Charles Hunter (1876–1906)

Tickled to Death, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Hunter wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It leaves out 1116 of the piece's 1692 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: 576 of 1692
Key signature: 4 flats
Time: 4/4
Length: 108 bars

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The whole easy version576 notes

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The first 8 bars of Tickled to Death, 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 Tickled to Death's page.

Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Charles Hunter died in 1906. Credits