Contrary to the slurs, which in the entire meno mosso section are generally placed only on the top stave, the staccato dots were written in the parts of both hands. Chopin, however, was not consistent in A, which was influenced by a few factors:
- considering dots written over the bottom stave to be referring to the parts of both hands (the first two quavers in bars 71 and 75)
- a more accurate indication of a few fragments in A (bars 69-74, 77, 93-94 and 98) as a model for all similar situations;
- oversight or lack of space between the parts of both hands written on the bottom stave (the 2nd quaver in bar 94).
Admittedly, FE overlooked numerous dots written in A, yet in a few other places they were completed in the proofreading (bars 81-82, 85-87, 89-90). According to us, it proves that Chopin considered the homogeneous articulation of both parts to be valid and he tried to mark it in the possibly most accurate manner.
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