medium Baroque
Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903 — I

J. S. Bach
Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903 — I by J. S. Bach, a Baroque piece from 1730 — written out in colour-coded piano letter notes you can play live in the browser.
Letter notes (text) — Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903 — I
RH 5|---------C-dc--------------------e--------------|
RH 4|d-ef-ga-b-----Aa-gf-ed-Cd-ef-ga-A---------------|
RH 5|-----Cd-ef-gf-ed-C-----------Cd-f---------------|
RH 4|--ab--------------b-agede-fa-------------------d|
RH 4|---------------------f--------------------------|
RH 5|-d-f---d-g---d-a---d-A---C-e-g-A-g-e-C----------|
RH 4|-----e-----f-----g-----a---------------a-g-f-e-d|
RH 5|-f-d---g-d---a-d---A-d-C-------------------C-e-d|
RH 4|-----e-----f-----g-------A-g-e-C---C-e-g-A------|
RH 3|---------------------------------a--------------|
RH 5|-e-f-A-d---c-d-e-a-c-----C-d-g---------C-f------|
RH 4|---------g-----------f-A-------A-e-a-b-----a-d-g|
RH 5|---D-----d-----C-----d--------------------------|
RH 4|-A---f-a---e-g---f-a---d-f-A-C-e-a-d-f-A-C-e-a-d|
RH 4|-f-A-G-f-d---d-f-G-b-d---D-a-F-D-c---c-D-F-a-c--|
LH 4|-----------------------c------------------------|
LH 3|-----------b-----------------------a-----------A|
RH 4|-d-g-f-e-d---d-b-f-e-d---C-e-f-d-----C-e-f-d----|
RH 3|---------------------------------G-----------G--|
LH 3|-----------G-----------a-----------a-----------a|
RH 4|-c-f-D-c-------c-D-F-------e-C-----------C-e----|
RH 3|---------a---a-------a---A-----A-g---g-A-----g--|
LH 3|-----------F-----------g-----------e-----------F|
RH 4|-----------------------------C-e-C--------------|
LH 4|---d-----------c--------------------------------|
LH 3|-a---b-G-f-e-g---a-F-D-d-g-A-------A-g-f-D-d-C-d|
LH 3|-f-A-G-f-d-C-e-a-F-D-c---d-g-e-C-----d-f-d------|
LH 2|-----------------------b---------A-a-------b-G-g|
RH 5|---------------------------------------------C--|
RH 4|-------------------------C-e---e-g---g-A---A----|
LH 4|---------------c---c-D-------C-----e-----g------|
LH 3|-c-D-c-D-g-D-g---g-----A-----------------------a|
RH 5|---C-g-f-e---C-e-A-a-g-----C-g-f-e---C-e-A-a-g--|
RH 4|-A-----------------------A----------------------|
LH 4|-----------g-----------------------g-----------f|
LH 3|-----------------------a------------------------|
RH 5|---C-d-e-f---C-d-f-g-a-f-e-d-C------------------|
RH 4|-a-----------------------------A-a-g-f-e--------|
LH 4|-----------a-----------------------------d-C----|
LH 3|---------------------------------------------A-a|
RH 5|---C-e-d-C-----------------C-e-d-C--------------|
RH 4|-g-----------e-g-A-a-g---g-----------e-g-A-a-g--|
LH 4|-----------C-----------------------C------------|
LH 3|-----------------------a-----------------------a|
RH 5|-------------------C-d-----C-d-e-f---C-d-f-G-a-b|
RH 4|-C-d-f-g-a---f-G-a-------a----------------------|
LH 4|-----------d-----------f-----------a------------|
RH 5|-G-a-b-d-e-f---c-d------------------------------|
RH 4|-------------b-----G-a-b-d-e-f---c-d-------C-d-C|
RH 3|-------------------------------b-----G-a-b------|
RH 4|-e-d-C-------------------f-e-d------------------|
RH 3|-------b-a-g-------------------A-a-g------------|
LH 3|-------------f-e-d-C-e---------------f-e-d-C-e--|
LH 2|-----------------------a-----------------------a|
RH 5|---------------------d-C-------f-e-d-C---G-f-e-d|
RH 4|-g-f-e-----A-a-g---------b-------------b--------|
LH 4|-------d-C-------f-e-------a-g------------------|
RH 5|-C-e-a-e-C-e-C---C-----------------------a------|
RH 4|---------------a---a-e-a-e-C-e-C----------------|
RH 3|---------------------------------a--------------|
LH 3|-----------------------------------e-C----------|
LH 2|---------------------------------------a--------|
RH 5|--------Cd-ef-ga-Aa-gf-ef-gf-ed-Cd-ed-C---------|
RH 4|e-fg-ab--------------------------------b-ag-Aa-g|
RH 4|f-ef-gf-ed-Cd-ed-C------------------------------|
LH 3|------------------b-ag-Aa-gf-ef-gf-ed-Cd-ed-C---|
LH 2|---------------------------------------------b-a|
LH 3|--Cd-ef-gf-eg-fe-dC-----C-de-fg-aA-ag-fa-gf-ed-C|
LH 2|b-------------------ba-b------------------------|
RH 4|---------------C-de-fg-fg-ae-fC-d---------------|
RH 3|-----------ga-b------------------a--------------|
LH 3|d-ef-ga-Aa-------------------------fg-af-df-ed-G|
RH 5|--------------------------dc--f-ed-G--aGGG---FGa|
RH 5|---------------------------------------F--------|
RH 4|------------f-ed-Gf-eb-aG----b------------------|
RH 3|-----------b------------------------------------|
LH 4|--------dc--------------------------------------|
LH 3|F-eb-aG-----------------------------------------|
RH 6|-d----------------------------------------------|
RH 5|---a-f-a-f-d-f-d---d----------------------------|
RH 4|-----------------a---a-f-a-f-d-f-d--------------|
LH 4|-------------------------------------d----------|
LH 3|-----------------------------------a---a-f-a-f-d|
RH 5|-----------d-----------e-----------------------d|
RH 5|-----------------------------------------------f|
RH 4|-------f-a---a-f-------e-----------------------f|
RH 4|-----------------------g-----------------------a|
RH 4|-----------------------A------------------------|
LH 4|-----d-----------d-----C-----------------------d|
LH 3|-f-a---------------a-f-d-----------------------d|
LH 3|-----------------------e-----------------------f|
LH 3|-----------------------g-----------------------a|
RH 5|-----------------------c-----------------------d|
RH 5|-----------------------D-----------------------g|
RH 5|-----------------------F------------------------|
RH 4|-----------------------a-----------------------g|
RH 4|-----------------------------------------------A|
LH 4|-----------------------c-----------------------d|
LH 3|-----------------------d-----------------------d|
LH 3|-----------------------F-----------------------g|
LH 3|-----------------------a-----------------------A|
RH 5|-----------------------d-----------------------C|
RH 5|-----------------------f-----------------------e|
RH 5|-----------------------G-----------------------a|
RH 4|-----------------------b-----------------------a|
LH 3|-----------------------d-----------------------C|
LH 3|-----------------------f-----------------------e|
LH 3|-----------------------G-----------------------a|
LH 3|-----------------------b------------------------|
RH 5|---a-Aa-ga-a--------ga-C------------------------|
RH 5|-----------------------e------------------------|
RH 5|-----------------------g------------------------|
RH 5|-----------------------A------------------------|
LH 3|-----------------------C------------------------|
LH 3|-----------------------e------------------------|
LH 2|-----------------------g------------------------|
RH 5|a-gf-ef-gd-Cd-eC--------------------------------|
RH 4|-----------------ga-Af-ef-ge-Cd-eC--------------|
LH 3|-----------------------------------ga-Ag-ef-ge-C|
RH 5|-----------------------------------------------c|
RH 5|-----------------------------------------------D|
RH 4|-----------------------------------------------F|
RH 4|-----------------------------------------------a|
LH 3|d-eC----Cd-ef-ge-Cd-ef-ga-Ag-ef-ge-Cd-eC----C--c|
LH 3|-----------------------------------------------D|
LH 2|-----ab----------------------------------ab--a-F|
LH 2|-----------------------------------------------a|
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