medium Romantic
12 Klavierstücke für kleine und große Kinder, Op.85

Robert Schumann
12 Klavierstücke für kleine und große Kinder, Op.85 by Robert Schumann, a Romantic piece from 1849 — written out in colour-coded piano letter notes you can play live in the browser.
Letter notes (text) — 12 Klavierstücke für kleine und große Kinder, Op.85
RH 4|--------------------------------------------------------G-------|
LH 3|C----------------c---------------C------------------------------|
LH 3|f----------------F---------------f------------------------------|
LH 3|G---------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 2|G--------------------------------C------------------------------|
LH 1|G---------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 5|C------------------------c-------c------------------------------|
RH 4|C-----------------------------------------------A---------------|
LH 3|G--------------------------------F------------------------------|
LH 3|---------------------------------A------------------------------|
LH 2|f--------------------------------F------------------------------|
LH 1|f--------------------------------F------------------------------|
RH 5|---------d-------f----------G----G--------------F---------------|
RH 4|d--------------------------------D------------------------------|
LH 3|G--------------------------------F------------------------------|
LH 2|f--------------------------------D------------------------------|
LH 1|f--------------------------------D------------------------------|
RH 4|D----------------e---------------D----------------------G-------|
RH 4|F----------------g---------------G------------------------------|
LH 3|D----------------C---------------c------------------------------|
LH 3|F----------------e---------------D------------------------------|
LH 3|A--------------------------------G------------------------------|
LH 2|D----------------C---------------c------------------------------|
RH 5|D------------------------C-------C-------c----------------------|
RH 4|C----------------D---------------c----------------------A-------|
LH 3|f----------------g---------------G------------------------------|
LH 3|-----------------A----------------------------------------------|
LH 2|A--------------------------------G--------------F---------------|
LH 1|A--------------------------------G--------------F---------------|
RH 5|---------c-------C-------F-------F--------------f---------------|
RH 4|C----------------F-------c-------C------------------------------|
RH 4|G--------------------------------f------------------------------|
LH 2|f------------------------D-------C------------------------------|
LH 1|f------------------------D-------C------------------------------|
RH 6|------------------------------------------------C---------------|
RH 5|-----------------f---------------A-------f--------------A-------|
RH 4|D--------------------------------C------------------------------|
RH 4|f--------------------------------A------------------------------|
RH 4|a---------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|c--------------------------------C------------------------------|
LH 2|c--------------------------------C------------------------------|
RH 6|----------------------------C----C-------c----------------------|
RH 5|G----------------g------------------------------c-------G-------|
RH 5|------------------------------------------------A---------------|
RH 4|G----------------g------------------------------f---------------|
RH 4|------------------------------------------------G---------------|
LH 3|e--------------------------------f------------------------------|
LH 2|e--------------------------------f------------------------------|
RH 5|g--------e-------f----A----G-----c--------------D---------------|
RH 5|---------------------------------G------------------------------|
RH 4|b--------------------------------D------------------------------|
LH 3|d--------------------------------D------------------------------|
LH 2|d--------------------------------D------------------------------|
RH 5|c---------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|C------------------------A-------c--------------G---------------|
RH 4|D--------------------------------G------------------------------|
RH 4|g---------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|D--------------------------------G------------------------------|
LH 2|D--------------------------------G------------------------------|
LH 1|D--------------------------------G------------------------------|
RH 5|D------------------------C-------C--------------c---------------|
RH 4|c------------------------C-------C--------------D---------------|
RH 4|F---------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|G---------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|G---------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 2|G---------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 5|f------------------------D-------D-------d------D-------f-------|
RH 4|f------------------------D-------D--------------d---------------|
RH 4|G---------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|A---------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|d------------------------c-------c------------------------------|
LH 2|d------------------------c-------c--------------A---------------|
LH 1|------------------------------------------------A---------------|
RH 5|F--------------------------------D------------------------------|
RH 4|-----------------C---------------D--------------b---------------|
RH 4|-----------------F----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|------------------------------------------------D---------------|
LH 3|------------------------------------------------b---------------|
LH 2|-----------------A---------------b--------------D---------------|
LH 1|-----------------A---------------b------------------------------|
RH 4|C----------------f-------G-------D--------------e---------------|
RH 4|A--------------------------------F--------------g---------------|
LH 3|C----------------d---------------D--------------C---------------|
LH 3|-----------------b---------------A------------------------------|
LH 2|C----------------d---------------D--------------C---------------|
RH 4|D------------------------C-------C--------------c---------------|
RH 4|G-----------------------------------------------G---------------|
LH 3|c---------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|G---------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 2|c------------------------A-------A--------------G---------------|
LH 1|-------------------------A-------A--------------G---------------|
RH 5|C------------------------F-------F--------------f---------------|
RH 5|G---------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|G------------------------F-------F--------------f---------------|
RH 4|b---------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|f------------------------F-------F--------------G---------------|
LH 2|f------------------------F-------F--------------G---------------|
RH 6|-----------c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c|
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