Samuel Arnold (1740–1802)

Giga, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Arnold wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It leaves out 46 of the piece's 230 notes and adds none, so it is still the real piece: level 2 of 7, where the piece as written is level 3.

Level: 2 of 7
As written: Level 3
Notes: 184 of 230
Key: C major
Time: 6/8
Length: 32 bars

Play this version

The whole easy version184 notes

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The first 8 bars of Giga, easy version, on the grand staff — The first 8 bars of the easy version.

The piece as written, level 3, and all 3 of its versions are on Giga's page.

Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Samuel Arnold died in 1802. Credits