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”.