Thanks! So no deeper symbolic significance then? I was curious, since it appears in several scherzos, if it had some hidden meaning I could use to influence my interpretation of the passages involved It's very fast in the scherzos as well, so not really pastoral in those cases, but in the Ballade, I agree with you.
I listened to Scherzo 2 just now (Rubinstein). Great piece as is all his Ballades and Scherzos! Scherzo 2 appears to be in ABA’ format with coda. Correct me if I’m wrong.
You are asking great questions here. Maybe others have thoughts and ideas on this rhythm and possible hidden meanings.
Not a direct answer but was just watching a YT vid where the lecturer was saying there was a Chopin piece where it's written 7 notes in the RH over 6 in the LH. He said there's no way anyone can really play that strictly speaking and so you kind of smuggle the 7 notes in between the 6. That was very good advice I think in the sense that what really matters is the overall effect of what you are playing not achieving some sort of mathematical perfection. It has to be understood a score has its own limitations - it can never capture the real magic of a performance.
Chopin put his ideas down as best as the notation would allow, but we all know he was famous for his sense of rubato and my guess is, he made it sound improvisational and free, then had to conform that freedom to the constraints of notation.
I definitely agree with this. People should have the experience of improvising naturally and then trying to notate it themselves. It teaches you so much about the limitations of notation. Things which seem dead obvious when listened to are often nightmares to notate and look like some ultra-fancy new age composition when they're actually quite simple to the ear.
Topic: Any info on this particular rhythm in Chopin? 