Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, easy version

Melody and a simpler left hand

The melody as written, with each left-hand chord cut to its top and bottom notes. It leaves out 48 of the piece's 144 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: 96 of 144
Key: A major
Time: 2/4
Length: 16 bars

Play this version

The whole easy version96 notes

Plays on a MIDI keyboard in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet, or on the keys on screen without one.

The first 8 bars of Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, 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 Jolly Old Saint Nicholas's page.

Score typed for Clefsight from Harper & Brothers, New York, 1881, ed. J. P. McCaskey (scan on the Internet Archive), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is a traditional tune. This is an arrangement, and the source doesn’t name its arranger. The composition’s rights don’t cover an arrangement: this one rests on its source’s licence (CC0 1.0). Credits