medium Romantic

6 Songs from A Shropshire Lad — Loveliest of trees, the Cherry now

George Butterworth

6 Songs from A Shropshire Lad — Loveliest of trees, the Cherry now by George Butterworth, a Romantic piece from 1901 — written out in colour-coded piano letter notes you can play live in the browser.

Letter notes (text) — 6 Songs from A Shropshire Lad — Loveliest of trees, the Cherry now

RH 5|D-----------------------D-----------C-----------|
RH 4|------------------------------------------a-----|
RH 4|b-----------------a-----G-----e-----F-----e-----|
RH 5|------------------------------------e-----------|
RH 4|C-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|------a-----e-----C-----------------------------|
LH 2|------------------------F-----------F-----------|
RH 5|------------D-----------C-----------------------|
RH 4|------------------------------a-----b-----a-----|
RH 4|G-----e-----F-----e-----C-----------G-----e-----|
RH 4|------------------------a-----------------------|
LH 3|------------------------------a-----------C-----|
LH 2|------------------------------------b-----------|
RH 4|F-----------C-----e-----e-----a-----C-----------|
RH 4|------------------------G-----------e-----------|
RH 4|------------------------------------b-----------|
LH 3|e-----G-----------------------------e-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------------b-----------|
LH 2|------------------------------------a-----------|
RH 5|C-----------C-----------------------------C-----|
RH 4|------------a-----------b-----------C-----------|
RH 4|------------------------------------e-----------|
RH 4|------------------------------------G-----------|
LH 3|------------e-----------------------------------|
LH 3|------------a-----------------------------------|
LH 2|------------a-----------------------------------|
RH 6|------------------e-----D-----C-----------------|
RH 5|------------------------------------b-----------|
RH 4|b-----F-----e-----------------------e-----------|
RH 4|------a-----G-----------------------G-----------|
LH 3|------------b-----------------------b-----------|
RH 4|e-----------F-----------G-----------b-----------|
RH 4|G-----------D-----------e-----------C-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------e-----C-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------------e-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------------F-----------|
LH 2|------------------G-----b-----------a-----------|
RH 5|e-----------------------D-----------C-----------|
RH 4|------------------------------------C-----a-----|
LH 3|------------------------------------C-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------------e-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------------F-----------|
LH 2|------------------------------------a-----------|
RH 5|------------------------------------C-----------|
RH 4|b-----------------a-----G-----e-----F-----e-----|
LH 3|------------------------------------C-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------------A-----------|
LH 2|------------------------------------F-----------|
RH 5|------------e-----------------------e-----------|
RH 4|C-----------------C-----e-----A-----b-----------|
RH 4|A-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|------b-----A-----------------------e-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------------b-----------|
LH 2|------------------------------------G-----------|
RH 5|------------e-----------------------e-----------|
RH 4|G---C---D---e-----F-----G-----b-----C-----------|
RH 4|------------------------b-----------e-----------|
RH 4|------------------------------------G-----------|
RH 4|------------------------------------b-----------|
LH 3|b-----------------------e-----G-----------------|
LH 2|------------------------------------a-----------|
RH 5|------------D-----------------------e-----------|
RH 4|------------D-----------F-----------e-----------|
RH 4|------------------------a-----------G-----------|
RH 4|------------------------------------b-----------|
LH 3|------------b-----------------------e-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------------b-----------|
LH 2|------------b-----------------------------------|
RH 5|------------e-----------------------e-------e---|
RH 5|------------G-----------------------G-----------|
RH 4|e-----------b-----------e-----------D-------G---|
RH 4|G-----------------------------------e-------b---|
RH 4|b-----------------------------------b-----------|
LH 3|------------------------e-----------D-----------|
RH 6|------------------------------------C-----------|
RH 5|----e-------e-------e-------e-------e-----------|
RH 5|----G-------G-------G-------G-------a-----------|
RH 5|------------b---------------b-------------------|
RH 4|----b---------------b---C-----------------------|
LH 3|------------------------C-----b-----a-----------|
LH 2|------------------------------b-----a-----------|
RH 6|C-----------------------D-----------C-----------|
RH 6|e-----------------------------------------------|
RH 5|e-----------------------D-----------C-----------|
RH 5|------------------------b-----------a-----------|
RH 4|------------------------------C-----D-----------|
LH 3|------a-----b-----------------------------------|
RH 5|------------------------F-----------------------|
RH 5|------------------------a-----------------------|
RH 4|------e-----C-----------a-----------------------|
RH 4|------------D-----------------------------------|
RH 4|------------F-----------------------------------|
LH 3|------------a-----------------------------------|
RH 5|e-----------------------e-----------------------|
RH 5|G-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|G-----------------------C-----------------------|
RH 4|------------------------e-----------------------|
RH 4|------------------------G-----------------------|
LH 3|C-----------------G-----------------------------|
RH 4|e-----------------------C-----------------------|
RH 4|G-----------------------e-----------------------|
RH 4|G-----------------------e-----F-----G-----------|
RH 4|e-----------D-----------G-----C-----C-----------|
LH 3|------------------------G-----------------------|
RH 4|C-----------G-----------------G-----e-----F-----|
RH 4|e-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|G-----------F-----e-----------D-----C-----------|
LH 3|------------------------G-----------------------|
LH 2|------------------------G-----------------------|
RH 4|------C-----C-----------G-----e-----F-----------|
RH 4|------------G-----------------------------------|
LH 3|e-----------------------e-----------F-----------|
LH 3|------------------------------------b-----------|
LH 2|a-----------A-----------------------b-----------|
RH 4|e-----------b-----------G-----b-----F-----------|
RH 4|G-----------------------------------a-----------|
LH 3|G-----------c-----------e-----------F-----------|
LH 2|------------------------------------b-----------|
RH 5|------------D-----------------D-----C-----------|
RH 4|e-----G-----------------D-----------C-----------|
RH 4|------------------------G-----------F-----------|
LH 3|G-----------------------C-----------D-----------|
LH 2|------------a-----------------------G-----------|
RH 4|e-----------C-----D-----C-----F-----G-----------|
RH 4|b-----------------------e-----------------------|
LH 3|e-----------------------e-----------------------|
LH 3|b-----------------------------------------------|
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