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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