O Canada, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Lavallée wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It keeps 111 of the piece's 243 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: 111 of 243
Key: C major
Time: 4/4
Length: 28 bars

Play this version

The whole easy version111 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 O Canada, 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 O Canada's page.

Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Calixa Lavallée died in 1891. This is an arrangement, and the source doesn’t name its arranger. The composition’s rights don’t cover an arrangement: this one is free to use because its uploader released it into the public domain (CC0 1.0). Credits