Thank you for the suggestion!

​@SamanthaonMars You're welcome! Your videos have given me the push I needed to order my first ever lyre harp, which I've been wanting to do for a while. I'm sure your channel will be of great help!

Thank you. I have a few songs from Saint Seiya on my channel, including Abel's Theme: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4rEm6eggtp0aLc

Thank you for the suggestion!

Thank you Alice 💕

Thanks so much! There are just so many Mario games out there, it’s easy for some to slip by! Again, your selection of emojis never fails to amaze me. So creative!

Thank you so much! You always have nice things to say! It's a "wonderful world" because of people like you 🥰

@@SamanthaonMars And because of you! ❤ you truly help me survive in this world! ❤

@@MagdalenaTheremin Thank you! I’m so glad we can support each other! 🤝❤

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Hello, do you mean an apostrophe ( ' ) or comma ( , ) next to the notes? Since notes repeat themselves in the cycle of CDEFGAB, there can be multiple strings with the same letter note on a lyre. To distinguish which one to play, I use these little marks. An apostrophe ( ' ) represents a higher pitched note, a comma ( , ) a lower pitch, and no punctuations means in the middle. So, all the notes (from low pitch to high pitch) on a typical 16-string lyre are represented like this: G, A, B, C D E F G A B C' D' E' F' G' A' G3 A3 B3 C4 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5 E5 F5 G5 A5 The numbers are the octave numbers, another way to represent the pitch. Sharps and flats would be presented the same as standard music notation which are ( # ) and ( b ) respectively.

@@SamanthaonMars thank you! I thought so, I can’t seem to get mine to sound quite right. My A B C’ sound wrong for some reason. I will try and retune again and see where I’m at with it. Thank you for replying and clarifying. I love your tutorials and your playing. :)

@@joancollins3457 I hope it works out for you. Thank you! 😃

Thank you, Alice! Your support means a lot to me! ❤😻😻

You can tell me your suggestions here. :)

@@SamanthaonMars can you do Circus Monster by CircusP? :)

@@memoriesanddreamsxx Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check it out!

PS never mind, it is just Safari on my tablet, on Firefox it looks flawlessly 😀

@@MagdalenaTheremin Thank you for helping me test it on different browsers. You're such a good friend! ❤ Yes, the new lyre would be lovely for this theme if it wasn't for the limited range.

This is a diatonic lyre, which is not designed for playing sharps and flats, explaining the difference. I'm demonstrating how to play the melody on a limited, diatonic instrument. For an exact match to the original melody, a chromatic instrument would be more suitable.

@@SamanthaonMars Oh! Okay. Thank you for the explanation. That explains it.

@@GuardianAngelEatos You're welcome. 😃This song still works well after changing some notes to fit the diatonic scale. Unfortunately, many pieces, especially classical music, is not suited on a diatonic lyre.

@@SamanthaonMars I agree. You play very beautifully and your videos have been very helpful for a novice as myself to playing music. Thank you. The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of my long time favorites.

@@GuardianAngelEatos Thank you! 😃

An apostrophe means the note is in a higher octave (i.e. higher pitch). On the contrary, a comma would mean the note is in a lower octave (i.e. lower pitch). Notes repeat themselves and it's my way of indicating which one to play.

Do some notes repeat on the lyre in different octaves, and the apostrophe means do the higher octave one?

Oohhh sorry it took me a min to understand, Okie tysm!

@@Jbaites-u5z Yes. For example, G appears 3 times on this 16-string lyre. To distinguish between the low, middle, and high, I write them as follows: G, G G'

@@Jbaites-u5z No trouble at all! 😃

The pop-up box shows me playing all the strings from high D to middle D (inclusive, 8 strings in total) in a quick sweeping motion. This part is played in addition to the melody, which means the two overlap, so it needs to be played by another person or by me with the two videos layered on top of each other.

@@SamanthaonMars oh okay cool

Hi! You can tune the F string into F# (F sharp).

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Thanks! I notice you changed your profile picture. How are you doing?

@@SamanthaonMars I'm doing great friend thanks! It's Fall now in Canada so beginning to get very spooky grey and orange. This is the Month of the Ghosts! How about you?

@@pharaohsmagician8329 It must be gorgeous there with the leaves changing into red, yellow, and brown. I'm going great too! Here in Hong Kong the temperature is finally starting to drop as we enter into fall (still wearing short sleeves outside though).

Thank you so much! ❤