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The sign in A may be considered as a long accent, yet according to us, it is much more likely that Chopin had diminuendo hairpins in mind, closing the dynamic wave in this bar.
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources
issues: Long accents, Scope of dynamic hairpins, GE revisions
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins