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Aria, from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 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 300 of the piece's 782 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: 482 of 782
Key: G major
Time: 3/4
Length: 64 bars

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The whole easy version482 notes

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The first 8 bars of Aria, from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, easy version, on the grand staff — The first 8 bars of the easy version.

The piece as written, level 4, and all 4 of its versions are on Aria, from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988's page.

Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Johann Sebastian Bach died in 1750. Credits

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