Air on the G String, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Bach wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It leaves out 247 of the piece's 565 notes and adds none, so it is still the real piece: level 3 of 7, where the piece as written is level 4.

Level: 3 of 7
As written: Level 4
Notes: 318 of 565
Key: C major
Time: 4/4
Length: 36 bars

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The whole easy version318 notes

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The first 8 bars of Air on the G String, easy version, on the grand staff — The first 8 bars of the easy version.

The piece as written, level 4, and all 3 of its versions are on Air on the G String's page.

Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Johann Sebastian Bach died in 1750. This is an arrangement, and the source doesn’t name its arranger. The composition’s rights don’t cover an arrangement: this one is free to use because its uploader released it into the public domain (CC0 1.0). Credits