Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729)

Gigue, easy version

Melody and a simpler left hand

The melody as Jacquet de La Guerre wrote it, with each left-hand chord cut to its top and bottom notes. It leaves out 100 of the piece's 526 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: 426 of 526
Key signature: no sharps or flats
Time: 6/4
Length: 64 bars

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The whole easy version426 notes

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

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