The authenticity of both differing Chopinesque fingerings is unquestionable, hence in the main text we include them in a variant form. The fingering of FED, with a shift of the 5th finger on white keys, requires a better sense of the keyboard, probably going beyond the amateur skills of Miss Stirling. It can also suggest performing the final fragment of the 1st half of the bar using "harmonic legato" – in this case, holding the d
3 and f3 notes with fingers.
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notation: Fingering
