The missing pedal markings in bars 22 and 24 seem to be Chopin's inadvertence if we take into account the presence of markings at the beginning of this eight-bar phrase (bars 17-18 and 20) and the similar texture in all these bars. Perhaps Chopin considered the earlier markings to be a model for the entire section; however, in this situation, the fact that he later returned to marking pedalling in bars 30 and 32 could suggest the use of different pedal markings in almost identical phrases in bars 17-24 and 25-32, which does not seem intentional. Due to the above, in the discussed bars we suggest in the main text markings drawn specifically from bars 30 and 32.
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notation: Pedalling