medium Impressionist
Arabesque No. 2

Claude Debussy
Arabesque No. 2 by Claude Debussy, a Impressionist piece from 1902 — written out in colour-coded piano letter notes you can play live in the browser.
Letter notes (text) — Arabesque No. 2
RH 5|e-F-e-------a-b-a-d-----e-F-e-------a-b-a-d-----|
RH 4|------a-----------------------a-----------------|
LH 4|c-----------------------------------------------|
LH 4|d-----------------------------------------------|
LH 4|F-----------------------------------------------|
RH 6|--------------c-----------------------c---------|
RH 5|e-F-e-------b---b-d-----e-F-e-------b---b-d-----|
RH 4|------b-----------------------b-----------------|
LH 4|d-----------------------------------------------|
LH 4|F-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|b-----------------------------------------------|
RH 6|------------c-d-c-------------------c-d-c-------|
RH 5|e-F-e-c-----------d-----e-F-e-c-----------d-----|
LH 4|d-----------------------------------------------|
LH 4|F-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|a-----------------------------------------------|
RH 6|------------c-d-c-------------------c-d-c-------|
RH 5|e-F-e-c-----------d-----e-F-e-c-----------d-----|
LH 3|d-----------------------------------------------|
RH 5|e-F-e-------d-e-d---------c---------------------|
RH 4|------b-----------g-----b---b-d-----a-b-a-e-----|
LH 3|d-----------------------------------c-----------|
LH 3|b-----------------------------------g-----------|
LH 2|g-----------------------------------------------|
RH 5|e-F-e-------d-e-d---------c---------------------|
RH 4|------b-----------g-----b---b-d-----a-b-a-e-----|
LH 3|d-----------------------------------c-----------|
LH 3|b-----------------------------------g-----------|
LH 2|g-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|g-a-g-d-----e---g---b---g-a-g-d-----e---g---b---|
LH 3|g-----------c-----------g-----------c-----------|
LH 3|------------g-----------------------g-----------|
LH 2|b-----------------------b-----------------------|
RH 5|------------c-----d-----d-----a-----F-----d-----|
RH 5|------------e-----------F-----------------------|
RH 5|------------------------b-----------------------|
RH 4|a-b-a-e-----a-----------------------------------|
LH 5|------------------------c-----------------------|
LH 4|------------c-----------d-----------------------|
LH 4|------------F-----------a-----------------------|
LH 3|C-----------d-----------------------------------|
LH 3|g-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|a-----------------------------------------------|
RH 5|e-F-e-------d-e-d---------c---------------------|
RH 4|------b-----------g-----b---b-d-----a-b-a-e-----|
LH 3|d-----------------------------------c-----------|
LH 3|b-----------------------------------g-----------|
LH 2|g-----------------------------------------------|
RH 5|e-F-e-------d-e-d---------c---------------------|
RH 4|------b-----------g-----b---b-d-----a-b-a-e-----|
LH 3|d-----------------------------------c-----------|
LH 3|b-----------------------------------g-----------|
LH 2|g-----------------------------------------------|
RH 5|------------------------------------------e-----|
RH 5|------------------------------------------a-----|
RH 4|g-a-g-d-----e---g---b---e-----------------------|
RH 4|------------------------a-----------------------|
LH 4|------------------------------e-----a-----------|
LH 3|g-----------c-----------C-----------------------|
LH 3|------------g-----------g-----------------------|
LH 3|------------------------a-----------------------|
LH 2|b-----------------------------------------------|
RH 5|------------------------------------------e-----|
RH 5|------------------------------------------a-----|
RH 4|g-a-g-d-----e---g---b---e-----------------------|
RH 4|------------------------a-----------------------|
LH 4|------------------------------e-----a-----------|
LH 3|g-----------c-----------C-----------------------|
LH 3|------------g-----------g-----------------------|
LH 3|------------------------a-----------------------|
LH 2|b-----------------------------------------------|
RH 5|a-b-a-F-----d-e-d-------------------------------|
RH 4|------------------b-----a-b-a-F-----d-e-d-------|
RH 3|------------------------------------------b-----|
LH 5|d-----------------------------------------------|
LH 4|F-----------e-----------d-----------------------|
LH 4|a-----------g-----------------------------------|
LH 4|------------b-----------------------------------|
LH 3|------------------------F-----------e-----------|
LH 3|------------------------a-----------g-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------------b-----------|
RH 4|------d-----------C-----d-----------------------|
RH 4|------------------F-----------------------------|
RH 3|a-----------b-----------a-----------------------|
LH 3|F-----------g-----a-----F-----d-----------------|
LH 2|a-----------------------------------a-----d-----|
RH 4|------------c-a-g-e-----------F-----g-----a-----|
RH 4|------------g-----------------------------------|
RH 3|g-a-g-e-----------------------------------------|
LH 3|------------e-----------------------------------|
LH 2|a-----------a-----------------------------------|
LH 1|a-----------------------------------------------|
RH 5|------c-----d-----e-----d----Fa-----g-----d-----|
RH 5|------------------------F-----------------------|
RH 4|c-----------------------b-----------------------|
RH 4|d-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|F-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|b-----------------------------------------------|
LH 4|------------------------------------d-----------|
LH 3|d-----------------------------------d-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------------g-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------------b-----------|
LH 2|d-----------------------g-----------------------|
LH 1|------------------------g-----------------------|
RH 4|------------c-a-g-e-----------F-----g-----a-----|
RH 4|------------g-----------------------------------|
RH 3|g-a-g-e-----------------------------------------|
LH 3|------------e-----------------------------------|
LH 2|a-----------a-----------------------------------|
LH 1|a-----------------------------------------------|
RH 5|------c-----d-----e-----d----Fa-----g-----d-----|
RH 5|------------------------F-----------------------|
RH 4|c-----------------------b-----------------------|
RH 4|d-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|F-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|b-----------------------------------------------|
LH 4|------------------------------------d-----------|
LH 3|d-----------------------------------d-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------------g-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------------b-----------|
LH 2|d-----------------------g-----------------------|
LH 1|------------------------g-----------------------|
RH 5|d-----------g-----------d-----------g-----------|
RH 5|a-----------------------a-----------------------|
RH 4|b-----------------------b-----------------------|
LH 4|f-g-f-d-----f-----e-----f-g-f-d-----f-----e-----|
RH 5|d-----------g-----------------------d-----------|
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