Georges Bizet (1838–1875)

Habanera, from Carmen, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Bizet wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It leaves out 272 of the piece's 760 notes and adds none, so it is still the real piece: level 4 of 7, where the piece as written is level 5.

Level: 4 of 7
As written: Level 5
Notes: 488 of 760
Key: D minor
Time: 2/4
Length: 90 bars

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The whole easy version488 notes

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The first 8 bars of Habanera, from Carmen, easy version, on the grand staff — The first 8 bars of the easy version.

The piece as written, level 5, and all 4 of its versions are on Habanera, from Carmen's page.

Score from PDMX (Public Domain Mark 1.0); the composition is public domain: Georges Bizet died in 1875. This is an arrangement, and the source doesn’t name its arranger. The composition’s rights don’t cover an arrangement: this one rests on its uploader marking it public domain (Public Domain Mark 1.0). Credits

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