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Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Handel wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It keeps 156 of the piece's 494 notes and adds none: a sketch of the piece in its own notes, to read before the real thing. Level 2 of 7, where the piece as written is level 3.

Level: 2 of 7
As written: Level 3
Notes: 156 of 494
Key: C major
Time: 4/4
Length: 27 bars

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The whole easy version156 notes

Plays on a MIDI keyboard in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet, or on the keys on screen without one.

The first 8 bars of Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah, 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 Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah's page.

Score from PDMX (Public Domain Mark 1.0); the composition is public domain: George Frideric Handel died in 1759. This is an arrangement, and the source doesn’t name its arranger. The composition’s rights don’t cover an arrangement: this one rests on its uploader marking it public domain (Public Domain Mark 1.0). Credits

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