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Slur added by Alard, to bring the following bar to an up bow. The implication is that the quavers are to be played with a broad stroke in the upper part of the bow

This and subsequent slurs added by Alard, so that, with the semiquavers played near the point of the bow, there will be plenty of bow for the minim in the next bar, played as an up bow.

These slurs are found in the original edition of the Follia; Alard has merely added the staccato dots.

Alard's bowing, causing bars to start alternately on down and up bows, allows for a broad emphasis on the double stop. (Corelli notates the upper notes of these as crotchets.)

Alard fingers these pairs of notes (the slurs are from Corelli) so that they always remain on the same string. In the sixth bar, and perhaps before the harmonic in the seventh bar, a portamento is implied.

This fingering, too, suggests a portamento - in the following bars, too.

The fourth fingers in this and the following bars, involving extensions, are to avoid awkward string crossing.

The metronome mark gives a "held" tempo, suggesting a forceful effect at the heel of the bow. The following variation, in 12/8 time, is intended to be played at the same tempo, which makes it very fast and brilliant.

Slurs taken from Corelli's original edition.