hard Baroque
Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott

Johann Nicolaus Hanff
Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott by Johann Nicolaus Hanff, a Baroque piece from 1700 — written out in colour-coded piano letter notes you can play live in the browser.
Letter notes (text) — Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott
LH 3|e----------------------F--------g------------------------------G-------------------------------a--------------------------------|
RH 4|--------------------------------c------------------------------e-----------------------F-------c-------c-----c----c----c-----c--|
RH 4|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------g--------------------------------|
LH 3|b--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------b------b----b-----b----b-----|
RH 5|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------c--------------------------------|
RH 4|G-------------------------------a------------------------------b---------------e---------------a----------------g---------------|
LH 3|b-------------------------------a-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|f---------------e---------------d------------------------------e-------------------------------f--------------------------------|
RH 4|--------------------------------b--------------------------------------------------------------a--------------------------------|
RH 4|--------------------------------g---------------e------d-------e-------A-------a-------g-------d--------------------------------|
RH 4|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------f--------------------------------|
LH 3|--------------------------------c------------------------------C-------------------------------d--------------------------------|
LH 2|a----------------------b--------c------------------------------C-------------------------------d--------------------------------|
LH 1|a----------------------b--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 5|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------c--------------------------------|
RH 4|c--------------------------------------------------------------d-----------------------b-------g--------------------------------|
RH 4|e--------------------------------------------------------------a----------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|e---------------b---------------f--------------------------------------------------------------e--------------------------------|
LH 3|--------------------------------a--------------------------------------------------------------g--------------------------------|
LH 2|e-------------------------------f--------------------------------------------------------------e--------------------------------|
RH 5|C-------------------------------d------------------------------e-------------------------------f--------------------------------|
RH 4|--------------------------------f------------------------------e------------------------------------------------d-------C-------|
RH 4|---------------------------------------------------------------a----------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|--------------------------------d------------------------------C-------------------------------d--------------------------------|
LH 3|--------------------------------a-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 2|--------------------------------d------------------------------C-------------------------------d--------------------------------|
RH 5|--------------------------------e--------------------------------------------------------------d--------------------------------|
RH 4|d-------------------------------A------------------------------c------------------------------------------------a---------------|
RH 4|---------------------------------------------------------------a----------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|f-------------------------------g------------------------------a---------------g---------------F--------------------------------|
LH 2|f-------------------------------g------------------------------a---------------g---------------F--------------------------------|
RH 4|g---------------f---------------c---------------d--------------c---------------d---------------e--------------------------------|
RH 4|--------------------------------e------------------------------e---------------f---------------g--------------------------------|
LH 3|g-------------------------------a---------------b-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|b-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 2|g-------------------------------a-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 5|c-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|--------------------------------d---------------e------f-------f---e--f--e-------------d-------c----------------a--------------a|
RH 4|--------------------------------b-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 2|e----------------------F--------g------------------------------G-------------------------------a--------------------------------|
LH 1|e----------------------F--------g------------------------------G-------------------------------a--------------------------------|
RH 4|d--g--a--g-------------f--------e------------------------------e-----------------------F-------d--------------------------------|
RH 4|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------g--------------------------------|
LH 3|--------------------------------c--------------------------------------------------------------b--------------------------------|
LH 3|--------------------------------g-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 2|b-------------------------------c--------------------------------------------------------------b--------------------------------|
LH 1|b----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------b--------------------------------|
RH 5|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------c--------------------------------|
RH 4|G-------------------------------c------------------------------b----------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|--------------------------------e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|--------------------------------a-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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