hard Romantic
The Trumpeter

Joshua Airlie Dix
The Trumpeter by Joshua Airlie Dix, a Romantic piece from 1870 — written out in colour-coded piano letter notes you can play live in the browser.
Letter notes (text) — The Trumpeter
LH 5|------------------------e-----------e---e---e---|
LH 4|C-----------a---a---a---d-----------------------|
LH 4|e-----------------------e-----------------------|
LH 4|a-----------------------G-----------------------|
LH 4|------------------------b-----------------------|
LH 3|a-----------------------a-----------------------|
LH 5|a-----------a---a---a---e-----------e---e---e---|
LH 4|C-----------------------d-----------------------|
LH 4|e-----------------------e-----------------------|
LH 4|F-----------------------G-----------------------|
LH 4|a-----------------------b-----------------------|
LH 3|a-----------------------a-----------------------|
LH 5|a-----------e--------e--a-----------e--------e--|
LH 4|C-----------d-----------C-----------d-----------|
LH 4|e-----------e-----------F-----------e-----------|
LH 4|a-----------G-----------a-----------G-----------|
LH 4|------------b-----------------------b-----------|
LH 3|a-----------a-----------a-----------a-----------|
LH 5|a-----------------------------------------------|
LH 4|C-----------------------C-----------------------|
LH 4|e-----------------------e-----------------------|
LH 4|a-----------------------a-----------------------|
LH 3|a-----------------------a-----------------------|
LH 2|------------------------a-----------------------|
RH 4|a--------a--a-----------------------F---d---F---|
LH 4|C-----------------------d-----------------------|
LH 4|e-----------------------F-----------------------|
LH 4|a-----------------------a-----------------------|
LH 3|a-----------------------F-----------------------|
LH 3|------------------------b-----------------------|
LH 2|a-----------------------a-----------------------|
LH 1|a-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|a-----------------e-----e-----------------------|
LH 4|C-----------------------C-----------------------|
LH 4|e-----------------------e-----------------------|
LH 4|a-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|a-----------------------e-----------------------|
LH 3|------------------------a-----------------------|
LH 2|a-----------------------a-----------------------|
LH 1|a-----------------------------------------------|
RH 5|------------C-----------------------------------|
RH 4|C---e---a---------------------------b-----------|
LH 5|------------C-----------------------------------|
LH 4|C---C---e---C-----------d-----------b-----------|
LH 4|----e---a---a-----------G-----------------------|
LH 3|C---C---e---a-----------f-----------------------|
LH 3|a---e---a---------------------------------------|
LH 2|a-----------------------f-----------------------|
RH 5|------------C-----------------------------------|
RH 4|a-----------------------------------------a-----|
LH 4|C-----------------------C-----------------------|
LH 4|F-----------------------e-----------------------|
LH 4|a-----------------------a-----------------------|
LH 3|F-----------------------a-----------------------|
LH 2|F-----------------------a-----------------------|
RH 5|d-----------------d-----C-----------------------|
RH 4|------------------------------------a--------a--|
LH 5|d-----------------------C-----------------------|
LH 4|d-----------------------C-----------------------|
LH 4|a-----------------------a-----------------------|
LH 3|F-----------------------e-----------------------|
LH 2|F-----------------------e-----------------------|
RH 4|a-----------------e--e--e-----------e-----F-----|
LH 4|d-----------------------e-----------------------|
LH 4|F-----------------------a-----------------------|
LH 4|a-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|d-----------------------C-----------------------|
LH 3|a-----------------------a-----------------------|
LH 2|d-----------------------C-----------------------|
RH 5|------------------------------------C-----------|
RH 4|G-----------a-----------b-----------------------|
LH 4|G-----------a-----------e-----------C-----------|
LH 4|------------------------G-----------e-----------|
LH 4|------------------------b-----------g-----------|
LH 4|------------------------------------A-----------|
LH 3|b-----------------------b-----------------------|
LH 2|b-----------------------b-----------b-----------|
LH 1|b-----------------------b-----------b-----------|
RH 4|F-----------------------G-----------------e-----|
LH 4|C-----------D-----------e-----------e-----------|
LH 4|e-----------------------G-----------------------|
LH 4|F-----------------------------------------------|
LH 4|a-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|------------b-----------e-----------e-----------|
LH 3|------------------------b-----------------------|
LH 2|b-----------------------e-----------e-----------|
LH 1|b-----------------------------------------------|
RH 5|--------C---e-----------------------C-----------|
RH 4|a---b-------------------------------------------|
LH 5|--------C---e-----------------------C-----------|
LH 4|C---b---C---e-----------e-----------C-----------|
LH 4|e-----------------------G-----------G-----------|
LH 4|a-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|a---b-------------------C-----------e-----------|
LH 2|a-----------------------C-----------e-----------|
LH 1|a-----------------------------------------------|
RH 5|--------C---------------------------------------|
RH 4|a---b-------a-----------------------------e-----|
LH 5|--------C---------------------------------------|
LH 4|C---b---C---a-----------------------e-----------|
LH 4|e-----------------------------------------------|
LH 4|a-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|F---b-------a-----------C-----------e-----------|
LH 3|a-----------------------------------a-----------|
LH 2|F-----------------------C-----------------------|
RH 5|------------------------d-----------C-----------|
RH 4|F-----------G-----a-----------------------a-----|
LH 5|------------------------d-----------C-----------|
LH 4|d-----------e-----a-----d-----------d-----d-----|
LH 4|F-----------G-----------------------F-----F-----|
LH 4|------------------------------------------a-----|
LH 3|d-----------a-----------------------C-----d-----|
LH 3|a-----------------------------------------------|
LH 2|d-----------C-----------b-----------C-----d-----|
LH 2|------------b-----------------------------------|
LH 1|------------------------b-----------------------|
RH 5|C-----------------------------------C-----------|
RH 4|------------------------b--------------------b--|
LH 5|C-----------------------------------C-----------|
LH 4|C-----------------------e-----------C-----------|
LH 4|F-----------------------G-----------G-----------|
LH 4|a-----------------------b-----------------------|
LH 3|D-----------------------e-----------f-----------|
LH 3|------------------------b-----------------------|
LH 2|D-----------------------e-----------f-----------|
RH 4|a-----------a-----------a-----------G--------F--|
LH 4|C-----------C-----------d-----------d-----F-----|
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