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In Franz Liszt Consolations No. 3, Lento placido, in D♭ major, S.172,

let us call the quarter note as one beat.

Thue the eight note is 1/2 beat.

The tuplet note (hat 3) is 1/3 beat.

We see the right-hand top voice has the tempo going as 1/2 beat progression (so 8 x 1/2 =4 beats per bar),

while the left-hand bottom voice has the tempo going as 1/3 beat progression (so 12 x 1/3 =4 beats per bar).

**My question is how do we practice and play the right-hand and left-hand unmatched tempos effectively and easily? Any tips on doing this? Should we make every beat precisely mathematically? or should we play more casually in an unprecise way? **

This question should be very common to anyone who practices Chopin. Thanks in advance!

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  • There are many questions here about playing 2:3 and 4:3 on piano, but your post doesn’t indicate whether you’ve seen them or not.
    – Aaron
    Commented Feb 11 at 22:30
  • Thanks I am asking for this particular Liszt. But if you have general comments/answers, please feel free to post!
    – wonderich
    Commented Feb 11 at 22:38
  • Then I think its necessary to explain why this specific Liszt is different from the other 2:3, 4:3 cases.
    – Aaron
    Commented Feb 11 at 22:40
  • Ok, it's Horowitz. But I still think that performance is rhythmically incoherent.
    – Laurence
    Commented Feb 11 at 23:06
  • Does this answer your question? How to play the 4:3 polyrhythm section of the piano accompaniment for "Madrigal" by Gaubert?
    – user121330
    Commented Feb 12 at 4:31

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