The poor Child, Op. 117 No. 28, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Gurlitt wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It leaves out 54 of the piece's 127 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: 73 of 127
Key: D minor
Time: 6/8
Length: 16 bars

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The whole easy version73 notes

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The first 8 bars of The poor Child, Op. 117 No. 28, 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 The poor Child, Op. 117 No. 28's page.

Score typed for Clefsight from G. Schirmer, New York, 1895 (scan on IMSLP), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Cornelius Gurlitt died in 1901. Credits