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b. 169

In all the sources, except EE, the third quaver g²in RH part has no . We see it as omission and add it for the main text, since there are no suggestions as for the g note on itself in this bar of the phrase.

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b. 169-170

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

The slur is GE (in both hands) are discontinued here. This is clearly an error caused probably by the erroneous reading of the slur and octave sign in GC.

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b. 169

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

d¹ in A (→FE,GC→GE)

d¹ in EE

d¹ with suggested by the editors

Next to the bottom note of the 1st sixth in the 2nd half of the bar there is no accidental neither in A nor in GC and FE, which were proofread by Chopin. Therefore, we should accept this note to be d¹, and that is what we give in the main text, supplemented with a cautionary . However, it should be noted that Chopin would often forget to cancel an alteration, particularly when, just like here, they were present in another voice (cf., e.g. the Etude in A minor, Op. 10 No. 2, bar 1 and analog., in D major, Op. 25 No. 8, bar 3, in G minor, Op. 25 No. 6, bar 4 or the Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, 3rd mov., bar 422 and analog.). In this situation, we cannot completely rule out the authenticity of the version with d¹, in spite of the fact that Chopin, who almost certainly did not take part in the preparation of EE, could not have added the visible in that edition.