Jeroen Speak - piano-scapes II Red Leaf Pianoworks

Jeroen Speak - piano-scapes II Red Leaf PianoworksAfter 30 years of teaching piano and observing the various technical challenges that pianists need to master (particularly contemporary and late romantic repertoire) I have often felt the need to prescribe preparatory exercises for students. These have ultimately taken the form of little extended pieces of which this collection is a sample. For this reason it might be best to think of these pieces being about the piano as much as for the piano. These

Eight makams are featured in this book

fun music theatre productions

All three Snapchats volumes explore different styles

The twelve short pieces in this book have been taken from Melanie Spanswick’s Lucky Charms for piano and adapted for either the pedal or lever harp

The range of styles is wide and the expressive and flexible nature of the lever harp brings a fresh and exciting dimension to the pieces

This collection represents an eclectic selection of my original compositions for the Scottish harp

Up on the Housetop

I hope you enjoy playing my arrangements

These accessible pieces include melodic motifs

rising and falling before a restatement which provides further subtle variations

December 2021

whether they play for love of the music or have made it their profession