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A - Autograph
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Later impression of GE2
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Second impression of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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The notation of the quaver c1 in A may be misleading – in GE1 (→FEEE) it was mistakenly read as furnished with an additional downward crotchet stem. Such a notation of  lower ledger line notes is frequent in Chopin's autographs (e.g. in Etude in F, Op. 10 No. 8, bars 4-7) and results from not always controlled impulse of placing note heads complete with downward stems, which in hasty writing may lead to such effects. Cf. bars 29 and 31.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Uncertain notes on ledger lines

notation: Rhythm

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