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b. 18-29

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

Crotchets after minims in AsI & A (→GE)

Various rhythms in FE

Crotchets mostly after minims in FESB

Crotchets and minims together in EE1

Notation with rests in EE2 (→EE3)

As it was described in the note concerning b. 16-17, due to the notation of the harmonic legato in the L.H. part, the engraver of GE1 misunderstood the rhythm; consequently, the notation became more or less compliant with A only after corrections to a printed version. Generally, the dotted crotchets are separated from the minims; however, wherever there are no small rhythmic values in the R.H., the gaps are very small, while in the 2nd half of b. 18 the notes almost touch each other. Consequently, it contributed to the clearly erroneous versions of notation of FE and EE1:

in FE it is only b. 19 and 23 and the 2nd half of b. 28 that are correct;
in FESB it is only the 1st half of b. 26 that is an exception to a generally correct version of notation;
in EE1 the erroneous combinations of minims with dotted crotchets were introduced into all bars;
in EE2 (→EE3) a quaver rest was added above the minim that begins each half measure. Additionally, the dotted crotchets have been shifted in several places to make it clear that they should be struck on the 2nd or 6th quaver of the bar. These shifts were done imprecisely, with the dots extending some of the crotchets omitted.