According to us, the value of the dotted minim, with which the b1 note is provided in GC (→GE1), is not a mistake – the note can be considered as belonging to two voices: melodic, led in octaves, and accompanying, creating the whole-bar-long filling of the octave melody together with e1. The notation used by Chopin can be, however, misleading (the sum of the rhythmic values of the top voice gives 4 crotchets), therefore, in the main text we suggest its modified version, in which we use the authentic graphical layout of FE. The version of EE may be a result of revision of such notation as in GC.
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notation: Rhythm
