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GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FES - Stirling copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 201-203

In AImaz the minims on the 2nd beat of b. 201, 221 and 223 are written in one-part notation, without crotchets in unison, whereas in b. 203 Chopin specified the notation by adding crotchet rests on the 2nd beat of the bar. Wherever it is not directly indicated that the crotchet that ends the bar falls within the duration of the preceding minim, the bar may be erroneously interpreted, i.e. as if it were containing four beats. In the Andante spianato, Op. 22, written a few years earlier, Chopin left such a spare notation in b. 78 and 90 that the versions of notation of certain editions were inaccurate or wrong.

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