Placing a metronome marking at the beginning of the Etude in FE is certainly a mistake. This edition adopted – in the entire Opus 25 and in other pieces – a graphical solution consisting in placing indications concerning metronome not above the notes (next to the tempo indication), yet in the indent of the first line of the note text. The rule was applied also here, not taking into account the fact that it is misleading in relation to the different tempo of the first four bars.
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issues: Errors in FE
notation: Verbal indications