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Op. 10 No 2, Etude in A minor

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p. 1, b. 1-8
p. 1, b. 1-8
p. 2, b. 9-18
p. 3, b. 19-28
p. 4, b. 29-38
p. 5, b. 39-49
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  b. 4

Probable  in Ap

Possible long accent in Ap

 in FE (→GE,EE) 

Our alternate suggestion

The  mark in FE (→GE,EE) is one of a few that had already been printed in FEcor. Therefore, its compliance with Chopin's intention is not certain due to the possibility of reversing the direction of the sign as a result of the engraver's error (cf., e.g., the Etude in C minor, No. 12, bar 53). Such an error seems to be possible if we take into consideration the four-bar section which ends here and the recurring first phrase with its crescendo and a possible  in Ap.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents, Errors in FE, Sign reversal

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

Missing markers on sources: GE1
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