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Liszt, the man who made concert halls faint with his octaves, wrote here the exact opposite: a Chopin-style nocturne in D-flat where virtuosity steps aside for song. The third Consolation became the best-loved of the set for precisely that reason, and its MIDI proves it: this is the giant, whispering.
The piece rests on a pedal secret: a deep bass held while the harmony ripples above it, and the melody entering almost late, like a thought. Technically within an intermediate player's reach, it mostly demands sonic patience and an intelligent pedal. The result repays every minute.
Consolation No. 3 in D-flat: the first notes
Right hand, in letter names (C4 = middle C): F5 F5 A#4 C5 C#5 F5 F5 D#5 F5 D#5 C#5 F5 C#5 A#5 G#5 F5 F5 A#4 C5 C#5 F5 F5 E5 G#5… The rest scrolls in the preview above, with the fingering, and the sheet music PDF has the whole piece.
Play Consolation No. 3 in D-flat on the virtual piano
Here are the Consolation No. 3 in D-flat virtual piano notes, in computer keyboard letters: the first 8 bars of the melody. One key per note, read left to right; dark keys are the sharps, and a thin line marks each bar. The melody sounds an octave lower than written, so it fits on the keyboard.
Letters for a QWERTY keyboardYour keyboard: 29 notes
RRJQLR
R;R;LRL7
6RRJQLR
RE6TR6R9
▶ Play on the virtual pianoThe piano opens with this piece loaded: the key to play lights up and waits for you.
What you'll be working on
The deep pedal bass under moving harmony
A rubato melody floating over a steady accompaniment
The expressive double notes at the piece's peak
Pedal changed by ear, never by reflex
Playing Consolation No. 3 in D-flat on piano with Pianovera
This file carries the original pedal markings: turn sustain on in Pianovera and hear the bass carry the whole phrase. The preview shows the melody entering off the beat; don't straighten it, that lateness is the point.
Open Consolation No. 3 in D-flat in Pianovera: the notes fall toward an 88-key virtual piano keyboard, each hand gets its color, and Wait mode is there if you're starting out. On a PC, it's falling notes piano software for Windows, with video export up to 4K.
Free, with no time limit and no ads: 30 pieces (10 in full, 20 in a simplified version), the first 10 lessons and 10 minutes of 3D hands (then 15 seconds per piece). Premium opens all 651 pieces.
Download the Consolation No. 3 in D-flat MIDI and sheet music
The work itself is in the public domain. This MIDI engraving comes from the Mutopia Project, typeset by Ryan Prince, under the CC-BY 3.0 license (free reuse with attribution, commercial included).
About this piece
Is Consolation No. 3 in D-flat hard to play on piano?
We rate it intermediate: 1029 notes over 4:03, spanning C2 to F7, with sustain pedal marks. The first thing to work on: the deep pedal bass under moving harmony.
Where can I get the sheet music for Consolation No. 3 in D-flat?
Right on this page: the "View the sheet music" button opens the PDF (229 KB), engraved by the Mutopia Project from the same source as the MIDI file, CC-BY 3.0 license. View it, print it, keep it.
Is the Consolation No. 3 in D-flat MIDI file really free?
Yes. Franz Liszt died more than 70 years ago, so the work (1850) is public domain. This MIDI engraving is under the CC-BY 3.0 license: free to use, commercially included, with credit to Ryan Prince.
