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Major chords suggested by editors |
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Major chords & 1 minor one, our alternative suggestion |
When interpreted literally, the FE notation (→GE,EE) indicates B
chords on the 1st quavers and B minor chords on the fourth ones. However, it is much more likely that Chopin meant B chords also in the middle of these bars, particularly in bar 205:
- repeating
to d1 in the last chord in bar 205 proves that Chopin probably heard d1 in the preceding chord; - if Chopin wanted to alternate between B and B minor chords, he would have probably used a cautionary
to d1 at the beginning of bar 206, as he did to g in the middle of the bar; - a similar harmonic idea – combination of seventh chords with triads, in which subsequent seventh chords alternate between common and altered ones, but the triads appear always in the same form – is used in bars 35-36 in the Etude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 4.
Therefore, as the main text we suggest a B chord, repeated four times, which we mark both with naturals restoring d1 in the middle of each bar and with cautionary naturals to the first quavers. As an alternative solution, we suggest one B minor chord in the middle of bar 206, which is a version with a smaller number of additions to the source text, and yet logical, harmonically speaking – one could say that the unexpected appearance of a G1-G octave on a strong beat, and as the root of a G7 chord, has been prepared with the help of a passing B minor chord.
category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions
issues: Errors in FE, Omissions to cancel alteration, Cautionary accidentals
notation: Pitch
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