My Old Kentucky Home, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Foster wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It leaves out 93 of the piece's 183 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: 90 of 183
Key signature: 1 sharp
Time: 4/4
Length: 17 bars

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The whole easy version90 notes

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The first 8 bars of My Old Kentucky Home, 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 My Old Kentucky Home's page.

Score from PDMX (Public Domain Mark 1.0); the composition is public domain: Stephen Foster died in 1864. 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