medium Romantic
The Swan

Camille Saint-Saëns
The Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns, a Romantic piece from 1880 — written out in colour-coded piano letter notes you can play live in the browser.
Letter notes (text) — The Swan
RH 5|-------------------------------------------------d-gb-------------------------------------------|
RH 4|d---d---b---g-------d---b---g-------d---b---g---d---d---b---g-------d---b---g-------d---b---g---|
RH 4|------------------------------------------------g-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|------------------------------------------------b-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|d-------d-------g-------d-------b-------d-------b-------d-------g-------d-------b-------d-------|
LH 3|b---------------b-----------------------------------------------b-------------------------------|
LH 2|g-------------------------------g---------------g-------------------------------g---------------|
RH 5|-------------------------------------------------d-gb-------------------------------------------|
RH 4|d---d---b---g---F---d---b---g-------d---b---g---d---d---b---g---d---d---b---g-------d---b---g---|
RH 4|g-----------------------------------------------e-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|------------------------------------------------g-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|------------------------------------------------b-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|d-------d-------g-------d-------b-------d-------b-------d-------g-------d-------g-------d-------|
LH 3|b---------------b-----------------------------------------------b---------------b---------------|
LH 2|g-------------------------------g---------------g-------------------------------g---------------|
RH 6|----------------------------------------------------c-------------------------------------------|
RH 5|--------c---------------c---------------c-------ce-a----c---------------c---------------c-------|
RH 4|c---e-------a---c---e-------a---c---e-------a---c---e-------a---c---e-------a---c---e-------a---|
RH 4|e-----------------------------------------------e-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|------------------------------------------------a-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|e-------e-------a-------e---------------e-------g-------e-------a-------e---------------e-------|
LH 3|a---------------------------------------b-------------------------------------------------------|
LH 2|g-------------------------------g---------------g-------------------------------g---------------|
RH 5|c-------c---------------c---------------c-------c-------c---------------c---------------c-------|
RH 4|c---e-------a---c---e-------a---c---e-------a---c---e-------a---c---e---d---a---c---e---F---a---|
RH 4|e-----------------------------------------------F-------------------------------e---------------|
RH 4|a-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
LH 3|ee-a----e-------a-------e-------F-------e-------ad-a----d-------a-------d---------------d-------|
LH 3|----------------------------------------g---------------b---------------------------------------|
LH 2|g-------------------------------g---------------g-------------------------------g---------------|
RH 6|----------------------------------------------------d-------------------------------------------|
RH 5|------------------------------------------------dg-b--------------------------------------------|
RH 4|g---d---b---g-------d---b---g-------d---b---g---d---d---b---g-------d---b---g-------d---b---g---|
RH 4|b-----------------------------------------------g-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|------------------------------------------------b-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|bd-g----d-------g-------d-------b-------d-------b-------d-------g-------d-------b-------d-------|
LH 3|----------------b-----------------------------------------------b-------------------------------|
LH 2|g-------------------------------g---------------g-------------------------------g---------------|
RH 6|----------------------------------------------------d-------------------------------------------|
RH 5|------------------------------------------------dg-b--------------------------------------------|
RH 4|d---d---b---g---F---d---b---g-------d---b---g---d---d---b---g---d---d---b---g-------d---b---g---|
RH 4|g-----------------------------------------------e-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|------------------------------------------------g-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|------------------------------------------------b-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|d-------d-------g-------d-------b-------d-------b-------d-------g-------d-------g-------d-------|
LH 3|b---------------b-----------------------------------------------b---------------b---------------|
LH 2|g-------------------------------g---------------g-------------------------------g---------------|
RH 5|--------C---------------C---------------C--------C-eA---C---------------C---------------C-------|
RH 4|CC-ee-------A---C---e-------A---C---e-------A---C---e-------A---C---e-------A---C---e-------A---|
RH 4|----A-------------------------------------------A-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|A-------e-------A-------e---------------e---------------e-------A-------e---------------e-------|
LH 3|----------------------------------------b-------------------------------------------------------|
LH 2|g-------------------------------g---------------F-------------------------------F---------------|
RH 5|d-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
RH 4|d---d---b---F-------d---b---F-------d---b---F---C---e---d---F---e---e---F---F---G---e---A---F---|
RH 4|F-----------------------------------------------e-------A---------------A-----------------------|
RH 4|b-----------------------------------------------F-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|------------------------------------------------A-----------------------------------------------|
LH 3|Fd-Fb---d-------F-------d-------A-------d-------AC-F----C-------F-------C-------A-------C-------|
LH 3|b---------------b-------G-------b-------b-----------------------A-------------------------------|
LH 2|F-------------------------------F---------------F-------------------------------F---------------|
RH 6|-------------------------------------------------d-Fb-------------------------------------------|
RH 5|d-----------------------------------------------d-----------------------------------------------|
RH 5|------------------------------------------------F-----------------------------------------------|
RH 5|------------------------------------------------b-----------------------------------------------|
RH 4|d---F---b---F---d---F---b---F---d---F---b---F---d---F---b---F---d---F---b---F---d---F---b---F---|
RH 4|F-----------------------------------------------F-----------------------------------------------|
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