Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729)

Courante, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Jacquet de La Guerre wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It leaves out 312 of the piece's 592 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: 280 of 592
Key signature: no sharps or flats
Time: 3/2
Length: 45 bars

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The whole easy version280 notes

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The first 8 bars of Courante, 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 Courante's page.

Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre died in 1729. Credits