A comparison with all analogous passages (bars 410, 414 and 434) suggests that the notation of the majority of the sources is erroneous in this case – the engraver of FE could have relied on the pairs of notes in bar 440 and further. On the other hand, due to the 1st finger crossing under just after a1(2), the source notation is more justified in terms of piano performance in this bar than in the remaining ones. In spite of that, it seems to be highly unlikely that Chopin would have wanted this notation to be applied in the previous bars. In this situation, in the main text we suggest a notation compliant with analogous places, since differentiating the notation could unnecessarily suggest a different performance. Such a unification was introduced already in GE3.
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notation: Rhythm
