late beginner

Soft Rain in D major

Naoko Ikeda

What's this piece like?
This piece is part of the "Miyabi 5 Japanese Impressions", a brief, beautiful collection inspired by flowers that bloom in late spring and early summer. Miyabi is a Japanese aesthetic meaning "elegant" or "refined". "Soft Rain" features an expressive melody, perfect for tone refinement and for the development of a wide palette of colors.
Who's this piece for?
If you are a beginner and like relaxing, dreamy music, this piece will be a good challenge for you!
1-2 pages
Romantic
D major

MOOD: Dreamy, relaxing and delicate.

TECHNIQUE: Voicing.

Ranking
Equivalent to RCM level 3
Equivalent to ABRSM level 3
More like this
View all

Fountain in the Rain

W. Gillock

Forest Murmurs

W. Gillock

Homage to Chopin

W. Gillock

Song of the mermaid

W. Gillock

Pastorale

J.F. Burgmüller

The limpid stream

J.F. Burgmüller

Etude

S. Heller

Deserted ball room

W. Gillock

Serenade

W. Gillock

Phantom rider

W. Gillock

Autumn sketch

W. Gillock

Legend

W. Gillock

Soaring

W. Gillock

Intermezzo-Serenata

O. Respighi

Arietta

E. Grieg

Romance

S. Rachmaninoff

This piece is protected by copyrights. Click the button below and we'll show you where you can purchase the score!

Buy score
2001

Terrorists attack the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in NYC.

2002

On the Transmigration of Souls, John Adams' homage to the victims of the 9/11 attacks premieres in NYC.

2003

Licht ("Light"), Karlheinz Stockhausen's cycle of seven operas, started in 1977 and was completed in 2003 with the opera Sonntag aus Licht.

2004

Third largest ever recorded earthquake devastates the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

2012

Soft Rain was first published .

2012

The existence of the Higgs Boson was confirmed at the Large Hadron Collider in Cern, Switzerland.

2016

Bob Dylan receives the Nobel Prize for Literature.

2016

Pierre Boulez, one of the dominant figures of the post-war classical music world, dies on January 5th.

2018

Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking dies on March 14th.

Would you like to watch a synthesia of this piece?
Tap below to make your request.

Sign in to request
Other releases