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: AM38. Title: Fantasia (quinto tono). Composer: Alonso Mudarra. Source: Tres Libros de Musica en Cifras para Vihuela... Libro II, folio XIIII (mislabeled X). Date: 1546. Facsimile: Chanterelle, p101. Tuning: Vihuela tuning. 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. Tablature elements to be added by hand: Let ring as long as possible (see general Mudarra comments): M32r2s3, m52r3. Fermata on very last chord. Suggested simplifications (if need be): ____________ ___________ |__________| |_0______0_| |_4______4_| |_2________| |_5_ to ___| |_2_ to _2_| (Use 2 as guide finger on string 3 in m51.) |_4______4_| |__________| |_2______2_| |_4______4_| |__________| |__________| Suggested fingering for m33-34: 2 -4 -3 4 3 1 1 4 ___ ___ ___ | | | | | | | _________________ |_______2|_4_6_7| |_2_4_5__|______| |_____4__|_5____| |________|______| |_4______|_2____| |________|______| Leading measures in Mudarra's original tablature: 1 12 25 37 48 58. Last measure is 63. *** 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 (quinto tono). AM38: Page 1 of 1. Vihuela tuning. Leading measures: 1 16 32 45 57. 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