Issues : Differences in fingering

b. 8

composition: Op. 25 No 7, Etude in C♯ minor

Fingering written into FED

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering

Our variant suggestion

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In fact, the numerals written into FED and FES can be treated jointly, yet, most probably, they indicate different fingering of the first five semiquavers:

  • 5-4-3-2-1 in FED,
  • 3-2-1-3-1 or 4-3-1-3-1 in FES.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Differences in fingering , Annotations in FES

b. 24

composition: Op. 25 No 7, Etude in C♯ minor

Fingering written into FED

Fingering written into FES

Chopin's fingering jointly

No teaching fingering

Fingering in EE2 (→EE3)

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The first two numerals written in FED are compatible with the entry in FES, which allows for considering the '5' visible in the second copy as an addition to the fingering of FED. In this version we give this fingering – analogous with the Chopin fingering in bar 22 – in the main text. As far as the continuation of the fingering of FES is concerned, the numerals concerning  g and a are probably erroneous, while the last four, written under the semiquaver beam, defining the shortened version of this passage, concern exactly this simplified version – see the note to bars 22-24. The fingering of EE2 (→EE3), in spite of being more comfortable, is, however, certainly non-authentic.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Annotations in FED , Differences in fingering , Annotations in FES