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b. 1

composition: Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

Fingering written into FED

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b. 3

composition: Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

Fingering in A (→GE)

Fingering in FE & EE2 (→EE3)

No fingering in EE1

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It is one of rare cases of Chopin's giving a clearly different fingering for the same fragment. In the main text we include them both – directly over the notes we give the fingering of FE, probably added by Chopin while proofreading (it does not include the 10th quaver of the bar); the fingering was then repeated in EE2 (→EE3). The top fingering, together with the numerals concerning the 9th and 10th sixth comes from A (→GE). In EE1 there is no fingering in this bar.

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issues: Differences in fingering , Authentic corrections of FE

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b. 5

composition: Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

'5' written into FES

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We do not give the fingering numeral written in FES in the main text, as it was included in the fingering in bar 1.

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b. 9-10

composition: Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

Fingering (2-5, 2-5) in FED

Fingering (5, 2-5) in FES

No teaching fingering

One can wonder whether the 5th finger written in FES means the same fingering Chopin wrote in FED. In other words, whether the fingering of the d²-b² sixth is to be understood as 2-5 or 1-5. According to us, the first possibility is much more likely, hence in the main text we do not differentiate between these indications.