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Short ID: AM21. Title: Fantasia del primer tono Composer: Alonso Mudarra. Source: Tres Libros de Musica en Cifras para Vihuela... Libro I, folio XXIII. Date: 1546. Facsimile: Chanterelle, p69. Tuning: Guitarra al temple nuevo (d g b e'). Time sig: Moderato. ("C" on Mudarra's 1st line. See general Mudarra comments.) Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): All rhythm values have been halved. M58r1s2 original showed fret 1. Changed to 3 here. Tablature elements to be added by hand: Fermata on very last chord. Suggested simplification (if need be): ____________ |_7______7_| |_8________| |_7_ to _7_| |_5______5_| |__________| |__________| Leading measures in Mudarra's original tablature: 1 14 27 42. Last measure is 58. *** Download and edit out all material above and below the tablature. *** See my printing tips in the page, "General comments on the tablature." *** Print out starting with the title line below. Fantasia del primer tono AM21: Page 1 of 1. Guitarra al temple nuevo (d g b e'). Leading measures: 1 14 26 41 57. Alonso Mudarra. ___ ___ ___ ___ __ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ____ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |. | | | | | | | | | | | | |.-| ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___5__|_6_5|___3_1_0|_1__|_1__|_1______|____|____|____|_5____|_6___5|___3_1_0|_1______|_0_______ ___3__|_3__|________|_3__|____|________|___0|_2_3|_5__|_6___5|_3___3|_____2__|_3______|_2__0____ ______|____|________|_2__|_3_2|___0____|_2_0|_2__|_0_2|______|___5__|_3___2__|_______0|_2_______ ___0__|_0__|_0______|_0__|_0__|_0___3_2|_3__|___3|____|_0____|_5___3|________|_0_2_3__|_________ ______|____|________|____|____|________|____|____|____|______|______|________|________|_________ ______|____|________|____|____|________|____|____|____|______|______|________|________|_________ _______ ___ ___ _______ _______ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ |-|-|-| | | | | |-|-|-| |-|-|-| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____0_1|_0______|___0____________|___5|_6______|_1___5|_6_3|_5_1|_3_0|_1_5__|___3_1|_0_5|___3__ _2_3____|___3_3__|_____3_2_0___0_2|_3__|_______1|_3_5_6|_3_5|_2_3|___2|_3___1|___0__|_2__|_3____ ________|_0______|___________2____|____|_0_2_3__|______|_3_5|_2_3|_0_2|______|_2_0__|_2__|_4____ ________|___3_2_0|_2______________|_0__|________|_____3|____|____|____|_0___2|_3____|____|______ ________|________|________________|____|________|______|____|____|____|______|______|____|______ ________|________|________________|____|________|______|____|____|____|______|______|____|______ ___ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-|-|-| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ _3|_5_8|___7_5|_7_8__|_10__|_9___|_10__|_8__|_7__________|___5_5|___4|_5__|_3__|_1_10|_8__|_7_5_ _5|___7|_8____|_8_6_5|_____|___10|__6_8|_5_6|___5_6_5____|______|____|___3|___2|_3___|_5_7|_8___ _5|____|______|______|__7__|_9___|_____|____|_________7_5|_7___5|_5__|_2__|_0__|_2___|___5|_7___ __|_7__|_5____|_5____|__8__|_7___|_____|_7__|_5__________|_5___7|_2__|_3__|_2__|_0___|_7__|_5___ __|____|______|______|_____|_____|_____|____|____________|______|____|____|____|_____|____|_____ __|____|______|______|_____|_____|_____|____|____________|______|____|____|____|_____|____|_____ _______ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ |-|-|-| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ _7_5_7_8|_7_5|___3|_5__|_6____|_3_0|___1__|_0__|___0|_5_3__|_1_3_5|___4|_5______|_3_1|_0_3|___2| ________|_8_5|_3__|_5_6|___5_3|___2|_3____|___3|___2|_6___5|_3___1|_0__|___0_1_3|_5_3|___2|_3__| ________|_7_5|_3__|_2__|______|___2|_3___2|_0__|____|_7____|______|____|_2______|____|_0__|_2__| ________|_5_7|____|___3|_5____|_2__|______|___3|_2__|_0____|______|___2|_3______|_2_3|___2|_0__| ________|____|____|____|______|____|______|____|____|______|______|____|________|____|____|____| ________|____|____|____|______|____|______|____|____|______|______|____|________|____|____|____| | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ _3__|_2___||____________________________________________________________________________________ _3__|_3___||____________________________________________________________________________________ _3__|_2___||____________________________________________________________________________________ _5__|_0___||____________________________________________________________________________________ ____|_____||____________________________________________________________________________________ ____|_____||____________________________________________________________________________________