Snowfall
Three notes from the top keep falling, soft and steady like snow. One of the right-hand arpeggio patterns.
How to play it
Find the notes
Put your right hand over a C chord. You need E (thumb, 1), G (index finger, 2) and C (little finger, 5).
Count and play
Count "1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &" (say "and" for &). Play C on 1, then G on 1&, then E on 2, then C on 2&, then G on 3, then E on 3&, then C on 4, then G on 4&.
Move it with the chords
When the chord changes to G, the same rhythm moves to the notes of G: B, D and G. Play it slowly over the chord loop above, at 60% speed first, then faster.
Songs that use it
Questions
What is Snowfall on piano?
Three notes from the top keep falling, soft and steady like snow. A right-hand arpeggio falling through the chord. Musicians call it falling arpeggio 8-5-3.
Is Snowfall hard to play?
It is an intermediate pattern. Learn it with your right hand alone at 60% speed first, then play it over a chord loop.
Which songs use Snowfall?
Into The West by Annie Lennox and Without You by Christina Aguilera use Snowfall. The songs on this page all use it in the right hand, the most played first.