Fingering
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b. 4
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composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor
category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 5-13
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composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor
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The '1' digits at the end of bars 5 and 13 (and 45) are written in A. It is hard to determine why none of them is present in FE (→GE,EE). In any case, Chopin's entry in FES in bars 45-46 confirms both the fingering and the need for its indication. Therefore, in the main text we give the 1s written in A. (The fingering written in FES in bar 46 is also given by us in bar 6 – cf. General Editorial Principles, p. 17.) category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE |
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b. 7-15
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composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor
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In the context of the 1st half of bars 7 and 15, the position of the fingering digits indicates the hand with which a given note is to be performed: digits over the notes point to the R.H., digits under the notes – to the L.H. This characteristic fingering was indicated by Chopin in A (→FE) in each appearance of this place (bars 7, 15 and 47). The sense of this fingering, completed already in a proofreading of FE in the 2nd half of bar 7, was not understood by the engraver of GE who arranged all digits over the tie. Fontana also misinterpreted it, as in EE he indicated another division between the hands. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 7-15
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composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor
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The '1' fingering digit written in A in bar 7 over the fourth in the R.H. may refer only to its bottom note, therefore, we move it under the stave (the atypical position of this digit can be explained with the fact that Chopin, allegedly, planned to include the fingering for both notes of the fourth). In FE (→GE) the hint was omitted, perhaps due to a misunderstanding of its meaning. In the fingering added by Fontana in EE (in bars 7 and 15) the bottom note is supposed to be struck with the 3rd finger, while the changes introduced in the fingering of semiquavers prove that the composer's friend completely misinterpreted Chopin's indications in this case. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE |
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b. 8-9
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composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor
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The fingering of the R.H. added by Fontana in EE seems to be accurate, although it is not the only possibility and it does not arise from Chopin's fingering. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions |
