DaFalla piece

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musicus
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DaFalla piece

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I've attached a section from Da Falla's Ritual Fire Dance, a piano arrangement. I have a question about line 3, meas.4. Probably few would think the E in the LH is anything but E-natural. But technically speaking, should that E have a courtesy accidental? I'm thinking that there are two voices (the C-G is the lower second voice) and therefore the E didn't need it, because there was no Eb in the same voice prior to it. Your thoughts?
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MichelRE
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there is a courtesy accidental.. above the E.
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S..t! You have uncovered a ongoing weakness in me, in that I am location oriented to such a degree that if an object is not in its usual location, I might not find it, even if it's only inches away. Thank you for your comment. I have learned my lesson. :-)
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I'm imagining that it was placed above as a way of avoiding the extra space it would cause before the note, considering there is that curved bracket between the low C and the E.
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Ah! Makes sense.
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There is also a courtesy accidental on the A in the RH of the same measure, so this could be a publisher or composer style.
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I would put it, since the bass part is played by one person, and with one hand.
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