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Mozart never finished this fantasia: the manuscript stops dead after the cadenza, and the sunny ending we play today was almost certainly added by an editor. Nobody complains. In a few minutes the MIDI crosses everything a keyboard can do: brooding arpeggios, a desolate aria, free cadenzas, and that final D major that smiles.
This is the Mozart we hand people who want expression before velocity. The central Adagio demands real control of song and silence, the little cadenzas float outside the beat, and the fast passages stay short. A perfect piece for learning to tell a story at the piano.
Fantasia in D minor K. 397: the first notes
Right hand, in letter names (C4 = middle C): F3 A3 D4 A3 F4 D4 A3 F3 F3 A3 D4 A3 F4 D4 A3 F3 G3 A#3 E4 A#3 G4 E4 A#3 G3… The rest scrolls in the preview above, with the fingering, and the sheet music PDF has the whole piece.
Play Fantasia in D minor K. 397 on the virtual piano
Here are the Fantasia in D minor K. 397 virtual piano notes, in computer keyboard letters: the Adagio theme that follows the arpeggio introduction. 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: 40 notes
RERTREWLW;E
T5TYTREWETR
Y7YO9IU7Y
Y6T5REY9P
▶ 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 opening arpeggios, dark and perfectly even
The Adagio's song and its speaking silences
The two quick cadenzas, free but clean
The mood pivot into the final Allegretto
Playing Fantasia in D minor K. 397 on piano with Pianovera
The fast cadenzas read beautifully in Pianovera: long garlands falling all at once. Loop them at 50% in Scroll mode, then let Wait mode walk you through the Adagio note by note, with zero tempo pressure.
Open Fantasia in D minor K. 397 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.
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Download the Fantasia in D minor K. 397 MIDI and sheet music
The work itself is in the public domain, and this MIDI engraving was placed in the public domain by its typesetter on the Mutopia Project. Use it freely, videos included.
About this piece
Is Fantasia in D minor K. 397 hard to play on piano?
We rate it intermediate: 1511 notes over 4:43, spanning A1 to F6. The first thing to work on: the opening arpeggios, dark and perfectly even.
Where can I get the sheet music for Fantasia in D minor K. 397?
Right on this page: the "View the sheet music" button opens the PDF (264 KB), engraved by the Mutopia Project from the same source as the MIDI file, Public domain license. View it, print it, keep it.
Is the Fantasia in D minor K. 397 MIDI file really free?
Yes. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died more than 70 years ago, so the work (1782) is public domain. This MIDI engraving is public domain too: download it and use it freely, videos included.
