Simeon Butler Marsh (1798–1875)

Jesus, Lover of My Soul, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Marsh wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It leaves out 142 of the piece's 219 notes and adds none, so it is still the real piece: level 2 of 7, where the piece as written is level 3.

Level: 2 of 7
As written: Level 3
Notes: 77 of 219
Key: F major
Time: 6/4
Length: 21 bars

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The whole easy version77 notes

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The first 8 bars of Jesus, Lover of My Soul, 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 Jesus, Lover of My Soul's page.

Score typeset by Steve Dunlop for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: Simeon Butler Marsh died in 1875. Credits