Issues : Annotations in teaching copies

b. 1

composition: Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

Fingering written into FED

No teaching fingering

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Chopin added the trill's fingering in FED. It proves that in certain situations, e.g., at the beginning of the piece, the composer would start the trill from the main note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 8

composition: Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

Fingering written into FED

No teaching fingering

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 14

composition: Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

Fingering in A

Fingering in FE (→GE,EE)

Fingering written into FED

Our variant suggestion

Our alternative suggestion

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The sources reveal Chopin's hesitation concerning the fingering in this bar. According to the indications in A and FED, the fingering order for the 1st group of semiquavers is 5215, while FE (→GE,EE) gives 5125. However, neither A nor FED determines the fingering of the two following semiquaver groups – it can be both 4215 and 4125. In the main text we adopt a variant solution, in which we collate the digits featured in the sources. Additionally, we suggest a notation including all fingering possibilities stemming from various interpretations of these source notations which do not determine the fingering in the 2nd and 3rd groups of semiquavers. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 22

composition: Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

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Under the crotchet in FES there is a pencilled ambiguous mark, resembling .

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 41-42

composition: Op. 10 No 8, Etude in F major

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In both bars in A (→FE), there are no accidentals before the last note of the 2nd group of semiquavers. These patent oversights were completed in GE and EE. The sharps are also written in pencil in FES.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Annotations in FES , Inaccuracies in A