Étude in C sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Scriabin wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It leaves out 847 of the piece's 1101 notes and adds none, so it is still the real piece: level 4 of 7, where the piece as written is level 5.

Level: 4 of 7
As written: Level 5
Notes: 254 of 1101
Key: C♯ minor
Time: 3/4
Length: 45 bars

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The whole easy version254 notes

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The first 8 bars of Étude in C sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1, easy version, on the grand staff — The first 8 bars of the easy version.

The piece as written, level 5, and all 4 of its versions are on Étude in C sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1's page.

Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Alexander Scriabin died in 1915. Credits