In the sources the marks in bar 341, 345 and 346 are provided with the form of short accents. However, the comparison with analogous bars reveals that in each of the two sections based on similar motifs (bars 162-171 and 293-312) Chopin most probably meant the same type of accent, which is long accent. In the first fragment there are 5 accents, 3 of which are clearly long, one is short, while one is ambiguous. In the other section out of 4 accents 2 are long, one is short, and one is ambiguous. Due to the above, in the main text we suggest long accents also in the discussed bars.
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category imprint: Editorial revisions
issues: Long accents
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins