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Issues : Accidental below/above the note

b. 16

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

Acciaccatura in AO, AR, AE, AK, AG, CC

Appoggiatura in CX & CY

No grace note in F
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All autographs include a short d2 grace note. F does not have a grace note in this place - it results from a different ending of the melodic motif in bars 15 and 16.

In CX and CY, the grace note is not slashed - it may be a copying inaccuracy.

In AK, the natural next to the grace note was written clearly lower, in the 3rd space.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Accidental below/above the note

b. 16

composition: Op. 2, Variation IV, primitive version

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Both manuscripts are missing a few necessary accidentals in this bar – a  to g2 and naturals to g2, d1 and g1. In addition, in AsI the  to d2 is missing. On the other hand, in A there is an unjustified  to c1 in the last L.H. figure. The latter and both accidentals written in A to the topmost R.H. notes are placed much lower than the noteheads they concern.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Cautionary accidentals , Omission of current key accidentals , Accidental below/above the note , Inaccuracies in A

b. 18

composition: WN 55, Waltz in F minor

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In AR, AE and CC, there is a g1 instead of f1.
The flat of g1 in AR and AE was written by Chopin a third lower, next to the second ledger line.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Accidental below/above the note

b. 23

composition: Op. 10 No 6, Etude in E♭ minor

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In the chord in the middle of the bar, Chopin overlooked the  returning b in A. However, two notes later he added a cautionary natural before a (arranged a little bit too high).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE , Accidental below/above the note , Last key signature sign

b. 32

composition: Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

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The notation of accidentals is inaccurate in some of the sources, which, however, does not create any problems in interpreting Chopin's intention. It concerns mostly AI, yet in A (→FE→EE2→EE3) there is also no  before g2 in the L.H. (in bar 33).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Accidental below/above the note