A Suite of Botanical Etudes Hannah Haynes

My intention with these etudes is that each one can also double as a possible performance piece. Whilst the primary aim was to help the student to practice various shapes and techniques, hopefully the music will also be enjoyable both to play and to listen to. Each piece can be performed alone. It’s also possible to perform the suite as a whole, or indeed to perform your own “pick and mix” mini suite, by choosing a few contrasting etudes to perform: choose whichever ones you like, and perform them in an order of your own choosing, to tell a story, or create a particular mood or soundscape. Or simply pick your favourites. Feel free to experiment. Hannah Haynes Scottish Borders, June 2024 Buy this music now    Score: £14.25 + p&p

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A Suite of Botanical Etudes

1. Autumn Colours: a study on harmonic 3rds
(2 versions included: Eb major; C major)

2. Leaves Blowing Gently in a Summer Breeze: a study on melodic 3rds
(one version for all harps. Lever harps in C major will need to retune 2 strings before the start of the piece)

3. Gathering Fallen Leaves: A study on harmonic 3rds and 4ths
(one version for all harps)

4. Creeping Ivy: A study on melodic 4ths
(2 versions included: C minor (3 flats); E minor (1 sharp))

5. St Agnes’ Flower: A study on root position shapes as flowing quavers
(one version for all harps)

6. Witch Hazel: A study on harmonic and melodic 2nds and 3rds
(one version for all harps)

7. Deeply Rooted Trees: A study on melodic 5ths and 6ths
(one version for all harps.)

8. The Old Oak: A study on 5ths and 6ths
(one version for all harps)

9. Amaryllis: A study on runs of 3, and hands crossing over each other
(one version for all harps)

10. The Venus Fly Trap: A study on runs of 4, and on fast turning between the thumb and index finger
(one version for all harps)

11. Evening Primrose: A study on 3-finger shapes: runs of 3, root positions, 1st inversions, 2nd inversions
(2 versions included: C minor (3 flats); E minor (1 sharp). Also included (in both keys) is an extended version of another piece called ‘In the Gloaming’, incorporating Evening Primrose into it as a middle section.

12. The Weary Gardener: A study on common 4-finger shapes, multiple lever changes, and changes of mood
(2 versions included: one for lever harps tuned in Eb major (3 flats) & one for pedal harp. No version is available for lever harps tuned in C major)

13. The Bird of Paradise Flower: A study on playing with the hands a 6th apart, playing extended “linked” passages (without coming off) and on the left hand jumping over the right hand
(one version for all harps)

14. The Ferns Wave Farewell: A study on various 4-finger shapes, and on simple voicing
(2 versions included: F major (1 flat); G major (1 sharp))

Etude No. 2 Leaves Blowing Gently in a Summer Breeze

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Etude No. 10 Venus Fly Trap

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A Suite of Botanical Etudes

My hope and intention with these etudes is that each one can also double as a possible performance piece. Whilst the primary aim was to help the student to practice various shapes and techniques, hopefully the music will also be enjoyable both to play and to listen to.

These studies are for fully levered harps or for pedal harps. If you play a fully levered harp tuned in Eb major (3 flats), you will be able to play every piece in the suite. The same applies if you play a pedal harp. For pedal harpists and lever harpists where the harp is tuned in 3 flats, where more than one key is available for a study, I suggest you choose to play the version with a flat or several flats in the key signature, as this will allow your harp to ring out more.

If your fully levered harp is tuned in C major, alternative versions in different keys are provided for you, meaning that you will be able to play all the studies except for etude 12. Etude 2 is possible, but will require 2 strings to be retuned at the start of the piece.

Each piece can be performed alone. It’s also possible to perform the suite as a whole, or indeed to perform your own “pick and mix” mini suite, by choosing a few contrasting etudes to perform: choose whichever ones you like, and perform them in an order of your own choosing, to tell a story, or create a particular mood or soundscape. Or simply pick your favourites. Feel free to experiment.

Hannah Haynes, Scottish Borders, June 2024

Title:	A Suite of Botanical Etudes
Contents:	14 Etudes See "Contents" panel above
Composer:	Hannah Haynes
Instrumentation:	Lever oe Pedal Harp
Level:	Early Intermediate
Format:	A4 Stapled Score
ISBN:	9790570464418
Our Ref:	SM0745
Publisher:	Creighton's Collection
Edition/Year:	First Edition August 2024
Origin:	UK