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Short ID: AM25. Title: Fantasia (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: Moderato. ("C" on Mudarra's 2nd line. See general Mudarra comments.) Fixes and modifications (M=measure r=rhythm s=string): All rhythm values have been halved. M7r1s3 original showed fret 8. Changed to 7 here. M16 original rhythm was (4er 4er 4er); no rhythm symbols shown. It seems the half-note rhythm starting the next measure should have been placed at r3 in this measure. M17-18 had no separating barline. A barline was added here. One clue is that there are breaks in each tablature line where the barline would have crossed. If a single bar was intended, Mudarra supplied the wrong rhythm symbol, half-note instead of 4er. (In that case, play 8ths in m17-18 below.) M61r3s3 original showed fret 5. Moved to s4 here. Tablature elements to be added by hand: Let ring as long as possible (see general Mudarra comments): M10r3s3, m54r1s2. Fermata on very last chord. Suggested simplifications (if need be): _______________________ |_5______5_|__________| |__________|_5______5_| |___ to ___|_6_ to ___| |_3________|_5______5_| |_3______3_|_3______3_| |_1______1_|__________| Leading measures in Mudarra's original tablature: 1 (restore barline between m7-m8) 12 23 35 47 59 69 81 93 103. Last measure is 109. *** 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 (primer tono). AM25: Page 1 of 2. Vihuela tuning. Leading measures: 1 13 25 37 50 61. 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Fantasia. Leading measures: 70 84 96 107. 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