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Topic: Sharps, Flats, Naturals in Parenthesis?  (Read 1867 times)

Offline mekohler

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Sharps, Flats, Naturals in Parenthesis?
on: October 19, 2006, 09:49:03 PM
What is the significance of a natural notation in parenthesis? It may be a dumb question, but I encountered it in  Chopin's Op. 28 No. 4. Right now, I'm just pretending/assumings it's a normal natural.
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Offline asyncopated

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Re: Sharps, Flats, Naturals in Parenthesis?
Reply #1 on: October 19, 2006, 10:05:17 PM
Yes it is,  the brackets are there either as a reminder or as an editor's note,  i.e. it wasn't in the original scores but were added because there was an "obvious" typo.  In your case, for chopin's preludes it's probably a reminder.
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Offline kelly_kelly

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Re: Sharps, Flats, Naturals in Parenthesis?
Reply #2 on: October 21, 2006, 02:44:16 AM
To elaborate on the reminder thing: Usually it's used when a sharp/flat/natural that was previously indicated in the measure is easy to forget.
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