Liszt - Consolations No. 3 - How to train...

[beethovenfan]

Hey,

who allready played Liszts Consolation 3 and can help me.
I have problems to coordinate the left and right hand.
In bare 4 f.e.  in the second half I have to play 4 1/8 notes and in the left hand 6 ( I don't know the english word). How can I learn that?

[galonia]

I play this piece - it's beautiful.

The LH quavers are all triplets - i.e. you have 3 in each beat.  The RH quavers and semiquavers are all straight, so you should have two quavers per beat, and four semiquavers per beat.  So whenever you have quavers/semiquavers in the RH, you will be playing a 2 against 3, or a 4 against 3 pattern.

The 2 against 3 I just feel, and have never had any problems with it.  4 against 3 I used to struggle a little - there are posts already about ways to deal with this pattern, but I used a word thing when I was little:

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Bach, Mozart, Brahms and Liszt
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There are, I think, two bars in the piece which are an exception and the RH quavers are also triplets, but I'm sure you won't have trouble identifying those bars.

Hope that helps a bit.

[beethovenfan]

Hi,

thank you very much,

I'll try later,

I decided to play No. 2 first, it also sounds great,

beethovenfan

[galonia]

Yes, the 2nd one is also lovely.  I think the secret to that one is to always listen for the melody...