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Song Without Words in E flat, Op. 30 No. 1, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Mendelssohn wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It leaves out 1124 of the piece's 1558 notes and adds none, so it is still the real piece: level 4 of 7, where the piece as written is level 5.

Level: 4 of 7
As written: Level 5
Notes: 434 of 1558
Key: E♭ major
Time: 4/4
Length: 68 bars

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The whole easy version434 notes

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The first 8 bars of Song Without Words in E flat, Op. 30 No. 1, easy version, on the grand staff — The first 8 bars of the easy version.

The piece as written, level 5, and all 4 of its versions are on Song Without Words in E flat, Op. 30 No. 1's page.

Score typed for Clefsight from G. Schirmer, New York, 1915, ed. Constantin von Sternberg, plate 25496 (scan on IMSLP), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Felix Mendelssohn died in 1847. Credits