James Ramsey Murray (1841–1905)

Away in a Manger, easy version

Melody and a simpler left hand

The melody as Murray wrote it, with each left-hand chord cut to its top and bottom notes. It leaves out 43 of the piece's 173 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: 130 of 173
Key: F major
Time: 3/4
Length: 17 bars

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The whole easy version130 notes

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The first 8 bars of Away in a Manger, 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 Away in a Manger's page.

Score from PDMX (Public Domain Mark 1.0); the composition is public domain: James Ramsey Murray died in 1905. This is an arrangement, and the source doesn’t name its arranger. The composition’s rights don’t cover an arrangement: this one rests on its uploader marking it public domain (Public Domain Mark 1.0). Credits