William Smallwood (1831–1897)

The Harebell, easy version

Melody and left-hand roots

The melody as Smallwood wrote it, with the left hand playing only the root of the harmony at the start of each bar. It leaves out 155 of the piece's 403 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: 248 of 403
Key: F major
Time: 3/8
Length: 80 bars

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The whole easy version248 notes

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The first 8 bars of The Harebell, easy version, on the grand staff — The first 8 bars of the easy version.

The piece as written, level 3, and all 3 of its versions are on The Harebell's page.

Score typeset by John Mamoun for the Mutopia Project (Public Domain), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is public domain: William Smallwood died in 1897. Credits