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Snowfall
Three notes from the top keep falling, soft and steady like snow. Musicians call it falling arpeggio 8-5-3.
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How Snowfall goes
One bar over a C chord: a row for each key, a column for each step, the finger on each note. Over another chord, move the same shape to its root.
Falling arpeggio: The right hand falls down the chord like rain.
Songs with Snowfall
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Snowfall, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Snowfall
What is Snowfall on piano?
Three notes from the top keep falling, soft and steady like snow. Musicians call it falling arpeggio 8-5-3, one of the falling arpeggio patterns: the right hand falls down the chord like rain.
How do I play falling arpeggio 8-5-3 with the right hand?
Over C major it is C5 (5), then G4 (2), then E4 (1), then C5 (5), then G4 (2), then E4 (1), and so on; the number after each note is the finger (1 is the thumb). Over any other chord, move the same shape to that chord's root.
What songs use Snowfall?
It is heard in 19 songs of the library, as the main groove of 1 song, such as High Flying, Adored, In The Heights, Into The West, Man In The Middle.
Is Snowfall easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.