Swirling Snowflakes

Swirling Snowflakes Description:

• Level: Early Elementary/Elementary
• Mood: Peaceful, Flowing
• Pages: 5 pages, 3 pages of music, cover included
• Format: Instant PDF download
• Studio Licence Bonus: Cover art, “make it your own” suggestions for students
• Collections: The First Winter – Soundscapes 2

Feel the peaceful flow of ‘Swirling Snowflakes,’ an Early Elementary/Elementary C minor piece where hand-over-hand arpeggios mimic drifting snowflakes.  Perfect for new piano players to explore the calm beauty of winter.

Swirling Snowflakes Level:

“Swirling Snowflakes”, an Early Elementary/Elementary piece, brings a serene, drifting quality ideal for teens and adults celebrating their first Winter as piano players.  With hand-over-hand arpeggios and octave movement, it gently guides players through essential skills for this level.

• Mode: C minor (accidentals)
• Time Signature: 3/4
• Concepts: Both hands in same clef, 8va, hand-over-hand arpeggios, flats, ledger note, hand position changes, ritardando, a tempo, pedal whole piece, crescendo, diminuendo

This Early Elementary (rote), Elementary (reading) piece offers carefully placed features that make it approachable and enjoyable.  In “Swirling Snowflakes,” starting finger numbers and hand position changes are marked with circled numbers, ensuring smooth transitions.

Accidentals replace a key signature, helping players easily identify flats, while quarter notes form the smallest note values for easy reading.  Alpha notes make it simple to read the one ledger line note.

The pedal is held throughout, creating a seamless, resonant sound.  Moving hands from clef to clef with hand-over-hand arpeggios adds a delightful, tactile flow to this piece—an ideal opportunity for rote learning while maintaining a “sounds harder than it is” sound.

Swirling Snowflakes Bonus:

All sheet music comes with original cover art.  “Swirling Snowflakes” comes with composer notes that include mastery tips and “make it your own” suggestions to develop an individual interpretation.

More About “The First Winter – Soundscapes 2”:

“Swirling Snowflakes” is part of “The First Winter – Soundscapes 2” collection designed for teen and adult beginners who’ve been playing for less than a year. 

This collection of seasonal soundscapes allows beginner piano players to create impressive pieces that “sound harder than they are” and make every note feel immersive.  This collection has several Winter recital-worthy pieces that everyone will love.

Pieces found within “The First Winter – Soundscapes 2” collection are:

• Curled up by the Fire: relaxed, calm
• Midnight Frost: haunting, delicate
• Skating Under the Winter Moon: joyful, playful
• Swirling Snowflakes: peaceful, flowing
• Under the Avalanche: dark, sinister

What Is a Studio Licence?

When you purchase “Swirling Snowflakes” you get a studio-licence PDF of the piece.  This piece is sent digitally via an email receipt.  If you have a multi-teacher studio, please contact Rosemarie directly for additional licenses.  Thanks!

A studio licence is a great way to stretch your studio repertoire budget.  Purchase music once and use it for years (even decades) with students you directly teach!  For online teachers, if you share the piece during online lessons, students must print immediately and not retain an electronic copy of the piece.

For more information on your studio licence, check out the Terms and Conditions page.

When you purchase a collection of piano solos, everything (sheet music, piece descriptions and “Composer notes”) is placed in one PDF for easy access.  As a bonus, you also get each piece in the collection as a separate PDF for students who will only play one piece.

Should I Print All the PDF Pages?

Yes!  Each page is designed with the piano player in mind.

• Cover art
• Music
• Description, tips for pianist to make it their own, terms of use

Students love a bit of cover art.  It can help them get into the mood and story of a piece.  I’ve included ways to adapt or play with the music so students become part of the creative process.

The copyright and licensing terms are included to ensure you know the terms of your licence.  Your license means this product can be printed, but not shared.  However, if you are a piano teacher, check the “Shop Terms of Service” for user-specific ways you may use this product.