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Tchaikovsky, Peter. Symphony No. 5

Ewell, Terry B. (20 August 1994), third movement, 3 measures after rehearsal letter F to 1 after G.

For the Fx4 to G#4 to A4 sixteenth notes try:

For Fx4:

    Eb
x x x | x o o F

For G#4:

    Eb
x x x | x o o F
 a c#

For A4 use Cooper p. 278:

    Eb
x x x | o o o
 a c#

To slur down to D#4:

x x o | x x x
   c#
   D

Next note C#4:

x x x | o o o
  c#
  D

For G#3 in the next passage use R. H. thumb G# key (Cooper p. 129) not the little finger G# key:

1/4 x x | x x x
     w         Ab


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