As features two versions of the 1st crotchet in this bar – des in the main course of the text and D
on the staff below. According to us, D is a version intended for bar 81 in this case. It is indicated by a d note written at the same, lower staff two bars later (bars 67/83), although a note at the same pitch is also on the main staff in this place.
In As, like in all Chopinesque drafts, there are many inaccurately written notes (generally, they are written too low). The d note written in the main course of the text is a good example thereof, since it actually looks like a c. We do not reproduce this inaccuracy even in the version transcription, since the correct pitch of the note is undisputed. Analogously in similar situations:
- in bar 66, the bottom note of the only chord in the L.H. written out with notes is placed at the pitch of g instead of a;
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in bar 68, the first two crotchets in the R.H. look like d2 and c2 rather than c2 and b1. In the version written on the staff above, the second out of three notes of the alternative edition is written at the pitch of a1 instead of the most probably intended b1.
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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations
issues: Inaccurate note pitch in A, Bass register changes
notation: Pitch