Consolation No. 3 in D-flat · piano sheet music & MIDI file
Liszt's Consolation No. 3 as a free piano MIDI: four minutes of nocturne to hear in the preview, file and sheet music PDF to download.
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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.
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: notes fall toward the keyboard, each hand gets its color, and Wait mode is there if you're starting out.
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Two files are waiting for you: the Consolation No. 3 in D-flat piano MIDI file (9 KB, opens in Pianovera or any MIDI player) and the Consolation No. 3 in D-flat piano sheet music PDF (229 KB, printable). Both come from the same engraving: what you read on the score is exactly what you hear in the preview.
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.