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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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Issues : Annotations in FED

b. 2

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

Fingering written by Chopin into FED

No teaching fingering provided
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 8-9

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

Complementary fingering written by Chopin into FED, FEJ and FES

Fingering in FED

Fingering in FEJ and FES

No teaching fingering provided
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 8

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

A slur in A (→GE→FE→EE)

A vertical dashed line changing the phrasing written in FED
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In FED, Chopin marked the altered phrasing of a group of semiquavers in a manner that is typical of him. One often comes across vertical lines signifying change of phrasing in teaching copies, e.g. in Impromptu in G flat major Op. 51, bars 32, 37, 89 & 91.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 9

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

Fingering marked with a number in FED

No teaching fingering given
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 12

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

The mark indicating precisely the moment of striking the grace note in FED

No teaching indication provided
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Synchronization markings