While proofreading FE, Chopin added the fingering of the L.H. in bars 3-4, particularly '3' over the first sustained a
in bar 3. As, according to the benchmark fingering given in bar 1, the last semiquaver in bar 2 should be played with the 4th finger, such a notation could suggest a swap of the finger on this note. According to us, there is, however, a more plausible explanation for this notation – Chopin added the fingering in bar 3 before he decided to change the ending of bar 2, i.e. the 3rd finger at the beginning of bar 3 was added in the moment when the note was being struck and not held. Therefore, in the main text we propose to move the digit to bar 2, which was included in the neighbouring note.
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions
issues: Errors resulting from corrections, Authentic corrections of FE
notation: Fingering