Example 12. Selected eight-measure phrases from Chopin’s output. Evidence for segmentation at various levels of time-span reduction given below

    a. Mazurka in B minor, op. 30, no. 2, measures 1–8

    b. Mazurka in C major, op. 24, no. 2, measures 21–28

    c. Nocturne in B-flat minor, op. 9, no. 1, measures 20–23