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Gavotte, from the Premier livre, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Rameau wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It leaves out 349 of the piece's 758 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: 409 of 758
Key: A minor
Time: 2/2
Length: 65 bars

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The first 8 bars of Gavotte, from the Premier livre, 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 Gavotte, from the Premier livre's page.

Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Jean-Philippe Rameau died in 1764. Credits