First Loss, Op. 68 No. 16, easy version

Melody and a simpler left hand

The melody as Schumann wrote it, with each left-hand chord cut to its top and bottom notes. It leaves out 39 of the piece's 314 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: 275 of 314
Key: E minor
Time: 2/4
Length: 49 bars

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The whole easy version275 notes

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The first 8 bars of First Loss, Op. 68 No. 16, 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 First Loss, Op. 68 No. 16's page.

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