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2 times slur & wedge, and 7 slurs in A |
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2 times slur & wedge, and 12 slurs, our alternative suggestion |
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In A Chopin marked the beamed pairs of quavers (7 in the R.H. and 7 in the L.H.) in three ways:
- A slur and a wedge in the first two R.H. pairs. The type of the used staccato marks is uncertain; we provide wedges due to them being outside the slur – Chopin would write dots generally within slurs, see, e.g. bar 91, 93 and 98-99.
- Slurs in the remaining R.H. pairs and in the first two L.H. pairs.
- No marks in the remaining L.H. pairs.
According to us, these differences do not mean that the pairs should be performed differently than in the case of the first two pairs (the performance of which is marked most carefully). However, they could suggest certain details – stronger articulation in the R.H. (than in the L.H.) and in the first two pairs (than in the remaining ones). Therefore, in the main text we keep this version of notation. As an alternative solution, we suggest a version with added L.H. slurs, as a literal performance of the L.H. part, without combining the quavers in pairs, could have adversely affected the nature of the music.
In GE (→FE,EE,IE) the notation was fully standardised – each pair of quavers was provided with a slur and a staccato dot, in both hands. This solution is not devoid of rational grounds, yet it cannot be authentic; moreover, as we described it above, the suggested performance is standardised to a greater extent than in Chopin's text.
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources
issues: GE revisions, Wedges
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins