Melody, Op. 68 No. 1, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Schumann wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It leaves out 175 of the piece's 303 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: 128 of 303
Key: C major
Time: 4/4
Length: 24 bars

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The whole easy version128 notes

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The first 8 bars of Melody, Op. 68 No. 1, 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 Melody, Op. 68 No. 1's page.

Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Robert Schumann died in 1856. Credits