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