Wood Carving Partita on Harpsichord ~ Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Michiru Yamane)

My dad built this harpsichord for my grandmother about 40 years ago, and it ended up stored in my garage for many years before I decided to set it up again and try my hand at some recordings (pun intended?) I'm glad I rescued it from it being sold on Craig's List in an attempt by my dad to clean out our storage area!

A harpsichord is a TOTALLY different animal from a modern piano. For one, the mechanism of sound is a metal tab that plucks the string, rather than a hammer hitting it. Imagine using your fingernail to pluck a string on a guitar, and that's basically the sound a harpsichord makes! Harpsichords generally only have about five octaves of keys- if you're a pianist, you may notice that baroque composers never wrote their keyboard music with really high or low notes. Harpsichords also have much finer strings and tuning pins than a piano, which makes the tuning a lot less stable. I struggled just to keep the instrument in tune to record this piece! I was quite impressed with how well my microphones captured the sound though. I did literally nothing post-production to the recording.

Well, I hope you enjoy it and please give me your feedback! Would you like more? If so, what other harpsichord pieces would you like to hear?

THANK YOU David, for putting together this video!

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[Keith-sjhd]

A woman from 2022 is playing a song from 1997 on a 15th century instrument constructed in the 20th. What a beautiful combination of new and old treasures!

[FriedLobsterFilmsMovieCompany]

Alucard: *"I'm Interested In This."*

[SirSiegfriedGames]

“HEHE THANK YOU!”
“HEHE THANK YOU!”
“HEHE THANK YOU!”
“Farewell for now”!

[sunwentai]

My Goodness! Never would I have thought I could one day see and hear this song played live on an actual harpsichord! A dream come true!

[andrewboyer]

JSB and Michiru Yamane would be proud, very well done.

[TonyTwoNukes]

This song is a masterpiece. If it was written in the late 1700's/early 1800's it would be played in concert halls across the world

[BMR]

when I saw the dog I was like "even the dog has a wig!" 😂😂

[TheCaucusFlow]

The harpsichord is an exquisite sound!

[Ninjaneercat]

I recommend the entire Symphony of the Night cover with all 3 instruments, piano, organ, and harpsicord.
I feel this would be an instant hit.

[dav]

One of my favorite pieces from that soundtrack, brilliantly executed. I hope Michiru Yamane sees your performance.

I'm just a simple man. I read "Wood Carving Partita" and I see the video and click the like button. And I enjoy the melody.
Thank you so much, beautiful interpretation.

[blackwaltz]

this song sounds absolutely amazing on this instrument

[LivingGuy]

Great song choice! For me, this was one of the most memorable pieces of the game

[justinlloyd]

Such a fair hand to press such delicate and deliberate hammer strokes!

[chakkudx]

My favorite song by Sotn! Just remembering that long library and all the secrets, with that song in the background, fills me with nostalgia.

[jaysmith]

Castlevania is one of the best games Nintendo ever made great choice to play on the piano

[nathanh]

Splendidly done yet again, Kara. Be sure to thank your dad for creating, and then not disposing of, the harpsichord on all our behalf.

[neckrite]

This sounds so good on the Harpsichord.

[_HavoK]

Feels so joyful. A ballet before the impending doom.

[SaimoodPianoVersions]

Omg. This was absolutely amazing. Nice details and harpsichord gives to it the authenic Castlevania vibes. 🦇🌒