National Song, Op. 12 No. 8, 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 124 of the piece's 336 notes and adds none, so it is still the real piece: level 3 of 7, where the piece as written is level 4.

Level: 3 of 7
As written: Level 4
Notes: 212 of 336
Key: E♭ major
Time: 4/4
Length: 32 bars

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The whole easy version212 notes

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

The piece as written, level 4, and all 4 of its versions are on National Song, Op. 12 No. 8'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