Atut
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Atut - Autograph of first Tutti
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FEFo - Forest copy
FEH - Hartmann copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Corrected impression of GE1
GE2a - Altered impression of GE2
GE3 - Second German edition
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE2
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 567

3rd finger in FE (→GE,EE)

2nd finger as our alternative suggestion

According to us, the first of the Chopinesque fingering digits given in FE (→GE,EE) may be erroneous. In such passages, different sounds are generally played with different fingers, which together create a specific arrangement for a given passage, repeated in the next octaves (cf. bar 569). Therefore, it is generally enough to give fingering of the first figure as Chopin did, e.g. in the Etude in C Major, Op. 10 No. 1. Performing both g and a with the 3rd finger breaches this rule and impedes performance, not offering anything in exchange. However, if we perform g with the 2nd finger, which was just on the adjacent black key (f​​​​​​​), the 3rd finger may remain on a, which it played in the previous bar. Therefore, taking into account a possibility of a mistake, we give an alternative suggestion with the use of the 2nd finger.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in FE

notation: Fingering

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