Scott Joplin (1868–1917)

Sun Flower Slow Drag, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Joplin wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It leaves out 1740 of the piece's 2691 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: 951 of 2691
Key signature: 2 flats
Time: 2/4
Length: 152 bars

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The whole easy version951 notes

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The first 8 bars of Sun Flower Slow Drag, 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 Sun Flower Slow Drag's page.

Score typeset by Daniel Škarda for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: Scott Joplin died in 1917 and Scott Hayden in 1915. Credits