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Digit 4 in sources |
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No that digit in the main text |
The authenticity of the fingering digit over the 1st quaver is questionable when we compare it with the undoubtedly Chopinesque fingering of the passages of a similar structure, containing a similar combination of white and black keys – cf. the Etude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 11, bar 82 or the Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, III mov., bar 97 and 101-102, not to mention the Etude in A minor, Op. 10 No. 2, the main technical goal of which is developing efficiency of fingers in such combinations. In the main text we omit this digit, which does not exclude the use of the 4th finger, but at the same time it leaves the door open for another possibility, which many pianists – including, apparently, probably Chopin – would consider more convenient.
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