A Tiresome Lesson, Op. 98 No. 8, easy version

Right-hand melody

The right hand's melody on its own, every note of the tune as Gretchaninov wrote it. It leaves out 56 of the piece's 157 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: 101 of 157
Key: C major
Time: 4/4
Length: 16 bars

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The whole easy version101 notes

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The first 8 bars of A Tiresome Lesson, Op. 98 No. 8, easy version, on the grand staff — The first 8 bars of the easy version.

The piece as written, level 3, and all 3 of its versions are on A Tiresome Lesson, Op. 98 No. 8's page.

Score typed for Clefsight from B. Schott's Söhne, Mainz, 1924, ed. J. Kilp, plate B.S.S. 31171 (scan on IMSLP), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Alexander Gretchaninov died in 1956. Credits