Musical shorthand symbols are employed to condense the manuscript format for purposes of brevity and to reduce the number of page turns. The standard shorthand symbol is used to indicate repetition of previously notated patterns for one measure.

For clarification of the sectional abbreviation instructions, the overall structure of Nocturne is represented by the following alphabetical map: A, B, C, A', B, C', A', A.

—Ennis Fruhauf