The notation of the quaver c1 in A may be misleading – in GE1 (→FE→EE) 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