Aurora’s Lullaby

Aurora’s Lullaby Description:

• Level: Early Elementary (rote), Elementary (reading)
• Mood: Peaceful, Calm
• Pages: 4 pages, 2 pages of music, cover included
• Format: Instant PDF download
• Studio Licence Bonus: Cover art, composer notes with mastery tips and “make it your own” suggestions
• Collections: The First Winter – Soundscapes

Your beginner teen and adult students will love the tranquil mood of “Aurora’s Lullaby”.  Especially as they head into the busy Winter season.  This piece was inspired by the Aurora Borealis and “Lullaby Of The Snow Fairies.”  The goal was to create a piece that had the same mood and interesting harmonic sounds but at the beginner level.

Aurora’s Lullaby Level:

“Aurora’s Lullaby” is an early elementary rote or elementary reading-level piano solo.  Your piano teen and adult students will love the basic harmony with tonic notes or chord bridges with a simple melody.

Designed to support teen and adult students moving into chordal harmonies quickly, “Aurora’s Lullaby” contains the following concepts:

• Mode: F Major (accidentals written in)
• Time Signature: 4/4
• Concepts: tied whole notes (cross measure), flat, 8va, cross-clef melody (shown with dotted line), ritardando, chord bridges (option to play just bottom note in “make it your own”), hand position shifts (1 – 2 notes)

“Aurora’s Lullaby” includes finger numbers for starting notes + circled finger numbers any time hand position changes.  Because teen and adult students have larger hands than younger beginners, there are some slight extensions (6th intervals).

Accidentals, rather than a key signature, are used in this 4/4 time piano solo.  However, the piece is designed to play B flat only three times throughout the entire song.

The rhythm is augmented so the shortest note is a quarter note.  An alpha note is written for the one ledger line note outside of middle C.  Holding the pedal the entire song creates a dreamy quality.

Aurora’s Lullaby Bonus:

All sheet music comes with original cover art.  “Aurora’s Lullaby” comes with “make it your own” suggestions for students to experiment with developing their own voice.

More About “The First Winter – Soundscapes” Collection:

“Aurora’s Lullaby” is part of the “The First Winter – Soundscapes” collection that gives your teen and adult students music they can be proud to play at your studio’s Winter recital!  Harmonies are simplified to create a complex soundscape without the need for more advanced techniques.

“The First Winter – Soundscapes” includes:

• Aurora’s Lullaby: Tranquil lullaby inspired by the Aurora Borealis in 4/4 time with basic harmonies and simple rhythms.
• Darkest Night: Broody moodscape in 3/4 time that explores the three most common rhythms at this level with interesting chords.
• Eerie Wind: Mysterious, eerie moodscape in 3/4 time that explores ebbing and flowing dynamics.
• Winter’s Thaw: Peaceful exploration of chord bridges (broken + solid) in 4/4 time that is perfect for students who love patterns with small changes.