![]() □□ Interesting Stuff: South of the equator, this classic is popular in the months of June, July, and August. □□□ĭespite the lyrics making no mention of any holiday, the song has become one of the most recognized Christmas songs in North America due to its winter theme, being played on radio stations during the holiday season, and having often been covered by various artists on Christmas-themed albums. It was actually written in California during a heat-wave as Cahn and Styne imagined cooler conditions. “ Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!“, also known as simply ”Let It Snow”, is a song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in July 1945. ![]() We’ve got a bit of a jazzier arrangement on this one with some more advanced chords, but don’t be concerned: I’ve got the full sheet music for you, and some handy tips along the way, so you can bring a little extra holiday cheer to the piano this season! Let it Snow ❄️ ![]() This is a happy, cheerful holiday song, and I’m very excited to teach it to you! □ Feel free to leave comments below if you have any questions or suggestions.Welcome to our piano tutorial for ‘Let It Snow’. Take a look at our lighted keys tutorial to help you follow along and learn to play this Christmas song. Here is a lead sheet for the song, featuring melody, lyrics, and simplified chords. The bass line has also been slightly altered to fit with the harmonies.ĭownload MP3 with click Let It Snow: Lead Sheet In the final version of Let It Snow, I’ve added two- and three-note chords to the right hand, always with the melody note as the highest note. From bar 2 onwards, the bass line alternates between a bar of two half notes and a bar of one whole note.ĭownload MP3 with click Let It Snow: Adding harmony and fullness with chords Let It Snow: Single Note Bass Lineīelow is a simple bass line for the carol using just one note at a time. In bars 18 through 20, you’ll want to ensure you switch fingers when appropriate so that you don’t “run out” of fingers later on. Where there are six notes in a downward run (see bars 2 and 3 for an example) you can play the first five notes with fingers 5,4,3,2 and 1 (thumb) before reaching over with your index finger to play the next note, then switching back to the thumb ready for the next significant interval (in this case, from bar 3 to bar 4). There are a number of passages where notes descend, not with all consecutive notes in the scale, but it should still be easy enough to finger appropriately. There are a number of octave stretches which, unless you have a very large hand, you’re likely to want to play from thumb to fifth (little) finger (or reverse, for descending octaves). Remember, the printed music is only there as a guide for you to add your own performance nuances to, and not an absolute rule. I know different recording artists have done things slightly differently. You may want to add some artistic license to all of the dotted eighth notes (quavers) followed by sixteenth (semiquaver) notes, depending upon how you like the phrasing to sound. G – – G G | G G F E D | C G – G G | D C D C | B G – A |Ī A G F E | D – – B A | G G F E E D | C – – – | – – – G G | G G F E D | C G – G G | D C D C | B G – A |Ĭ – – G | G G F E D | C G – G G | D C D C | B G – A |Ĭ – – B C | D E D B G | D – – B D | C C B A G A |ī – – B C | D E D B G | D – – – | G F E F G A | That is, the first phrase is repeated (with only one or two differences in notes/timing) then followed by a different section before returning to the first phrase again. Hum through the melody and you’ll notice that this effectively has A-A-B-A phrasing. Here, Let It Snow is written and played in the key of C Major, and has a 4/4 time signature.Ĭ major makes the higher notes more comfortable to sing, but you could transpose up (or indeed down) if needed. Here’s how to play a simple arrangement of it. Check out our complete series on mastering Christmas songs on Piano and Keyboard.Ĭlick on any of the music scores to view/print higher resolution versionsĪ very popular Christmas song is “Let It Snow”.
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