Zelda: Lost Woods (Saria's Song) - Celtic Harp Cover

Easy to learn, beginner and early intermediate harp versions of Lost Woods/Saria's Song from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
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Hello! April has been a hectic month, and between preparing for a concert, trying to make album headway, and boring businessy stuff, it has been super busy.
So I thought it would be a great time to come up with a beginner harp arrangement! It's a bit less time intensive and I honestly love coming up with harp resources for students because I think it's so exciting when someone just starting with the instrument can already play a song they know and love.
Lost Woods/Saria's Song was the winner of the community wall poll I posted a couple weeks ago, so that's why I chose this one this month. I wrote the early intermediate version first, with a broken triad and open fifth accompaniment and plenty of time for the left hand to reset and figure out what's next.
But then I thought, well, this might still be to hard for some students. I get so annoyed as a teacher when I'm looking for an arrangement for a student and see something labeled "easy", when it's actually not that easy at all. So I added a beginner version as well to really simplify the left hand so that even someone just getting into playing hands together can give it a go.
And both versions are included in the sheet music so you can always start with one and grow into the other!
The beginner arrangement doesn't go lower than the C below middle C; the early intermediate version goes down to the G below that. There is one lever change (and then returned to the original position) in the early intermediate version, but it is optional and easily left out if needed.
Of course, it can sometimes be hard to find an arrangement that suits you just right, so having the skill to alter an arrangement can be super useful! That's why I've reopened my Arranging for Harpists course - you don't need to know music theory, all you need is to be able to read sheet music and play with both hands. Even knowing how to make minor modifications to make something a little easier or harder can really make a huge difference when working with existing arrangements!
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The harp in this video is my 29 string Fisher harp.

[@SamanthaBallard]

Thanks for watching! Would you be interested in seeing a tutorial on how to play this?

[@TheSageBard]

Absolutely!

[@SERGEN456]

Certainly!

[@thegutsygeek]

Yes please! Also does the sheet music have the intermediate version?

[@SamanthaBallard]

@@thegutsygeek yes it has both!

[@SheaViolin]

One of my favorites! But I still don't have a harp 😅 maybe some day 😂

[@SamanthaBallard]

some day, haha

[@Flies_the_limit]

I could listen to you play for hours. Ever thought of doing some Final Fantasy covers?

[@SamanthaBallard]

Thank you! And yes I’ve done at least three I think! I play more on my livestreams though 😄

[@Flies_the_limit]

​@SamanthaBallard oh I didn't know! I'll look em up. If you take requests I'd love to hear you arrange "Ronfaure" from FFXI or "Sanctuary of Zitah"

[@FlyingFairyS2]

Such a wonderful rendition, so calm and nostalgic!

[@Harpsibored]

Beautiful performance! It's wonderful of you to make these pieces accessible to a variety of harpists ❤🎵

[@SamanthaBallard]

Thanks! It’s something I like to do when I have the chance 😄

[@IceSpoon]

Lost Woods "Livestream Version" & "I already fed my cats so they won't bother me" version. You rock

[@SamanthaBallard]

😂 hahaha that’s what I should call recordings from now on

[@Dafne-jw7ro]

Yes I am in! Please advise me which kind of harp is good for beginners 🙏 Thanks for the wonderful content ❤

[@SamanthaBallard]

I generally recommend Harpsicles as a good starting place for beginners! I've never tried a Fireside harp but I've heard good things about them as an affordable place to start. One thing I definitely recommend is to not buy something off of Amazon as the quality is usually very poor!

[@johnbolton292]

Very nice playing this reminds me of wonderful childhood memories. In case you've forgotten, God loves you. Jesus loves you. On your journey beware of traps and snares. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

[@tokmind]

Nice performance!! Great work! Good upload!

[@SamanthaBallard]

Thank you! :D

[@bobsternvogel5550]

Thanks for posting this the day after your weekly stream, Samantha!

[@gaigelarry]

Oh, more Zelda! 😁

[@SamanthaBallard]

You can never have too much Zelda 😄

[@TheCreepypro]

I have always loved this song and it just might be my favorite from zelda, it is so incredibly awesome to hear it played on the harp as well as you played it!

[@kpunkt.klaviermusik]

Very, very nice!

[@SamanthaBallard]

Thanks! 😄

[@adivarioustrad]

So nice :)

[@SamanthaBallard]

Thanks!

[@Kroggi-harp]

This sound so relaxing and nice! I love how simple it is (I mean it kinda has to be on the celtic harp), yet it still sounds really full! Thank you for the sheet music as well :)

[@SamanthaBallard]

Thank you! The accompaniment could always get jazzed up some more but it’s always great to know when a simple arrangement sounds good 😄

[@Kroggi-harp]

@@SamanthaBallard I totally agree! But I think that's the charme of the harp. It just sounds so beautiful even if there is not much going on if I might put it that way haha. It's so relaxing :)