Erik Satie (1866–1925)

Gymnopédie No. 1, easy version

Melody and a simpler left hand

The melody as Satie wrote it, with each left-hand chord cut to its top and bottom notes. It leaves out 107 of the piece's 455 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: 348 of 455
Key: D major
Time: 3/4
Length: 78 bars

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The whole easy version348 notes

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The first 8 bars of Gymnopédie No. 1, 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 Gymnopédie No. 1's page.

Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Erik Satie died in 1925. Credits