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Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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b. 125

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

A probable interpretation of the accent in A

Possible reading of the accent in A (→GE→FE→EE)
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The type of accent intended by Chopin is not clear. A long accent seems more probable when we compare that bar to the analogous bar 117. GE (→FE→EE) have a short accent here.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 127

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

A probable long accent in A

A possible short accent in A (→GE→FE→EE)
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The accent type that Chopin used in this bar is not obvious. There are more arguments, both graphic and musical, for the long accent option.  GE (→FE→EE)  all have short accents.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 128

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

A very probable long accent in A

 No accent mark in GE1 (→FE→EE)

Possibly a short accent in A (→GE2→GE3)
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The type of accent used by Chopin in A is not quite obvious, yet both its shape and the comparison with analogous bars (120 and 122) clearly point to a long accent. In GE1 (→FE→EE) the accent was omitted and in GE2 (→GE3) a short one was added. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in GE

b. 128

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

A probable short accent in A (→GE→FE→EE)

A possible long accent in A
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The accent mark in A is short, yet it does not differ much from the other two accents in bars 127-128 that are most probably long ones. However, a comparison with analogous bars 120, 122 and 134 convincingly suggests a short accent here. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 131

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

The accent of A interpreted in context.

 Literal reading of the accent in A (→GE→FE→EE)
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The accent mark in A is written inaccurately: the short mark is put after the note to which it refers. In GE (→FE→EE) the accent was understood as a short one, but in this context the use of a long accent by Chopin seems more probable. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents