Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)

Arietta, Op. 12 No. 1, easy version

Melody and a simpler left hand

The melody as Grieg wrote it, with each left-hand chord cut to its top and bottom notes. It leaves out 76 of the piece's 256 notes and adds none, so it is still the real piece: level 4 of 7, where the piece as written is level 5.

Level: 4 of 7
As written: Level 5
Notes: 180 of 256
Key signature: 3 flats
Time: 2/4
Length: 23 bars

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The whole easy version180 notes

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The first 8 bars of Arietta, Op. 12 No. 1, easy version, on the grand staff — The first 8 bars of the easy version.

The piece as written, level 5, and all 4 of its versions are on Arietta, Op. 12 No. 1's page.

Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Edvard Grieg died in 1907. Credits