The First Nowell, easy version

Right-hand melody

The right hand's melody on its own, every note of the tune as written. It leaves out 184 of the piece's 256 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: 72 of 256
Key: D major
Time: 3/4
Length: 25 bars

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The whole easy version72 notes

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The first 8 bars of The First Nowell, 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 The First Nowell's page.

Score typed for Clefsight from Novello, Ewer and Co., London, 1890, ed. Henry Ramsden Bramley (words) and John Stainer (music) (scan on the Internet Archive), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is a traditional tune, and so is John Stainer’s arrangement. Credits