Scott Joplin (1868–1917)

Solace, 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 563 of the piece's 887 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: 324 of 887
Key: F major
Time: 2/4
Length: 64 bars

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The whole easy version324 notes

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

Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Scott Joplin died in 1917. Credits