Upon the return of the main Mazurka theme (bars 38-40 and 46-48) staccato dots for the accompaniment crotchets appear in FE (→EE) much less regularly than in bars 2-4 and 10-12, while in FC (→GE1) to a slightly greater extent than the first time:
- in FC dots are in bar 46 (both hands) and in bar 48 (R.H.);
- FE – in bar 38 (both hands) and in bars 39 and 46-48 (R.H.).
Regardless of the reasons for these discrepancies and irregularities, a comparison with the initial section of the piece, in which FE include dots next to 22 out of 24 crotchets, proves that Chopin wanted to indicate the same articulation also here; however, he did it inaccurately. Taking into account the above, in the main text we provide all the discussed crotchets with dots.
In GE2 all dots in bars 38-40 were added, yet in bars 46-48 the incomplete notation of GE1 was left unchanged.
See also bar 45.
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