Each of Chopin’s Mazurkas are quite different in character and expression. Some do resemble waltzes or salon-style pieces, others are clearly inspired by peasant dances. Sometimes tis a mix.
Da greatest Mazurka players had this idiosyncratic “lilt” that is hard to define…you can hear it in very “danceable” Mazurkas such as Opus 33/2 where you have lots of accents on the third beat. I think they get this effect by every now and then prolonging the second beat followed by a big accent on da third.
I made dis cumparision years ago:
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Tru diz exactly wut I mean when people talk about ‘which beat’ becuz da longah beat iznt da zame az da ztrongah beat
And alzo part v da Mazurka charm iz da fact dey don’t do da accent or prolong on every meazure and haf an element ov zurprize where itz a bit unpredicktable n derefore mo exciting
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Tru, randomly da Chop comp officially sucks wizout da TM being invited 