It is not clear what Chopin wanted to underline with the 
mark: a sudden change of the chord at the beginning of the bar or the signal chord motif after the rest. The first possibility is suggested by the composer's entry in FEG (which was, after all, not included in GE) and the notation of EE, while the second one – by the notation of FE. It must be emphasised that even the fact of writing this mark under the rests, as it is in FE, does not exclude its validity from the beginning of the bar (possible examples of using such a manner – the Etude in C major, Op. 10 No. 1, bar 45 or in G
, Op. 10 No. 5, bars 34-35).
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations
issues: Errors in GE, Authentic corrections of FE, Authentic corrections of GE, Centrally placed marks, Authentic corrections of EE
notation: Verbal indications