The hairpins in A may be read and interpreted in a number of ways. This is so because the beginning of the mark was drawn too vigorously and its ends are of unequal length. The versions of GE1 (→FE) and GE2 (→GE#) present two attempts to decipher the notation of A. The hairpins in EE are probably a distorted accent.
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources
issues: EE revisions, Inaccuracies in GE, Scope of dynamic hairpins, GE revisions, Unclear hairpins in A
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins