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Suzy Snowflake: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Sid Tepper

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Left hand Giant stepsRight hand Slow-down chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

The accompaniment with every note named, bar by bar: the bar sheet shows each note as a bar on the staff with its letter inside, so you can accompany Suzy Snowflake without reading music. The left hand plays giant steps (lh chords) and the right hand slow-down chords.

Suzy Snowflake accompaniment in letter notes

The C – C#dim – Dm – G7 loop with giant steps in the left hand and slow-down chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3+C4 G3+C4 C3 G3+C4 G3+C4
Bar 2
C#dim
RE4+G4+C#5 E4+G4+C#5 E4+G4+C#5 E4+G4+C#5 E4+G4+C#5 E4+G4+C#5
LC#3 G3+C#4 G3+C#4 C#3 G3+C#4 G3+C#4
Bar 3
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 A2+D3 A2+D3 D2 A2+D3 A2+D3
Bar 4
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 G6 F6 D6 B5 Ab5 G5 F#5 F5
LG2 D3+G3 D3+G3 G2 D3+G3 D3+G3
Bar 5
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5 E4+G4+C5
LC3 G3+C4 G3+C4 C3 G3+C4 G3+C4
Bar 6
C#dim
RE4+G4+C#5 E4+G4+C#5 E4+G4+C#5 E4+G4+C#5 E4+G4+C#5 E4+G4+C#5
LC#3 G3+C#4 G3+C#4 C#3 G3+C#4 G3+C#4
Bar 7
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5 F4+A4+D5
LD2 A2+D3 A2+D3 D2 A2+D3 A2+D3
Bar 8
G7
RB4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5 B4+D5+G5
LG2 D3+G3 D3+G3 G2 D3+G3 D3+G3

How to read the bar sheet

The player above shows the treble staff (right hand) over the bass staff (left hand). Every note is a bar as long as it sounds, at its place on the staff, with its name inside, and the music scrolls past a line that marks now. The chord names run along the top.

Start with the left hand alone at a slow speed, then the right, then both. When the letters feel easy, try the sheet music.

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Questions about Suzy Snowflake

What are the letter notes for the Suzy Snowflake piano accompaniment?

Bar by bar, both hands: the bar sheet on this page names every note of the accompaniment (C4 is middle C) and plays along. The loop is C – C#dim – Dm – G7, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Suzy Snowflake?

The loop is C – C#dim – Dm – G7 (I – biio – ii – V7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Suzy Snowflake in?

C major, at about 145 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Suzy Snowflake?

Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Suzy Snowflake easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.