Break Thou the Bread of Life, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Sherwin wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It leaves out 102 of the piece's 158 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: 56 of 158
Key: D major
Time: 4/4
Length: 16 bars

Play this version

The whole easy version56 notes

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.

The first 8 bars of Break Thou the Bread of Life, 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 Break Thou the Bread of Life's page.

Score typeset by Steve Dunlop for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: William Fiske Sherwin died in 1888. Credits