hard Baroque
Browning, T 387

William Byrd
Browning, T 387 by William Byrd, a Baroque piece from 1578 — written out in colour-coded piano letter notes you can play live in the browser.
Letter notes (text) — Browning, T 387
RH 4|------------d-----------g-----------------f-----e-----------d-----------|
LH 3|g-----------------------g-----------c-----------------------g-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------------g-----------------------------------|
LH 2|------------------------g-----------------------------------b-----------|
RH 4|c-----------f-----------c-----------------------e-----------------d-----|
RH 4|------------------------e-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|a-----------a-----------------------c-----b-----a-----------G-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------------a-----------------------------------|
LH 2|a-----------------------a-----------------------------a-----b-----------|
RH 4|C-----------------------e-----------e-----d-----c-----------------g-----|
RH 4|------------------------------------------------a-----------------------|
LH 3|a-----------a-----------------------c-----------------b-----c-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------------------------------------a-----------|
LH 2|a-----------------------a-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|f-----e-----d-----d-----e-----------------d-----c-----------------c-----|
LH 3|d-----------b-----------c-----g-----g-----------------b-----F-----------|
LH 3|------------------------a-----------------------------------a-----------|
LH 2|------------------------------------b-----------a-----g-----a-----------|
RH 4|g-----------d-----------g-----------c-----f-----e-----------d-----------|
RH 4|------------------------------------g-----------------------g-----------|
LH 3|g-----------------------g-----------------------------------b-----------|
LH 3|b-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 2|g-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 5|------------------------c-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|c-----------f-----------e-----------c-----b-----e-----------G-----d-----|
RH 4|a-----------a-----------------------------------a-----------------------|
LH 3|a-----------------------a-----------a-----------------a-----b-----------|
RH 5|------------------------------------e-----------------d-----c-----------|
RH 4|C-----------------------a-----------c-----------a-----------c-----g-----|
RH 4|a-----------------------------------------------------------------b-----|
LH 3|a-----------------------a-----------a-----------------------------------|
RH 5|------c-----------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|d-----e-----d-----f-----c-----g-----g-----d-----c-----------F-----c-----|
RH 4|f-----------b-----------e-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|a-----------------------a-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|------------------------------------b-----------a-----g-----a-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------------------------------b-----------------|
RH 4|g-----------d-----c-----d-----------e-----f-----c-----a-----d-----------|
RH 4|------------------------g-----------g-----------e-----------g-----------|
RH 4|------------------------b-----------------------------------b-----------|
LH 3|g-----------------------g-----------c-----------------F-----g-----------|
LH 3|b-----------------------------------e-----------------------------------|
LH 2|------------------------g-----------------------------------b-----------|
RH 5|c-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|c-----------e-----b-----c-----G-----a-----d-----c-----------d-----------|
RH 4|f-----------------------a-----------------------e-----------G-----------|
LH 3|a-----------a-----------------------c-----------a-----------------------|
LH 3|------------------------------------a-----------------------------------|
LH 2|a-----------------------a-----------------------------a-----b-----------|
RH 5|------------------------c-----------------d-----e-----------------------|
RH 4|C-----------f-----------e-----------e-----------c-----------------a-----|
RH 4|e-----------a-----------------------------------g-----------------------|
RH 4|a-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|------------------------------------c-----------e-----------c-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------------------------------------g-----------|
LH 2|a-----------------------a-----------------------------------------------|
RH 5|d-----------------f-----e-----------d-----------c-----------------------|
RH 4|b-----------a-----------c-----g-----d-----------e-----------c-----------|
RH 4|------------------------------------g-----------------------F-----------|
LH 3|d-----------F-----------c-----------d-----------a-----------------------|
LH 3|------------a-----------g-----------------------------------------------|
LH 2|------------------------------------b-----------a-----g-----a-----------|
RH 5|------------------------------------c-----------------------------------|
RH 4|d-----------------F-----c-----d-----e-----------------------e-----------|
RH 4|g-----------------------e-----------------------------------b-----------|
RH 4|b-----------------------g-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|d-----------b-----------------------------b-----a-----------G-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------------------------------------b-----------|
LH 2|g-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 5|------------------------------------c-----------------------------------|
RH 4|c-----------e-----d-----c-----------------e-----d-----c-----e-----------|
RH 4|e-----------------------f-----------------------e-----a-----b-----------|
RH 4|a-----------------------a-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|a-----------------b-----a-----G-----a-----------------------e-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------b-----------------------------G-----------|
RH 5|------------------------------------c-----------------------c-----------|
RH 4|c-----------c-----------d-----------------e-----d-----c-----c-----c-----|
RH 4|a-----------------------f-----------------------------------e-----------|
RH 4|------------------------a-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|f-----------a-----e-----d-----------c-----------g-----------c-----------|
LH 3|a-----------------------------------g-----------------------------------|
RH 5|d-----------------------c-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|d-----------f-----e-----d-----c-----d-----------d-----e-----d-----------|
RH 4|g-----------------------e-----------g-----------f-----g-----a-----------|
RH 4|------------------------------------b-----------a-----------------------|
LH 3|------b-----a-----g-----a-----------g-----------d-----------F-----c-----|
LH 3|------------------------------------------------------------a-----------|
LH 2|g-----------------------------------g-----------------------------------|
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