This easy-to-read modern tablature should be completely faithful to Alonso Mudarra's original tablature. Let me know of any errors you find. Donald Sauter.
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Short ID: AM24. Title: Tiento (primer tono). Composer: Alonso Mudarra. Source: Tres Libros de Musica en Cifras para Vihuela... Libro II, folio I. Date: 1546. Facsimile: Chanterelle, p75. Tuning: Vihuela tuning. Time sig: Quickly. ("Phi" on Mudarra's 3rd line. See general Mudarra comments.) Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): All rhythm values have been halved. Tablature elements to be added by hand: Fermata on very last chord. Leading measures in Mudarra's original tablature: 1 15. Last measure is 23. *** 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. Tiento (primer tono). AM24: Page 1 of 1. Vihuela tuning. Leading measures: 1 15. Alonso Mudarra. __ ___ __ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ____ ___ | | |. | | | | | | | | | | |. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |.-| | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___5__|_3____|____|______|____|___5|_8___7|_5__|___5|___4__|_5______|______|______|_________|___ ___3__|_3___6|_5_6|___5_3|___2|_3__|_5____|_5_8|_6_5|_5___3|_1_0____|______|_0_2_3|____2_3_2|___ ___3__|_4____|_6_3|_4____|_3__|_3__|______|_6__|_8_6|_5____|_____3_1|___1_3|_____2|_3_______|___ ___0__|_5____|_5_3|_5____|_2__|_0__|_7____|____|_7__|_2____|________|_3____|_0____|_2_______|___ ______|______|_3_5|______|_0__|____|_0____|____|_5__|______|_0______|_5___3|_2____|_0_______|___ ______|______|____|_3____|____|____|______|_5__|___5|______|________|______|______|_________|___ _____ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ ___ ___ ___ ___ | |-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________|________________|________________|________|___5|_7_3|___5_7_9|_10__|_10___||_____ _3_1__________|________________|________________|________|____|_3__|_3______|__7__|__7___||_____ _3___4_3_1____|________________|________________|________|_3__|____|________|__8__|__8___||_____ _0_________3_2|_0______________|________________|_2___2__|_4__|_5__|_5______|__0__|__0___||_____ ______________|___3_2_0___0_2_4|_5_4_2_4_5_4_5_2|_4_5___4|_5__|____|________|_____|______||_____ ______________|_________3______|________________|________|____|_3__|_3______|_____|______||_____