“Let It Snow” Jazz Piano Tutorial
Let It Snow is a cheery Christmas song most commonly played in the key of F Major.
The tune follows an AABA form with a 16 bar B section which makes the tune 36 bars long. It’s often played a fast tempos with a syncopated swingin’ feel.
We’re going to start off with a rubato ballad feel in the 1st A Section and then up tempo and move into a swing feel for the 2nd time through. We then reintroduce the ballad feel towards the end of the form to bring the arrangement to a close.
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This is the most beautiful arrangement and performance of “Let it Snow” .. I’ve ever heard of. Another amazing lesson Hayden! Always a treat just to listen and watch the lessons.. the best part is teaching us how to go about the piece along with the superb tips and suggestions. Each time I start to play and learn a new song in PianoGroove – it always feels like I’m opening a new precious gift… 🎄❤️Thank You! 😊
Tina. It is lovely, isn’t it?
Yes love the arrangement, but unfortunately very difficult for intermediate player who is not a sheet reader.
I’m sorry the player interface is poor, Loop function rarely works. It’s very difficult to stop the video on the chords to establish muscle memory. I tried many many many times to set the start the end point, enable disable AB button, player just ignores it.
Hi Mark,
I’m glad you liked the arrangement. It’s natural to find these arrangements challenging at first as they are heavily reharmonised. Also check out the earlier lessons in this course for more accessible and easy-to-memorise Xmas songs. This course is mixed-level and so whilst it’s listed in our Beginner category, some of the tutorials and techniques used are Intermediate level and beyond.
Regarding the AB Loop, I have messaged the developer to fix this asap. It seems this issue is only happening on touch screen devices as it works fine on my Macbook laptop.
Please accept my apologies for the technical issues and i will ensure that it’s fixed shortly.
You can use the slowdown feature and also the 10 second rewind. Here is an overview of our video player controls – https://www.pianogroove.com/jazz-piano-lessons/video-player-controls/
I will ensure that the AB button is fixed ASAP and thanks for your understanding.
Wishing you a happy new year and talk soon.
Best,
Hayden