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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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          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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            @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

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

            – replete
            39 mins 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
            40 mins ago






          • 1





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

            – replete
            39 mins ago














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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






          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

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          • 1





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

            – replete
            39 mins ago



















          • Great sleuthing! +1

            – user45266
            40 mins ago






          • 1





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

            – replete
            39 mins ago

















          Great sleuthing! +1

          – user45266
          40 mins ago





          Great sleuthing! +1

          – user45266
          40 mins ago




          1




          1





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

          – replete
          39 mins ago





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

          – replete
          39 mins ago










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