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Variation 20, from La Capricciosa, BuxWV 250, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Buxtehude wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It keeps 86 of the piece's 230 notes and adds none: a sketch of the piece in its own notes, to read before the real thing. Level 2 of 7, where the piece as written is level 3.

Level: 2 of 7
As written: Level 3
Notes: 86 of 230
Key: G major
Time: 4/4
Length: 16 bars

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The whole easy version86 notes

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The first 8 bars of Variation 20, from La Capricciosa, BuxWV 250, easy version, on the grand staff — The first 8 bars of the easy version.

The piece as written, level 3, and all 4 of its versions are on Variation 20, from La Capricciosa, BuxWV 250's page.

Score from a copy shared on MuseScore (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Dietrich Buxtehude died in 1707. Credits

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