GE1b
Main text
FC - Fontana's Copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected reprint of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Corrected reprint of GE1
GE1b - Flawed impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Revised impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected reprint of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 51

3. finger in FC (→GE) & EE

1. finger in FE

Our variant suggestion

The third finger, written in all three Stichvorlage manuscripts – FC (→GE) and base texts to FE and EE – was changed by Chopin to first while proofreading FE. Hence the composer resigned from repeating the fingering arrangement appearing at the beginning of this bar in favour of full compatibility with the basic fingering scheme of minor third chromatic passages, defined at the beginning of the Etude (bars 5-6 and 9-10). However, taking into account the fact that the changes of the direction of movement naturally offer an opportunity for minor, local deviations, not breaching the general rules, in the main text we give both versions of Chopin fingering.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Fingering

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