In the main text we give the fingering written by Chopin in FED, although it is unclear how it is to be understood. The notation suggests performing the crotchets on the upper stave with the right hand, like in bars 25-26, in which it is clearly indicated by the fingering. However, the fingering written in FED is different and, in order to make it compatible with the text, one has to refer to one of the non-marked and unobvious actions listed below:
- shifting parallelly the fourth grip of the 1st and 3rd fingers;
- abandoning the sustention of the full rhythmic value of the crotchets in the bottom voice with the finger and using the 1st finger also on the 3rd semiquaver of each group;
- taking these crotchets over to the L.H.
A similar problem is also present in bars 29-30.
The fingering added by Fontana in EE corresponds to Chopin's indications in bar 25.
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notation: Fingering
