Franz Liszt: Consolation #3 in D Flat Major

Arguably the saddest song ever written in a major key. Twelves against eights throughout give this an ethereal, almost untethered feeling. A groovy song to play for your grieving friends. :-)

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Music

Tags:

• classical
• piano
• liszt
• consolation

[louisezhuly]

While I admire the style in which you played it, my question was if this were more of an interpretation to how you thought it should sound? I'm currently learning this piece and while I have no problem playing the 2 against 3 rhythms, the 4 against 3 rhythms are giving me a good bit of trouble if I'm trying to play it by ear. When I'm actually counting it, it sounds quite different. Have you hear Horowitz play this piece because it seems similar to his style of playing?

[marquisdd]

@louisezhuly Good point. I tend to play poly-rhythmic pieces with more abandon than straight eighths again quarters, or whatever. Twos against threes by its nature is a square peg/round hole issue. Songs written entirely in that meter are more open to interpretation. I haven't heard Horowitz do this piece, but this is how I heard it in my head that day, so that's how I played it. (How we hear things changes. I'd play it differently now probably.) Anyway, thanks for the comment. :-)

[psychrael]

what piano grade is this song?

[marquisdd]

I'm sorry, I'm not familiar enough with the grading system. Google it? :-)

[Perroquet51]

Very, very lovely.

[612curtis]

@dberry02jr Yeah I agree with you. This is way to simple for grade 9.... This would be a great sight reading piece for me and I'm doing grade 6 =)

[dberry02jr]

@SJ13lover - It's not grade 9. There's no way. I'm about grade 4 and I can blunder my way through it. My guess is that this is a grade 6 or 7 piece. Either that, or I'm at a higher grade level than I think I am.

If you can sight read pretty well, can play with 5 flats, and have a good sense of tuplets, I'm sure you could play this piece.

[marquisdd]

@Brindemuguet1 Thank you very much, and I wish you the best of luck in finding your own pace and interpretation for this piece.

[Brindemuguet1]

@marquisdd

Hello ! I heard your Video interpretation of Consolation N°3 of Liszt, it is the most beautiful interpretation among all the others I could find in Youtube, I listen to it many many times all through the day for I am learning it in order to play it myself. Many thanks for the pleasure you bring to me, many thanks also for your advices. From a French classic music lover and medium level pianist who is hoping to succeed in playing such a piece of music as well as you did !!

[sonatinasarecool]

I'm playing this song right now. Thanks for showing me how to play the left hand!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

[iampauleybaby]

nice job. nice view of hte hand movements too.

[slapmyfunkybass]

very good... try to play the left hand a little softer if you can but apart from that the rubato is spot on and you have the feel of the music just right... well done...

btw, not sure if i would describe it as a groovy piece :)