- Level: Mid Intermediate
- Pages: 4 pages, 2 pages of music, cover included!
- Style: Restless
- Bonuses: mp3 performance recording included
- Format: PDF instant download
Taking inspiration from the windy rush in pieces like Chopin’s “Winter Wind” etude and Fantasie-Impromptu, this Howling Winds concert etude gives intermediate students a chance to blow their audiences away with a flurry of notes that lies well under the hands. Written in A-B-A’ form, Howling Winds is written in contrasting textures. The piece opens with the right hand supporting a melodic bass line in the left, then the roles are reversed when the right hand gets a chance to howl through the trees on this dark and stormy night.
What Level is Howling Winds?
Howling Winds is a mid intermediate piano solo in a minor. Modal inflections with various accidentals give the piece a very mysterious flavor. Pedaling, helpful fingering, and dynamics are included throughout the piece. The piece is written in 12/8 meter and s in ABA form.
This piece is excellent for pianists to develop or showcase fluid finger technique.
Bonus
With your purchase of the Howling Winds studio license, you will receive a bonus mp3 recording of the piece performed by Jason Sifford. You are permitted to send this example performance track to your students to help them learn the piece.
What is the Studio License?
Howling Winds is delivered digitally (through your email receipt) and is studio licensed. This means that you can print and use these for any student that you directly teach for your entire lifetime of teaching.
More Ominous Odes
Jason Sifford has composed a number of intermediate level Ominous Odes that you can get as a discounted bundle. See more here:
- Ominous Odes (All 3 pieces at a discount)
- Howling Winds (that’s this piece)
- BOO-gie (this piece)
- Ghost Story
LJ –
Falls under the fingers really nicely, ideal for teaching the 12/8 time signature and sounds really impressive.
Sharon B. Girard, NCTM –
Impressive piece in compound meter that just lies perfectly under the fingers with a great A harmonic minor scale to end the piece in a spooky quietness.
Dalarna van der Kemp –
I absolutely love Howling Winds!
My pianostudents were suprised how fast they were able to learn this virtuoso sounding piece, because of the recognizable patterns that were used by the composer.
Kimberly –
Howling Winds is a huge hit for my teen students!!
Melody –
Escape from Donegal Castle has proved very popular – as has Black Widow Waltz and Jason’s Howling Winds.
Leonie Shaker –
This is another captivating piece by Jason Sifford. Love this one too.