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It seems to look like a fingering number but I don’t have 7 fingers and the note is already marked with a fingering number.enter image description here










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  • Is this from Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu?

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  • Is this from Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu?

    – Dekkadeci
    32 mins ago



















  • Is this from Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu?

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    32 mins ago

















Is this from Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu?

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Is this from Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu?

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This is a tuplet, indicating that seven notes in the right hand are to be played in the same time as the regular six in the left. You have probably already encountered triplets, the most common tuplet, earlier in the same piece.



Here it is in another edition which makes its separation from the fingering clearer:



enter image description here






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  • Great sleuthing! +1

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    @user45266 I'm not very fond of this piece but it gets played so relentlessly often!

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This is a tuplet, indicating that seven notes in the right hand are to be played in the same time as the regular six in the left. You have probably already encountered triplets, the most common tuplet, earlier in the same piece.



Here it is in another edition which makes its separation from the fingering clearer:



enter image description here






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  • Great sleuthing! +1

    – user45266
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    @user45266 I'm not very fond of this piece but it gets played so relentlessly often!

    – replete
    1 hour ago
















5














This is a tuplet, indicating that seven notes in the right hand are to be played in the same time as the regular six in the left. You have probably already encountered triplets, the most common tuplet, earlier in the same piece.



Here it is in another edition which makes its separation from the fingering clearer:



enter image description here






share|improve this answer


























  • Great sleuthing! +1

    – user45266
    1 hour ago






  • 1





    @user45266 I'm not very fond of this piece but it gets played so relentlessly often!

    – replete
    1 hour ago














5












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5







This is a tuplet, indicating that seven notes in the right hand are to be played in the same time as the regular six in the left. You have probably already encountered triplets, the most common tuplet, earlier in the same piece.



Here it is in another edition which makes its separation from the fingering clearer:



enter image description here






share|improve this answer















This is a tuplet, indicating that seven notes in the right hand are to be played in the same time as the regular six in the left. You have probably already encountered triplets, the most common tuplet, earlier in the same piece.



Here it is in another edition which makes its separation from the fingering clearer:



enter image description here







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  • Great sleuthing! +1

    – user45266
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  • 1





    @user45266 I'm not very fond of this piece but it gets played so relentlessly often!

    – replete
    1 hour ago



















  • Great sleuthing! +1

    – user45266
    1 hour ago






  • 1





    @user45266 I'm not very fond of this piece but it gets played so relentlessly often!

    – replete
    1 hour ago

















Great sleuthing! +1

– user45266
1 hour ago





Great sleuthing! +1

– user45266
1 hour ago




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@user45266 I'm not very fond of this piece but it gets played so relentlessly often!

– replete
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@user45266 I'm not very fond of this piece but it gets played so relentlessly often!

– replete
1 hour ago










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