think that those of us who play lever or celtic harp have thought this before - it just can't be done. Even I didn't try to make a lever harp arrangement of it for ages because I thought it would be too hard.
For those who aren't familiar with lever harps, when there's an accidental, each affected string must be changed with a lever individually; this means that for an arpeggio with 1 or 2 notes in the chord that must be altered, anywhere from 3 to 8 levers might need to be changed across the harp to play the original arpeggios as written. With both hands busy playing, this wasn't very feasible.
So, I wanted to create an adjustment that kept the spirit of the piece and the original harmonies, while reducing the number of levers and allowing enough time for what was left to be changed.
The result is the arrangement in this video; although I know not all of it is /exactly/ like the original Prelude from the games, that's often the nature of lever harp arrangements. Changes must be made to accommodate the music and the instrument. So I hope you like it!
If you want the sheet music, you can find it at the top of the description here; if you don't like the arrangement and don't want to play it, the good news is that you don't have to :P
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Welcome to the stream! I play video game music on the harp, and sometimes anime, movie & other music too. While you're here, please be respectful so we can all have a good time.
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Welcome to the stream! I play video game music on the harp, and sometimes anime, movie & other music too. While you're here, please be respectful so we can all have a good time.
UPDATE: Me and Patti Rudisill released a harp & strings version of this cover! Check it out on her channel: youtu.be/b-HPYHJ60uo
Okay everyone, I am obligated to inform you that Harvestella is possibly the most underrated game, and definitely the most underrated soundtrack of 2022. I will be the first to admit that the gameplay isn't 100% perfect, (and a lot of the problems people had with it is that it's more JRPG with a little farming sim than the other way around), but I just had so much fun playing this game.
And oh my gosh, the music. The music!! It's so beautiful that it's really a shame that the OST isn't available anywhere outside of Japan. What is Square Enix thinking? I just don't know. Maybe one day we'll be lucky and they'll put it on Spotify like so many other of their soundtracks. But for now I'll just cry into the way too delicious looking food art.
This song, Vow Between Man and Stars, is the title theme of the game, but it's also a melody that is used absolutely EVERYWHERE in the game. It's fun hearing it come up in a new way while playing that totally changes the mood of it. The melody itself is really beautiful and it has some fun harmonies too that has me never getting tired of it. I hope you enjoy!
Lastly: an extra shoutout to NoCapes, my latest superstar patron! Couldn't get you into the credits in time so an extra thank you down here :)
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Welcome to the stream! I play video game music on the harp, and sometimes anime, movie & other music too. While you're here, please be respectful so we can all have a good time.
Tips like these help me cover the costs of making music - software, licenses and fees, audio & video equipment and more. On Patreon you also get access to bonus content like extra streams, WAV downloads and behind the scenes. Thanks so much for your support :)
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Welcome to the stream! I play video game music on the harp, and sometimes anime, movie & other music too. While you're here, please be respectful so we can all have a good time.
The music video for Flamesgrace, Guiding Light from Octopath Traveler premieres right after stream, at 12:15 PM CT!! You should be redirected when the stream ends, but if you aren't, you can use this link to get to the video premiere: youtu.be/xv505-WiQ8E
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Hello everyone!!! I am so excited to share this video, for many reasons. Firstly, it's been ages since I put up any Octopath and it was nice to relearn Flamesgrace in order to film the video. Second, I'm happy to be able to put up a nice wintery, snowy video just in time for the holiday season! :D Thirdly, and probably the biggest reason, is that this is probably the nicest looking video I've made in a long time, especially one I made by myself (although I did have a little help from my husband Eric on one of the hand close-ups to make sure my hands stayed in frame). The new Sony camera I was able to get earlier this year, thanks in large part to community member Table 41, is able to film in 120 fps - which means it is capable of slo mo! Normally I wouldn't need this while filming myself playing (although maybe it's something to try in future? lol), but I had always wanted to film SOMETHING in the snow and knew it would be the perfect opportunity to test it out. Now, that ended up just being B roll for this video, because I would have to be insane to try and play my harp outdoors for an hour plus to film a video in -10 C weather, but the snow falling in slow motion is just so thrilling to see 😍
Anyways, I'll let the rest of the video speak for itself! Thanks for watching and happy holidays :)
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This was recorded live during one of the livestreams I do here on YouTube every Friday at 11am CT, hope I'll see you there some time :)Animal Crossing - Kappns Song (Harp Cover)Samantha Ballard2022-11-17 | A cute lil harp cover of Kapp'n's Song from Animal Crossing New Leaf/New Horizons. #animalcrossingnewhorizons
This was recorded live during one of the livestreams I do here on YouTube every Friday at 11am CT, hope I'll see you there some time :)To the Moon - For River on HarpSamantha Ballard2022-11-15 | For River from the To the Moon OST by Ken Gao, played on the harp. Full cover here: youtu.be/AC0VV0ydWac
I'm live every Friday at 11am CT here on YouTube!Genshin Impact Main Theme (Harp Cover)Samantha Ballard2022-11-10 | The Genshin Impact Main Theme played on the harp. Listen to the first half here: youtube.com/shorts/N7au7ZRbpas
Come join me live every Friday at 11am CT here on YouTube!Octopath Traveler - Flamesgrace, Guiding Light (Harp Cover)Samantha Ballard2022-11-08 | You can find the full cover on my Octopath harp cover album: https://lnkfi.re/GuidingLight #octopathtraveler #harpmusicSong of the Ancients - NieR Replicant (Harp Cover)Samantha Ballard2022-11-03 | This was recorded live during one of the livestreams I do here on YouTube every Friday at 11am CT, hope I'll see you there some time :)Melodies of Life from Final Fantasy IX on HarpSamantha Ballard2022-11-01 | Live every Friday at 11am CT here on YouTube :) #ffix #harpmusicLuigis Mansion on HarpSamantha Ballard2022-10-30 | Full cover is here: youtu.be/RpOjbrrsalU (It's old though don't judge me too hard lol)
This was recorded live during one of the livestreams I do here on YouTube every Friday at 11am CT, hope I'll see you there some time :)Frontier Village from Xenoblade Chronicles - Harp CoverSamantha Ballard2022-10-25 | Live every Friday @ 11am CT here on YouTube :) #xenoblade #harpmusicA Whole New World - Aladdin (Harp Cover)Samantha Ballard2022-10-21 | Harp cover of 'A Whole New World' from Disney's Aladdin. Sheet music is below! #harpmusic #disneymusic #harpsheetmusic 🎵 Stream this song: https://lnkfi.re/sb_WholeNewWorld
So. This song was originally requested for a wedding that I played...in 2020. I published the sheet music, and recorded the audio shortly after, but as you can see it then sat on my hard drive for nearly two years 😅
I've been trying to clear out my cover backlog though, so I'm happy that this cover is finally seeing the light! Wait, that's a different Disney song. In any case, I rather like this arrangement so I hope you enjoy it! And harpists, the link to the sheet music is here in the description. If you see anyone asking in the comments just send them back here 😂
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A while ago, I was thinking about how even though Great Fairy's Fountain is such an iconic harp piece, the original is really hard, and would typically need a pedal harp to play, which means that there might be a lot of harpists out there wanting to play it, but not thinking they could.
But the truth is it was actually pretty easy to make it into a lever harp version! This arrangement is what I would consider "early intermediate", so not like "first harp lesson" easy, but not terribly difficult, either. In this video I play it on my Dusty Strings Ravenna 26 with a full set of levers. You will need the levers to make this song work! It's certainly a great way to get used to lever changes.
The sheet music is available on MusicNotes, link is above.
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This is an entry for Ludwig's music contest! #LUDWIGISPOG2022
Some fun facts about this song:
1) All instruments (harp, ukulele, tambourine and shaker) were recorded live by me. 2) I don't actually have a shaker, so I used a jar of sugar instead. 3) I wrote, recorded, mixed & mastered this entire song in 9 days
I had a lot of fun making this and I hope you enjoyed it! I'd like to do more pop-y upbeat stuff like this in the future.
Oh, and since this is for a contest I left out the patron credits this time, but you know who you are 💜 Thanks for your support!
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Hey everyone! A new original composition for you today, Lover's Lake. I originally wrote this last summer for "Tales of Hyrule", a fairy-tale themed BOTW charity zine.
Since all the submissions combined Breath of the Wild characters and fairy tales in the art and stories, I wanted to do something similar with my composition. What came to mind was Swan Lake (one of my favourite pieces of music of all time), combined with the Breath of the Wild Main Theme. Then I thought of Lover's Pond in Necluda - the heart shaped pond where you go to meet your true love :)
The piece is pretty obviously divided into two sections. The first is largely modeled off the beginning of Swan Lake and channels that tragic fairy tale energy, with the fear of losing your one true love hanging in the air. The second section is modeled after one of the waltzes from Swan Lake, ending with a triumphant classic Zelda VI-VII-I harmony. Fill it out with some showy arpeggios and we're ready to go :P
I hope you enjoy the result! See if you can pick out the influences from each material :)
P.S. Patrons can get an audio & sheet music download of this over on Patreon! Sheets are also available on my website.
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