Snakin Through the Bayou

• Level: Late elementary
• Pages: 6 pages. 3 pages of music. Cover included!
• Style: Jazzy, Ornery
• Format: PDF instant download OR by the entire sonatina as a print on The Soggy Sonatina page
• Commissioned by the Katy Music Teachers Association
• Movement 3 from The Soggy Sonatina

Snakin Through the Bayou will motivate your students by giving them the chance to be creative and ornery! They can snap instead of playing their right hand in places, they can ask their friend to snap, or they can hiss like a snake. The sky’s the limit! They can even utter a scream like they are scared of the snake. You’ll love how much fun they have playing Snakin Through the Bayou!

This piece is the third movement in The Soggy Sonatina, a sonatina for late elementary piano students. This set of pieces was commissioned by the Katy Music Teachers Association in Katy, Texas and features movements about the interesting bayou that originates in their beautiful city of Katy!

What level is Snakin Through the Bayou?

Snakin Through the Bayou is late elementary to early intermediate. The smallest note value is the eighth note. Syncopated pedaling is required. There are some syncopated sections. This piece is excellent for students who enjoy jazzy and flashy solos.

The piece requires the student to snap their fingers, but an alternative is also available if students can’t snap

Movement 3

This piece is actually movement 3 from The Soggy Sonatina. But you can use this as a separate piece and this product allows you to do that, giving you a separate cover.

This piece is available in a bundle!

Snakin Through the Bayou can be used a separate piece and that is what this product is for. But if would like the entire Soggy Sonatina, you might consider purchase the The Soggy Sonatina bundle. In this bundle, you will not only get the entire sonatina as a piece but each of the individual movements as a piece with individual covers as well.