Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)

Folk Song, Op. 38 No. 2, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Grieg wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It leaves out 358 of the piece's 665 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: 307 of 665
Key: E minor
Time: 3/4
Length: 68 bars

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The whole easy version307 notes

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The first 8 bars of Folk Song, Op. 38 No. 2, 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 Folk Song, Op. 38 No. 2's page.

Score typed for Clefsight from C.F. Peters, Leipzig, 1902, plate 8800 (scan on IMSLP), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Edvard Grieg died in 1907. Credits