Study in Thirds, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Czerny wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It leaves out 430 of the piece's 780 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: 350 of 780
Key: C major
Time: 2/4
Length: 64 bars

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The whole easy version350 notes

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The first 8 bars of Study in Thirds, 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 Study in Thirds's page.

Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Carl Czerny died in 1857. Credits