William Howard Doane (1832–1915)

To God Be the Glory, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Doane wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It leaves out 233 of the piece's 359 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: 126 of 359
Key: G major
Time: 3/4
Length: 33 bars

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The whole easy version126 notes

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The first 8 bars of To God Be the Glory, 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 To God Be the Glory's page.

Score typeset by Steve Dunlop for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: William Howard Doane died in 1915. Credits