hard Baroque
Loquebantur variis linguis

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Loquebantur variis linguis by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, a Baroque piece from 1563 — written out in colour-coded piano letter notes you can play live in the browser.
Letter notes (text) — Loquebantur variis linguis
RH 4|f---------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|g--------------------------------a------------------------------|
RH 5|c---------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|f----------------f-----------------------f------e---------------|
RH 5|d--------------------------------e------------------------------|
RH 4|d--------------------------------c------------------------------|
RH 5|c----------------f-----------------------f------c---------------|
RH 5|------------------------------------------------e---------------|
RH 4|f-----------------------g--------a-------A----------------------|
RH 5|d--------------------------------c------------------------------|
RH 4|-----------------A---------------a--------------f-------g-------|
LH 3|---------------------------------f------------------------------|
RH 5|-----------------c----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|f--------A-------e---------------d--------------d---------------|
RH 4|a-----------------------------------------------A---------------|
LH 3|---------------------------------g------------------------------|
RH 5|-----------------c----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|c--------------------------------c-------A------a---------------|
RH 4|a---------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|a--------------------------------f--------------f-------g-------|
LH 3|---------------------------------a------------------------------|
RH 4|-----------------c---------------d------------------------------|
RH 4|-----------------g---------------f------------------------------|
LH 3|a--------f-------e---------------d--------------b---------------|
LH 3|---------A------------------------------------------------------|
RH 5|---------------------------------c------------------------------|
RH 4|c--------------------------------c--------------f---------------|
RH 4|e---------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|c--------------------------------f----------------------g-------|
RH 5|---------------------------------d------------------------------|
RH 4|---------f-------c---------------d--------------g---------------|
RH 4|-----------------e----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|a--------A--------------------------------------A---------------|
RH 5|e--------------------------------c--------------f---------------|
RH 4|c----------------c---------------f----------------------e-------|
RH 4|-----------------e---------------a------------------------------|
RH 4|-----------------g----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|---------------------------------f------------------------------|
RH 5|---------f-------c---------------d------------------------------|
RH 5|-----------------e----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|d----------------c---------------g-------A------A---------------|
RH 4|f---------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 5|c---------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|c----------------c------d--------e-------c------d---------------|
RH 4|a----------------g------f--------g-------f------g---------------|
LH 3|------------------------------------------------A---------------|
RH 5|-----------------c-----------------------c------d---------------|
RH 4|e--------A-------c------a--------d-------e------f-------g-------|
RH 4|a----------------f---------------g------------------------------|
RH 4|---------------------------------A------------------------------|
LH 3|a--------------------------------g--------------d-------e-------|
RH 5|---------c-------c----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|a--------e-------c---------------d--------------d---------------|
RH 4|-----------------f---------------g--------------b---------------|
LH 3|f--------g-------a---------------g--------------g---------------|
RH 5|c---------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|e----------------g------d---e----f--------------e-------d-------|
RH 4|---------------------------------a--------------g---------------|
LH 3|c---------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|c--------f-------c------e--------d--------------c---------------|
RH 4|e----------------g---------------f--------------g---------------|
RH 5|------------------------------------------------c---------------|
RH 4|a----------------c---------------g--------------f---------------|
LH 3|a--------A--------------a--------A--------------a---------------|
RH 5|d----------------c------------------------------c---------------|
RH 4|-----------------c---------------f-------A------f-------a-------|
RH 4|-----------------e---------------a------------------------------|
LH 3|A--------------------------------f------------------------------|
RH 5|-----------------c---------------d------------------------------|
RH 4|g----------------f---------------d-------e------f-------d-------|
RH 4|A---------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|------------------------------------------------A---------------|
RH 5|c----------------d-----------------------c------d---------------|
RH 4|c----------------f---------------g----------------------A-------|
RH 4|e---------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|-----------------A---------------g-------a------A-------g-------|
RH 5|c----------------d------------------------------c---------------|
RH 4|f--------------------------------c--------------e---------------|
RH 4|---------------------------------g--------------g---------------|
LH 3|a----------------A----------------------------------------------|
RH 5|---------------------------------c------------------------------|
RH 4|d----------------g---------------e-------f------c-------e-------|
RH 4|a----------------b------------------------------g---------------|
LH 3|f----------------g---------------c------------------------------|
RH 5|------------------------------------------------c---------------|
RH 4|d----------------c---------------a--------------c---------------|
RH 4|f----------------g----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|---------------------------------a-------A--------------a-------|
RH 5|d----------------c----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|g----------------c---------------d-------g------f-------f-------|
RH 4|-----------------a---------------f--------------a---------------|
LH 3|A---------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|c----------------e---------------f--------------f-------A-------|
RH 4|g--------------------------------a------------------------------|
LH 3|---------------------------------f------------------------------|
RH 5|c---------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|-----------------e---------------d------------------------------|
RH 4|---------------------------------f------------------------------|
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